Mike Solana

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Michael Solana is an American entrepreneur and conservative political commentator. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Solana attended Boston University, graduating in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. [4]

Career

Solana is a vice president at Founders Fund, a venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel. Solana was previously the firm's chief marketing officer. [5]

Solana has become a frequent commentator on San Francisco's and California's governance. [6] [7]

Solana is a critic of the Abundance movement coined by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's 2025 book, commenting that the center left viewpoints espoused by the pair would have difficulty overcoming the "Luigi Left". [8] In the aftermath of the killing of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, an editorial in The Wall Street Journal by James Freeman referenced Solana's comments about the "challenge that moderate Democrats face in trying to persuade the extremists in their political coalition to appreciate the virtues of liberty and open debate." [9]

Pirate Wires

In 2020, Solana founded Pirate Wires, a newsletter-turned-website focused on technology. Solana's piece "Extract or Die" characterized San Francisco's government as mismanaging the city, and would be better run by tech entrepreneurs. [10] An October 2024 profile in The Atlantic described Solana as "The most opinionated man in America" for his writings in Pirate Wires. [5] The blog was described by Jeffrey Goldberg as "It gives you really good insight into MAGA thinking in the Silicon Valley, people who are supporting Donald Trump." [11]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Maitra, Sumantra (February 21, 2025). "'The Thought of American Greatness'". The American Conservative. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ Solana, Mike. "Twitter Is About to Get Way Worse". www.thefp.com. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Goode, Lauren. "Silicon Valley Is Starting to Pick Sides in Musk and Trump's Breakup". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Michael Solana - Chief Executive Officer at Pirate Wires". THE ORG. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Beam, Christopher (October 25, 2024). "The Most Opinionated Man in America". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tech bosses slam law that would stop them bothering you after work". sfstandard.com. April 2, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ Schneider, Benjamin (June 3, 2021). "The End of the End of San Francisco". SFWeekly. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ Solana, Mike (September 8, 2025). "The Abundance Delusion". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ Freeman, James. "Opinion | The Courage America Needs Now". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  10. ↑ Bernard, Zoë. "Tech elites hate the media. So they're taking a page from Fox News". Business Insider. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Washington Week with The Atlantic full episode, 11/15/24". Washington Week. November 15, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ Solana, Michael. "Stop Writing Dystopian Sci-Fi—It's Making Us All Fear Technology". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved September 11, 2025.
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