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Christopher Michael Kelly (born August 18, 1970) is an American entrepreneur, attorney, and activist. From September 2005 to August 2009, he served as Chief Privacy Officer, first General Counsel, and Head of Global Public Policy at
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. As an early leader at Facebook, he helped shape it into one of the most successful businesses in history. In 2010, Kelly was a candidate in the Democratic primary for California Attorney General. Since his departure from Facebook and campaign for Attorney General, he has become an investor in films, restaurants, and technology start-ups. Kelly became a co-owner of the NBA's Sacramento Kings in May 2013.


Early life and education

Kelly spent his early years in Santa Ana and
San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
, where he graduated from
Bellarmine College Preparatory Bellarmine College Preparatory is an all-male, Jesuit, private secondary school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1851, it is the oldest secondary school in California and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. In 2020, Niche ...
in 1987. He earned a BA from
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
in 1991, a master's degree in political theory from
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
in 1992, and a J.D. degree from
Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...
in 1997.


Law and public policy career

After graduating from Georgetown and during his time at Yale, Kelly joined the staff of
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's first
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. He went on to be appointed a policy advisor for the
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and Department of Education during the Clinton Administration. Kelly helped advance critical domestic programs, including the successful initiative to put 100,000 new community police officers on America's streets, and the formation of
AmeriCorps AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work prog ...
, a network of national service programs that engage Americans to improve education, public safety, health, and the environment.Kelly 2010 campaign bio
Following his time at Harvard Law, Kelly clerked for federal judge Barry Moskowitz, and subsequently entered private practice with the firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Baker & McKenzie. During that time, he represented
Netscape Netscape Communications Corporation (originally Mosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters in Mountain View, California and then Dulles, Virginia. Its Netscape web browser was onc ...
in the
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, and Diamond Multimedia in its groundbreaking suit over the first MP3 player. The court's decision resulted in expanded personal use rights over digital content. Kelly left the firm to become Silicon Valley's first "chief privacy officer", holding the position at Kendara,
Excite@Home @Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their f ...
, and Spoke Software prior to joining
Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...
in September 2005.


Facebook

Joining Facebook as the fledgling company's first attorney, Kelly would serve as Chief Privacy Officer, General Counsel, Head of Global Public Policy, and Vice President of Corporate Development. Kelly's development of the site's safety and security policies around real world identity and deployment of a highly trained staff for rule and law enforcement are credited as critical elements in the company's success. At Facebook, Kelly worked with Attorneys General in all 50 states to develop safeguards protecting children from sexual predators and represented the company in complex situations involving privacy and intellectual property in the digital age.


Attorney General electoral bid

On April 20, 2009, Kelly announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the office of the Attorney General of California The only non-elected officeholder in the field, Kelly garnered 16 percent of the vote in his first run for public office, finishing third in a crowded field of Democratic contenders.


Career as an investor

Kelly has been an active angel investor in companies seeking transformational improvements in technology, media, and finance, as well as in independent film and restaurants. In 2010, Kelly launched Kelly Investments, a personal investment fund. Kelly has been a producer on multiple
independent film An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system, in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, i ...
s, including ''
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'', ''
The Power of Two ''The Power of Two'' is a 2009 studio album by American vocalists Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson arranged by John Oddo. Reception The AllMusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album three stars and said "From the beginning, the t ...
'', ''
Once Upon a Time in Queens ''Once Upon a Time in Queens'' is a 2013 American post-mob film written and directed by David Rodriguez, starring Paul Sorvino, Michael Rapaport and Chazz Palminteri. Plot Joseph "Mr. Joe" Scoleri (Paul Sorvino) was a major Mafia mob boss back i ...
'', and the award-winning documentary,
Jiro Dreams of Sushi ''Jiro Dreams of Sushi'' is a 2011 Japanese-language American documentary film directed by David Gelb. The film follows , an 85-year-old sushi master and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, previously a Michelin three-star restaurant. Sukiyabashi Jiro ...
. Kelly was a key player in bringing Bradley's Fine Dine to Menlo Park in 2014, though the restaurant was shuttered as of January 1, 2017.


Political activism and philanthropy

Alongside Daphne Phung of
California Against Slavery California Against Slavery (CAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization that launched a California state wide directory of organizations and agencies that provide services to victims and survivors of human trafficking, sex trafficking, and labor traffick ...
, Kelly was a primary proponent of the California Proposition 35 Ballot Initiative in 2012, which modernized California's laws against human trafficking and sex slavery. The initiative increased prison terms for human traffickers, requires convicted sex traffickers to register as sex offenders, requires criminal fines from convicted human traffickers to pay for services to help victims, requires all registered sex offenders to disclose their internet accounts and mandates law enforcement training on human trafficking. The initiative garnered 81% support from the voters in California, making it the most successful ballot initiative in the history of California. Kelly has done extensive work with the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to recognize and honor California's peace officers who their lives “In The Line of Duty” serving citizens of the state of California and provides support to family members left behind. Kelly has been a strong supporter of veteran's causes, victims rights and educational programs surrounding California's criminal justice system. Additionally, Kelly sits on numerous boards of national philanthropic and policy organizations, including: * Board of Regents,
Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...
* National Board Chairman, New Leaders Council * Board of Trustees,
Progressive Policy Institute The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that serves as a public policy think tank in the United States. The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) founded it in 1989. ''The Washington Post'' has described it ...
* Board of Directors, San Francisco 49ers Academy * Board of Directors, OSET Foundation * Board of Directors, The Redford Center


Personal life

Kelly resides in
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (; Spanish language, Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree kno ...
with his wife Jennifer Carrico, an entrepreneur and former prosecutor, and their children.


References


External links


profile at Palo Alto Wiki

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