Tyler Winklevoss
American businessman and rower / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tyler Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American investor, founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, and former Olympic rower. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with his brother Cameron Winklevoss and a Harvard classmate of theirs, Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the social networking service site Facebook. As a rower, Winklevoss competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Cameron.
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Born | (1981-08-21) August 21, 1981 (age 42) Southampton, New York |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) Christ Church, Oxford (MBA) |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Relative | Cameron Winklevoss |
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Sport | Rowing |
College team | Harvard College Oxford University |
Team | United States Olympic Team |
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Olympic finals | 6th place, Beijing Olympics |
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