Portrait of Tom Preston-Werner

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Tom Preston-Werner

Net worth $1.0B

software · United States

Born
Oct 28, 1979
Age
46
Source
software
Residence
San Francisco , California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education
Drop Out, Harvey Mudd College

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Tom Preston-Werner cofounded software development platform GitHub in 2008.
  • Microsoft bought the company for $7.5 billion, all in stock, in 2018.
  • Preston-Werner had left the firm in 2014 in the wake of harassment allegations, which he denied.
  • Following an investigation, GitHub said it did not find evidence of harassment, but that it "did find evidence of mistakes and errors of judgment."
  • He cofounded language learning platform Chatterbug in 2016.

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