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Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) [3] is an American Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, and programmer, who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2015 until 2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairman of Block, Inc. (developer of the Square financial services platform).
[51] [52] [53] In response, Twitter's stock rose by as much as 27% and Twitter shares experienced the largest intraday surge since Twitter's IPO in 2013. [54] Musk was appointed to Twitter's board on April 9, under a deal that prohibited him from acquiring more than 14.9% of the company. [52] [55] [56]
X Logo used since 2023 [a] X homepage visited while logged out in December 2024 Formerly Twitter (2006–2023) Type of site Social networking service Available in Multilingual Founded March 21, 2006 ; 18 years ago (2006-03-21), in San Francisco, California, U.S. Headquarters Bastrop, Texas, United States Area served Worldwide, except blocking countries Owner Odeo (March–October 2006) Obvious ...
Among Obvious Corporation's projects was Twitter, a popular, free social networking and micro-blogging service. Twitter was spun out as a new company in April 2007, with Williams as co-founder, board member, and investor. [17] In October 2008, Williams became CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey, who became chairman of the board. [18]
Jack Dorsey, the CEO and co-founder of both Twitter and Square, landed at No. 173 on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world in early July 2021. While his fortune is less than 10% of that ...
The lawsuit from the SEC against Musk is essentially about him not disclosing his purchase of a large portion of Twitter’s stock in the months before he announced his intention to buy the company.
Alamy By Zachary M. Seward Deep into Twitter's IPO filing, in tiny text on pages 144 and 145, there's a curious footnote about two of the company's founders, Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey: Mr ...
While co-founders McEachen and Zymnis joined Twitter, co-founder García Martínez joined Twitter rival the Facebook ads division as a product manager. [34] AdGrok closed its service on June 30, 2011. [37] VentureBeat said that AdGrok could help Twitter generate revenue from "promoted and trending tweets". [38] 10 July 5, 2011: BackType: Social ...