Lady Gaga’s mystery new boyfriend is a mystery no more.
The singer is dating entrepreneur and investor Michael Polansky, a Harvard graduate who runs Facebook co-founder Sean Parker’s ground-breaking Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.
Polansky, a Harvard applied mathematics and computer science graduate, is CEO of the San Francisco-based Parker Group, the umbrella organization for Parker’s charitable and business initiatives, including the cancer immunotherapy institute.
Sources say he and Gaga likely have known each other for a while through events Parker has hosted at his LA mansion including for his foundation, and connected again at the social network founder’s birthday party last December.
He and Gaga, 33, were first spotted together in Vegas over New Year’s, then were pictured kissing on the balcony of her rented Miami mansion in the days before her pre-Super Bowl 2020 concert Saturday.
A source said, “Michael is a really smart guy, a very serious guy, who has always been low key. People are saying Gaga would have met him through events Sean Parker has hosted at his house, including the launch and other events for the foundation. Sean also had a party for his birthday in LA in December and both Gaga and Michael were there.”
Polansky was also present at Gaga’s big AT&T TV Super Saturday Night Show at Miami’s Meridian at Island Gardens venue. He was spotted taking in the superstar’s show on a VIP balcony, and chatting to Gaga’s mother Cynthia Germanotta.
During the show, Gaga even dished out some advice for the Super Bowl 2020 halftime headliners Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. “I better hear no lip-synching tomorrow,” the 2017 halftime show star said, adding, “I love you J. Lo, I love you Shakira!”
“Thank you so much for believing in me,” she told her adoring, cheering fans. “I remember when I played the halftime show and it was one of the most special, beautiful things that’s ever happened to me. So, thank you.”
By the end of her AT&T gig, Gaga walked back her previous vocal coaching, saying, “I wish so much love and so much luck to everyone that’s doing the halftime show, [and] to both the teams that are playing each other in the Super Bowl. They’re all champions.”
Page Six exclusively reported Saturday that Lopez, 50, and Shakira, 43, will be joined on stage by reggaeton superstars J Balvin and Bad Bunny — with an assist from Lopez’s 11-year-old daughter Emme.
Polansky’s online bio states that prior to working as CEO for The Parker Group, he was a Principal at Founders Fund working directly with Sean Parker and Peter Thiel and previously an Investor at Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Group.
In his role at The Parker Group, he manages the business, investment, political and charitable interests of Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Parker.
Since 2008, Michael has worked closely with Parker to build a large portfolio of private technology companies across internet, life sciences, and advanced technology. And In 2013, he co-founded the Economic Innovation Group (EIG), a bipartisan public policy organization.
In 2015, he co-founded and helped launch the Parker Foundation, a $600 million private philanthropy vehicle dedicated to the aggressive pursuit of large-scale systemic change in life sciences, global public health, and civic engagement.
He co-founded the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, a ground-breaking collaboration between the country’s leading immunologists and cancer centers: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.