Haven’t you heard? Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky are engaged—well, according to Tiktok, anyway. On Sunday, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal posted a video on the social media app where Gaga seemingly refers to Polansky as her fiancé. It quickly went viral.
Many of the comments came from Gaga’s fan base of Little Monsters, thrilled that it appeared she would be marrying her boyfriend of four years. However, many also came from people wondering who, exactly Polansky is, as the two have kept a remarkably low profile throughout their relationship.
So, for those in the latter camp, here’s everything we know about Michael Polansky.
He is the C.E.O. of Sean Parker’s The Parker Group
Polansky is the chief executive officer of The Parker Group, a company that oversees the business and charitable interests of Napster Founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker. (Parker was played by Justin Timberlake in the critically acclaimed film about Facebook’s founding, The Social Network.)
He is a Harvard graduate
Polansky studied applied mathematics and computer science at Harvard University, graduating in 2006. He attended the prestigious school at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg, who famously dropped out in 2004 to concentrate on building Facebook.
He lives in San Francisco
Polansky is based in the Northern California city—unsurprisingly for someone whose work has deep roots in Silicon Valley’s tech industry. He is also a noted fan of the San Francisco 49ers football team, and was spotted with Gaga in the stands at the 2024 Super Bowl, where the 49ers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Speaking of football—he and Lady Gaga are fans
While the world still doesn’t know how the financier and the singer met, they did make their relationship public at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami. After a weekend spent attending high-profile parties, Gaga hard launched Polansky on Instagram: “We had so much fun in Miami. Love to all my little monsters and fans, you’re the best!” Gaga wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of her and Polansky embracing on a yacht.