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Kenneth Alan Howery (/ ˈ h aʊər i /; born November 4, 1975) is an American entrepreneur and diplomat. He is a co-founder of PayPal [ 1 ] and Founders Fund . [ 2 ] He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump .
Ken Howery served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United… · Experience: U.S. Department of State · Location: United States · 500+ connections on LinkedIn.
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Ken Howery. Investor. From the Editor. PayPal Mafia member Ken Howery remains one of four general partners at Founders Fund, the VC firm he launched with Peter Thiel and Luke Nosek following...
Mar 28, 2024 · At the vanguard of that effort was a soft-spoken financial whiz named Ken Howery. As the first CFO of PayPal, Howery played an instrumental role in the payment platform‘s meteoric rise, IPO, and $1.5B acquisition by eBay. His impact, however, extends far beyond mere dollars and cents.
Ken Howery is Co-Founder and Partner of Founders Fund, the first founder-focused venture capital firm with over US$ 1 billion under management and investments in over 50 companies. Howery has led or co-led investments in a number of companies at Founders Fund including Facebook, Quantcast, Geni and ZocDoc.
Watch as newly arrived U.S. Ambassador Ken Howery introduces himself, gets his first experiences of Sweden and talks about his goals for his time as ambassador.
Ken served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden from 2019 – 2021. During his tenure, Ken promoted joint U.S. and Swedish interests across a variety of policy areas. One of Ken’s top priorities as Ambassador was to deepen economic ties between the U.S. and Sweden, with a focus on opportunities created by technology and innovation.
