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Tyler Winklevoss

Tyler Winklevoss

American businessman and rower (born 1981) Tyler WinklevossWinklevoss in 2015Personal informationBorn (1981-08-21) August 21, 1981 (age 45)Southampton, New York, U.S.EducationHarvard University (BA)University of Oxford (MBA)Height6 ft 5 in (196 cm)Weight220 lb (100 kg)RelativeCameron Winklevoss (brother)SportSportRowingCollege teamHarvard UniversityUniversity of OxfordTeamUnited States Olympic TeamAchievements and titlesOlympic finals6th place, Beijing Olympics Medal record Men's rowing Representing the United States Pan American Games 2007 Rio Eight 2007 Rio Coxless four Tyler Howard Winklevoss (born August 21, 1981) is an American investor, founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and former Olympic rower. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with his identical twin brother Cameron Winklevoss and a Harvard classmate of theirs, Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the social networking service site Facebook, and received $65 million as settlement. As a rower, Winklevoss competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olym