Portrait of Evan Williams

Rank #2149

Evan Williams

Net worth $2.0B

Twitter · United States

Born
Mar 31, 1972
Age
54
Source
Twitter
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Drop Out, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Evan Williams, also referred to as "Ev," has started three digital publishing companies: Blogger, Twitter and Medium.
  • A University of Nebraska dropout, Williams grew up on his family's soybean and corn farm.
  • Williams' venture capital firm, Obvious Ventures, was one of the largest investors in Beyond Meat, which had a successful IPO in May 2019.
  • He cofounded Twitter and served as a member of its board of directors until February 2019. He was President and CEO from July 2009 to March 2010.
  • In July 2022, Williams announced he was stepping down as CEO of Medium, the online publishing platform he founded in 2012. He remains chairman.
  • Williams has been credited as the person who coined the term "blogger."
  • Williams sold tutorial videos aimed at helping people understand the Internet in the mid-1990s.
  • Williams' firm Obvious Ventures invests in "world positive" companies, focusing on sustainability, healthy living and democratizing tech.

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