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A New Billionaire Feud in the Valley

Titans of the technology industry are battling over whether to recall Gavin Newsom or keep him in office.

SV Angel Co-Founder and Managing Partner Ron Conway
Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images
Theodore Schleifer
June 17, 2021

In early May, Ron Conway decided it was high time to hold a little virtual soiree for his longtime friend, Gavin Newsom, who had learned just a week before that he was going to face a recall as the governor of California. Conway, whose inimitable network is legend in the Valley, sent out word to his high-dollar donor pals, and on May 6, about 30 of them—Sean Parker, Reid Hoffman, Marissa Mayer, along with up-and-comers like Tony Xu of DoorDash—piled onto a Zoom to chat with Newsom and his political brain trust, Juan Rodriguez and Sean Clegg.