| Name |
Cameron Winklevoss |
| Height |
6 ft 5 in |
| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
21-August-1981 |
| Place of Birth |
Southampton, New York, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Rower |
Cameron Winklevoss is an American rower and entrepreneur. He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner, Tyler Winklevoss. Cameron and his brother are known for co-founding HarvardConnection (later renamed ConnectU) along with Harvard classmate Divya Narendra. In 2004, the Winklevoss brothers sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for $140 million, claiming he stole their ConnectU idea to create the popular social networking site Facebook.
In addition to Connect U, Winklevoss also co-founded the social media website Guest of a Guest with Rachelle Hruska. Winklevoss began rowing at the age of 15, encouraged by family friends and the example of next-door neighbor Ethan Ayer who rowed at Harvard University and Cambridge University. He began rowing at the Saugatuck Rowing Club on the Saugatuck River in 1997. His first coach was Irishman James Mangan who coached him and his brother throughout high school. Winklevoss' high school did not have a crew; in his junior year, he and his brother co-founded the crew program at their high school. In the summer of 1999, he made the United States Junior National Rowing Team, competing in the coxed pair event with his brother at the Junior World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Cameron's rowing discipline is sweep rowing.
Winklevoss rowed at Harvard University for four years under legendary coach Harry Parker, while completing his undergraduate studies. In 2004, he sat 6-seat in the "engine room" of the Harvard men's varsity heavyweight eight boat. The 2004 crew was nicknamed the "God Squad" because, according to his brother, some of them believed in God while the rest believed they were God. As a Harvard Crimson in 2004, he helped the "God Squad" win the Eastern Sprints, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship, and the Harvard-Yale Regatta as part of an undefeated collegiate racing season.
