Evan Williams

Co-Founder and CEO
Twitter

Williams was raised on a farm in Nebraska, dropped out of college, was co-founder of Pyra Labs, which created Blogger and sold to Google.

Posts With Evan Williams

New Start-Ups Branch and PandaWhale Provide Homes for Online Discussions

in Social on March 7 at 8:31 am PT

Can we go beyond YouTube comments and Twitter trolls? Two start-ups hope to foster and aggregate quality discourse on the Internet. No, really!
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Twitter Hires Google Vet Karen Wickre as Editorial Director

in Social on October 25, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Karen Wickre, who founded and edited Google’s network of company blogs, has joined Twitter in the newly created position of editorial director, she announced Monday.
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Take the Money and Run? Twitter Shareholders Now Mulling Cash-Out Offer From DST.

in Social on August 31, 2011 at 10:13 am PT

To sell or not to sell any of their shares is the question facing Twitter stakeholders right now, as the second $400 million part of the company’s funding by Russia’s DST Global nears completion.
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Ex-Googlers Flock 35 Miles North to Twitter

in Social on August 2, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

A significant portion of Twitter employees — something like 13 percent — used to work at Google.
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The Last Twitter Founder Leaves, and Obvious.com Is Reborn

in News on June 28, 2011 at 1:25 pm PT

Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Jason Goldman — the former core leadership team of Twitter — have restarted their Internet idea incubator Obvious Corporation.
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News Byte

Left-out Twitter Co-Creator Noah Glass Speaks Up

in Social on April 13, 2011 at 12:40 pm PT

There’s nothing like success to attract people sharing the credit, and today Evan Williams gets some of what Mark Zuckerberg’s been dealing with–but with a bit more credibility. In a story about Twitter’s origins, Business Insider has a rare and captivating interview with Noah Glass, a little-acknowledged and somewhat bitter co-creator. Glass, however, has not sought notoriety, nor is he suing Twitter for leaving him out, having “received a certain amount of equity” after bringing his grievances to the company. To be fair, Glass’s role was acknowledged in recently reinstated co-founder Jack Dorsey’s retelling of the company’s history on its fifth birthday.

No First Birthday Party for Twitter's Chirp Conference This Year

in Social on April 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

One year ago this week, Twitter held its first developer conference, Chirp. But amid recent management shake-ups at the company, the event is not on the calendar yet for 2011.

@ev Tells Twitter to Keep in Touch, Have a Nice Summer

in Social on March 29, 2011 at 5:13 pm PT

Evan Williams this afternoon acknowledged he is no longer at Twitter full time and that he has stepped back from the company in the six months since he handed the CEO role to Dick Costolo. Williams thanked and praised the Twitter team and said they are bound for bigger and better things, in a tone evocative of a high school yearbook note.

Twitter Gets Its (Part-Time) Messiah: Dorsey Officially Returns to Lead Product

in Social on March 28, 2011 at 9:54 am PT

Jack Dorsey will return to Twitter to lead its product team, he announced today. The Twitter inventor’s return to lead the company he was kicked out of is reminiscent of Apple’s restoration of CEO Steve Jobs, and Twitter is similarly hopeful that Dorsey’s vision will lead it to greatness on his second run.

Twitter Still Hunting For Its Product Boss

in Social on March 24, 2011 at 11:25 am PT

Twitter has spent months looking for a product leader, and had multiple high-profile potential hires turn down its offers for that job. But it is starting to make some progress.

Gaga Goes Geeky at Google and Twitter

in Social, March 24, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Report From Austin: The Social Fragmentation of SXSW

in Social, March 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

Google Holds on to Product VP Sundar Pichai After Daring Twitter Talent Raid Attempt

in Social, January 14, 2011 at 7:53 am PT

Twitter Courts Google's Sundar Pichai for Head of Product

in Social, January 8, 2011 at 6:49 pm PT

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo on Platforms, Reliability and Independence at D@CES

in Media, January 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm PT

D@CES Today: Twitter, Nvidia, Microsoft in the Vegas Spotlight!

in D at CES, January 7, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

The Men and No Women of Web 2.0 Boards (BoomTown's Talking to You: Twitter, Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Foursquare)

in News, December 21, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

Q: Why No Twitter Board Seat for Kleiner's John Doerr? A: His Google Board Seat (Plus, Is the Star VC Looking at Spotify and Groupon Next?)

in News, December 16, 2010 at 5:14 am PT

D@CES: What Happens to Twitter's Dick Costolo in Vegas Stays on ATD

in D at CES, December 15, 2010 at 5:10 am PT

Help Wanted: Twitter Seeks Product Direction

in Social, December 9, 2010 at 8:33 am PT

Exclusive: Silicon Valley Go-To Guy Peter Currie Joining Twitter Board

in News, December 1, 2010 at 3:53 am PT

Twitter's Buffet of Options: Investors Like DST or Acquirers Like Google

in Social, November 29, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Videos of the Three Best Sessions at the Web 2.0 Summit

in Social, November 18, 2010 at 7:08 pm PT

Twitter Replaces CEO Ev Williams With Deputy Dick Costolo

in Media, October 4, 2010 at 11:52 am PT

The New Twitter.com Is a "Consumption Environment." Translation: Twitter Is a (Reluctant) Media Company.

in Media, September 14, 2010 at 4:56 pm PT