Michael Polansky | |
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![]() Polansky in 2024 | |
Born | 1978or1979(age 46–47) Minnesota, U.S. |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Executive Director of Parker Foundation |
Board member of | |
Partner(s) | Lady Gaga (2020–present; engaged) |
Michael Polansky (born 1978 or 1979) [1] is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. [2] He is engaged to Lady Gaga and has co-written various songs with her. [3] [4]
Polansky was born in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [5] His father, Steven Polansky, is a writer [6] and his mother, Ellen Woods, is the president of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. [6]
He studied applied mathematics and computer science at Harvard University. [7] [8] He enrolled in 2002 and graduated in 2006. [9] [10]
Polansky is founder or co-founder of the companies Avos Capital Management, Hawktail, and Outer Biosciences. He is a board member of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Lady Gaga's cosmetics brand Haus Labs. [7] [11] Polansky is the executive director of the Parker Foundation, which he co-founded with Sean Parker in 2015. [10] [12] He has also been the chief operating officer of Airtime, which was founded by Parker and Shawn Fanning in 2011. Polansky has been involved in other projects by Parker. [13]
Polansky was a co-executive producer of Lady Gaga's 2024 soundtrack album Harlequin and co-wrote and reworked the traditional songs "Get Happy", "Good Morning", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", and "Oh, When the Saints". [14] He also has writing and production credits on Lady Gaga's 2025 studio album Mayhem , [15] including "The Beast", "Blade of Grass", "Disease", "Don't Call Tonight", "How Bad Do U Want Me", "LoveDrug", and "Vanish into You". [16] [17] He and Lady Gaga also co-wrote the original song "All I Need Is Time". [18]
Polansky is based in San Francisco, as of 2024. [19]
As of 2025, Polansky is engaged to Lady Gaga. [20] [21] The couple started dating in 2020. [22] When he asked how he should propose to her, she suggested using a blade of grass, which inspired her song of the same name on Mayhem. [23] [24]
Song | Performer(s) | Co-writer(s) | Album | Year | Ref(s). |
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"Good Morning" (2024) | Lady Gaga | Harlequin | 2024 | [25] | |
"Get Happy" (2024) | |||||
"Oh, When the Saints" (2024) |
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"If My Friends Could See Me Now" (2024) | |||||
"All I Need Is Time" | Unreleased | — | [26] | ||
"Disease" | Mayhem | 2025 | [27] | ||
"Vanish into You" | |||||
"LoveDrug" | |||||
"How Bad Do U Want Me" | |||||
"Don't Call Tonight" | |||||
"The Beast" | |||||
"Blade of Grass" |
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