# Tyler Winklevoss

_American businessman and rower_

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Last updated: 2026-10-30

> Tyler Howard Winklevoss is an American investor, founder of Winklevoss Capital Management and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange and former Olympic rower. Winklevoss co-founded HarvardConnection 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 Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Cameron.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 21 August 1981 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Southampton ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P27))
- **Occupation:** rower; entrepreneur; computer scientist; executive producer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P106))
- **Education:** Christ Church; Harvard University; Harvard College; Brunswick School; Saïd Business School; Greenwich Country Day School ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P69))
- **X (Twitter):** tyler ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P2002))
- **LinkedIn:** tylerwinklevoss ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193#P6634))

## Questions

**When was Tyler Winklevoss born?**  
Tyler Winklevoss was born on 21 August 1981 in Southampton.

**Where did Tyler Winklevoss study?**  
Tyler Winklevoss was educated at Christ Church, Harvard University, Harvard College, Brunswick School.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tyler Winklevoss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Winklevoss) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q3066193](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066193) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: TylerWinklevoss.jpg by GabrielF (CC BY-SA 3.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TylerWinklevoss.jpg)

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## Cite this page

"Tyler Winklevoss". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tyler-winklevoss. Retrieved 10 November 2026.