Dan has been dishonest about his ownership/investment role though. He has made it out to be that he is the owner and founder of Parler and that clearly helped draw people to the site. He's an investor/spokesman.
I don't recall him ever saying he was a founder, but we also don't know what terms they have. His investment and early promotion of Parler could be considered a founder level investment, regardless of him not being onboard at launch, which he wasn't and is clear if you followed him or listen to the podcast. He talked about Parler and promoted it before he was a part-owner, a synonym for investor. Plenty of people would have never heard of it without Bongino, so maybe they consider him a "founder" in some way, though again I've never heard him attest that.
It's not clear how much of Parler Bongino owns/invested in. It's not really fair to assume he is responsible for what has happened to Parler.
Parler isn't dead anyway, just between hosts.
Dan has been dishonest about his ownership/investment role though. He has made it out to be that he is the owner and founder of Parler and that clearly helped draw people to the site. He's an investor/spokesman.
I don't recall him ever saying he was a founder, but we also don't know what terms they have. His investment and early promotion of Parler could be considered a founder level investment, regardless of him not being onboard at launch, which he wasn't and is clear if you followed him or listen to the podcast. He talked about Parler and promoted it before he was a part-owner, a synonym for investor. Plenty of people would have never heard of it without Bongino, so maybe they consider him a "founder" in some way, though again I've never heard him attest that.
He's said numerous times that he owns Parler making it seem as if he created it. Rebekeh Mercer is the large amount angel investor.