Investor Palihapitiya says he wants to be governor of California

Technology investor Chamath Palihapitiya, the early Facebook Inc executive and minority owner of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, threw his hat in the ring on Tuesday to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California.

Palihapitiya, who became a celebrity on Wall Street thanks to his prolific launch of blank-check acquisition firms, has been a fierce critic of Newsom on policies such as taxation and his response to the Covid-19 pandemic.