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

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

Twitter's COO Dick Costolo Talks About Management, Monetization and IPO Cravings!

in News, August 18, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

If You Tweet It, Japan Will Come

in News, July 26, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Swipely Nabs $7.5 Million in Series A Funding for Social Spending (And to Attack Blippy!)

in News, May 11, 2010 at 1:59 am PT

Looking to Grow Beyond a "Twitterized" City

in News, April 29, 2010 at 11:05 am PT

Some Twits Chirp From Twitter Conference: @Ev, @Biz and More!

in News, April 15, 2010 at 4:13 am PT

What Shall BoomTown Ask the Twits–Oops, I Mean Twitter-Loving VCs–at Chirp Today?

in News, April 14, 2010 at 8:21 am PT

Where Are Twitter’s Ads? You May Have to Wait a Month (Or More).

in Media, March 15, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Twitter Taps Pixar Exec as CFO

in Social, February 10, 2010 at 3:48 pm PT

Blippy Opens to Public and Scores High-Profile Investors–Including Twitter's Evan Williams–For the Twitter of $$

in News, January 14, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Apropos of Nothing: "TWITTER" License Plate (Only Seven Characters!)

in News, January 6, 2010 at 8:35 am PT