Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire Bay Area venture capitalist and Golden State Warriors part-owner, has long spoken about the world's climate crisis.
Helping to save the environment — and making lots of money along the way — is a pillar of Palihapitiya's public persona, his business plan, and his stated life goals. In January, he tweeted, “There are only two priorities: Inequality + Climate Change.”
But FEC filings reviewed by SFGATE show that Palihapitiya recently maxed out a donation to a political action committee with viewpoints and policy proposals opposing this stated goal, and he won't explain why.