Haven’t you heard? Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky are reportedly engaged, with Gaga’s Little Monsters thrilled at the prospect of Mother Monster marrying her boyfriend of four years. News of the engagement first broke during the Olympics, when French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal posted a video on TikTok in which Gaga seemingly referred to Polansky as her fiancé. It quickly went viral – and while Gaga has yet to formally confirm the engagement, she has turned up to the Venice Film Festival to promote Joker: Folie à Deux with a gigantic diamond solitaire on her ring finger. So, who is Polansky exactly? Here’s an overview of everything we know about the low-key couple.
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.)
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.
Polansky is based in the Northern California city – unsurprisingly for someone whose work has deep roots in Silicon Valley’s tech industry. He’s 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.
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.
