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Antonio García Martínez is an American author, entrepreneur, and former Facebook product manager. He studied physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in finance before co-founding a startup that was later acquired by Twitter.
Known for: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Chaos Monkeys is a memoir by Antonio García Martínez, a former Facebook and Twitter insider, offering an unfiltered look at the inner workings of Silicon Valley. The book exposes the culture of ambition, greed, and innovation that drives the tech industry, recounting García Martínez’s journey from Wall Street to startup founder to Facebook product manager. It provides a candid, often irreverent portrayal of the people and power dynamics shaping the digital economy.
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From the Lab to Wall Street: The Beginning of a Rational Game
My journey didn’t begin in the startup world but inside the ivory tower of science. Back then, I believed reason and logic could deconstruct every structure of reality. That illusion crumbled when I joined Goldman Sachs, where I witnessed a different kind of mathematics—one governed by probability, ...
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The Birth of AdGrok: An Idealist’s Chaotic Experiment
After Goldman, two partners and I launched AdGrok, a startup designed to make digital advertising more precise and automated. Silicon Valley at the time was caught up in an ad-tech frenzy where everyone wanted to “disrupt” something. The three of us worked shoulder-to-shoulder in a cramped office, t...
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About Antonio García Martínez
Antonio García Martínez is an American author, entrepreneur, and former Facebook product manager. He studied physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in finance before co-founding a startup that was later acquired by Twitter. His writing often explores the intersection of techno...
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Antonio García Martínez is an American author, entrepreneur, and former Facebook product manager. He studied physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in finance before co-founding a startup that was later acquired by Twitter. His writing often explores the intersection of techno...
Antonio García Martínez is an American author, entrepreneur, and former Facebook product manager. He studied physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in finance before co-founding a startup that was later acquired by Twitter. His writing often explores the intersection of technology, business, and society.
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