Today The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the web encyclopedia Wikipedia, announced it has appointed Roger McNamee to the Foundation's Advisory Board. McNamee is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Elevation Partners, a VC firm that invests in media and consumer technology companies.
McNamee is a long-term San Francisco Bay Area resident, a professional musician, and a prominent Wikipedia supporter. According to his Wikipedia page, "he has been instrumental in arranging at least two $500,000 donations to the Wikimedia Foundation". His firm, Elevation Partners, is run by McNamee and U2's Bono, among others, and recently invested $84 Million in Palm, Inc.
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