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Michael Polansky
American entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Michael Polansky (born September 26, 1983)[1] is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist.[2] He is engaged to Lady Gaga and has co-written various songs with her.[3][4]
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Early life and education
Polansky was born in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[5] His father, Steven Polansky, is a writer of Jewish heritage,[6][7] and his mother, Ellen Woods, is the president of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.[7]
He studied applied mathematics and computer science at Harvard University.[8][9] He enrolled in 2002 and graduated in 2006.[10][11]
Career
Polansky is founder or co-founder of the companies Avos Capital Management, Hawktail, and Outer Biosciences. He is a board member of Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Lady Gaga's cosmetics brand Haus Labs.[8][12] Polansky is the executive director of the Parker Foundation, which he co-founded with Sean Parker in 2015.[11][13] He has also been the chief operating officer of Airtime, which was founded by Parker and Shawn Fanning in 2011. Polansky has been involved in other projects by Parker.[14]
Polansky was a co-executive producer of Lady Gaga's 2024 soundtrack album Harlequin and co-wrote and reworked the traditional songs "Get Happy", "Good Morning", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", and "Oh, When the Saints".[15] He also has writing and production credits on Lady Gaga's 2025 studio album Mayhem,[16] including "The Beast", "Blade of Grass", "Disease", "Don't Call Tonight", "How Bad Do U Want Me", "LoveDrug", and "Vanish into You".[17][18] He and Lady Gaga also co-wrote the original song "All I Need Is Time".[19] In addition, he co-produced the Mayhem Ball, Gaga's 2025–26 world tour, which was designed as a theatrical production divided into acts.[8]
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Personal life
Polansky is based in San Francisco, as of 2024.[20]
As of 2025, Polansky is engaged to Lady Gaga.[21][22] The couple started dating in 2020.[23] When he asked how he should propose to her, she suggested using a blade of grass, which inspired her song of the same name on Mayhem.[24][25]
Songs written
All songs written by Polansky and Gaga, with the other writers listed below.
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References
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