7: Chris Kelly, Former Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook and Co-Owner of Sacramento Kings

There aren’t many companies in the history of the world that have had as much of a global impact as Facebook. That’s why it was especially gratifying to chat with Chris Kelly, Former Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Public Policy at Facebook. Chris had the unique perspective of working at Facebook in the early days as one of the first 25 employees to being a key executive in a 1,000+ employee organization by the time he left in 2009. We had a lot of fun in this one and Chris and I spoke about a whole host of topics: his experience at Facebook, thoughts more broadly on what’s going on in the tech community, and the intersection of government, tech and the future of innovation in the US. Some of my favorite moments included: (1) his reflections on what it was like working with Mark Zuckerberg and how to think about culture (16:20), (2) what he thinks the next wave is in tech and whether its IoT, AR or VR (26:10) and (3) how to think about managing the downsides of emerging technologies, namely fake news (30:30)