PERSON: Jason Calacanis


Employer

LAUNCH
Position

CEO & Founder
Biography

Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970) is a podcaster, American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, and author.

His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York. His second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company that he co-founded together with Brian Alvey, capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL. Calacanis is also an angel investor in various technology startups and co-host of the All-In podcast alongside David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Friedberg, and the host of This Week in Startups Podcast.

Calacanis married Jade Li sometime between 2006 and 2009.

Calacanis was an early supporter and founder for the effort behind the successful recall election of the San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin in 2022.

Calacanis was a contact listed in Jeffrey Epstein’s “little black book,” which gained attention following the conviction and death of Epstein.

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