Executive Officers

Chamath Palihapitiya, 43
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

Mr. Palihapitiya founded Social Capital in 2011 and has been its Managing Partner since its inception. Mr. Palihapitiya served as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of IPOA from May 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019, and continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virgin Galactic. Mr. Palihapitiya currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of IPOB, IPOC, IPOD and IPOE. Mr. Palihapitiya also served as a director of Slack Technologies Inc. from April 2014 until October 2019. Prior to founding Social Capital in 2011, Mr. Palihapitiya served as Vice President of User Growth at Facebook, and is recognized as having been a major force in its launch and growth. Mr. Palihapitiya was responsible for overseeing Monetization Products and Facebook Platform, both of which were key factors driving the increase in Facebook’s user base to more than 750 million individuals worldwide. Prior to working for Facebook, Mr. Palihapitiya was a principal at the Mayfield Fund, one of the United States’ oldest venture firms, before which he headed the instant messaging division at AOL. Mr. Palihapitiya graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada with a degree in electrical engineering.

Ian Osborne, 37
President & Director

Mr. Osborne is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hedosophia, an investment firm, which has invested in leading Internet and technology companies since 2012. Mr. Osborne served as a director of IPOA from May 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019. Mr. Osborne currently serves as President and a director of IPOB, IPOC, IPOD and IPOE. Mr. Osborne has advised leading Internet and technology companies, their founders and CEOs, since 2009. Mr. Osborne is also the indirect controlling shareholder and a director of Connaught, a financial advisory firm. From 2010 to 2012, Mr. Osborne was a Partner and Managing Director at DST Global, a family of funds investing in Internet companies, which was established in 2009 and which has notable successes including Alibaba, Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify and Twitter. Mr. Osborne was educated at St Paul’s School, King’s College London, and the London School of Economics.

Steven Trieu, 41 [Resigned 5/31/21]
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Trieu is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Social Capital, an affiliate of the company’s sponsor, since October 2017 and is responsible for overseeing the operations of Social Capital’s family of funds, management company and related entities. Mr. Trieu served as the Chief Financial Officer of IPOA from March 2019 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019. Mr. Trieu currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of IPOB, IPOC, IPOD and IPOE. Prior to joining Social Capital, Mr. Trieu was VP of Finance at Quora, Inc. from October 2011 to June 2016, where he was responsible for its day-to-day finance and legal operations. Prior to that, Mr. Trieu was Director, Finance and Business Operations at Facebook, Inc. from August 2007 to October 2011. Mr. Trieu led the formation of its initial business operations and sales finance teams. Mr. Trieu also previously held a similar role at Yahoo!, Inc., supporting its local markets and commerce divisions. Before that, Mr. Trieu spent time on Wall Street both as an investment banking and alternative investments associate. Mr. Trieu graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in finance and economics.

James Ryans, 45 [Appointed 5/31/21]
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Ryans has served as a Partner of Social Capital LP, an affiliate of the Sponsor, since 2021. Mr. Ryans served as a director and the chairman of the audit committee of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. from September 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019, as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Virgin Galactic following such business combination until February 2021 and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III from April 2020 until the consummation of its business combination with Clover Health. Mr. Ryans currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV. Mr. Ryans has been a professor of accounting at London Business School since 2016 teaching financial accounting at the graduate and post-graduate levels and directs an executive education program on mergers and acquisitions. From 2003 to 2011, Mr. Ryans oversaw investments and business development at Chelsea Rhone LLC and its affiliate HealthCap RRG, a mutual insurance company. From 1999 until 2001, Mr. Ryans was a consultant with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Ryans is a CFA charterholder and holds a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of California Berkeley, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BASc in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Simon Williams, 40
General Counsel & Secretary

Mr. Williams has been Hedosophia’s Chief Administrative Officer since March 2017. Mr. Williams served as the General Counsel and Secretary of IPOA from May 2017 until the consummation of its business combination with Virgin Galactic in October 2019. Mr. Williams currently serves as General Counsel and Secretary of IPOB, IPOC, IPOD and IPOE. Prior to joining Hedosophia, Mr. Williams was legal counsel at Balderton Capital, a London-based venture firm focused on backing European-founded technology companies, from January 2015 to March 2017. Prior to working at Balderton Capital, Mr. Williams was an associate in the London offices of each of Covington & Burling LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP. Mr. Williams is a solicitor, qualified in England & Wales, having attended Nottingham Law School. Mr. Williams holds an MA and BA from the University of Nottingham.

Board of Directors

Richard Costolo, 57
Director 

Mr. Costolo is a co-managing partner of 01 Advisors, a venture capital firm focused on investing in technology companies making the transition from building a product to building a company. Mr. Costolo was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter from 2010 to 2015. He has been founder and Chief Executive Officer of multiple startups, including FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google in 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

Sarah Leary, [Appointed 12/7/20]
Director