Portrait of Jack Dorsey

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Jack Dorsey

Net worth $6.3B

Twitter, Square · United States

Born
Nov 19, 1976
Age
49
Source
Twitter, Square
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Single
Children
0
Education
Drop Out, New York University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Jack Dorsey is chairman and block head (effectively CEO) of payments company Block, formerly known as Square.
  • Dorsey cofounded Square with Jim McKelvey in 2009, then took it public in 2015; it was renamed Block in 2021.
  • He was previously CEO of Twitter from 2015 to 2021 and stepped down from the board in 2022.
  • Dorsey cofounded Twitter in 2006 with Ev Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass, and was CEO until 2008. He returned in 2015.
  • In 2020, he promised to give away $1 billion (then 28% of his net worth) to Covid-19 relief and other causes. He has donated $760 million so far.
  • Before gravitating to tech, Dorsey was a certified masseur and dabbled in fashion design.
  • Dorsey dropped out of college twice -- first from the University of Missouri-Rolla and later from New York University.

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