Biz Stone

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Biz Stone
software engineer, businessperson
Known forco-founder of Twitter, Jelly
SpouseLivia Stone
Websitethingsalittlebirdtoldme.com

Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone[1][2] (born March 10, 1974)[3] is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Twitter, among other technology companies. Stone was the creative director at Xanga from 1999 to 2001.[4] Stone co-founded Jelly, with Ben Finkel. Jelly was launched in 2014 and was a search engine driven by visual imagery and discovery. Stone was Jelly's CEO until its acquisition by Pinterest in 2017.[5] On May 16, 2017, Biz Stone announced he was returning to Twitter Inc.

Education

Stone graduated from Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[6] He attended Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Boston, but did not graduate from either.[7]

Career

Stone addressing a conference in 2010

Aside from Twitter, Stone is an

Intercom, and Faraday. Stone is a board director at Beyond Meat, Medium, Polaroid Swing, Workpop,[8] and Jelly Industries. Stone is the Chairman of Polaroid Swing.[9]

Stone made his

Canon USA to direct a short film, Evermore, as a part of Project Imaginat10n. Stone described the opportunity as a chance to scratch a long-time creative itch.[10] Stone is also an advisor to Zoic Studios, and an Executive Producer of the documentary Eating Animals along with Natalie Portman.[11]

From 2003 to 2005, Stone held a senior leadership role at Google.[12]

In May 2017, Stone announced his intention to return to Twitter.[13]

Awards and honors

Along with Jack Dorsey, Stone holds the patent for inventing Twitter.[14]

Stone has been honored with the

Inc. magazine named him Entrepreneur of the Decade, Time listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World,[15] and GQ named him Nerd of the Year, along with Evan Williams.[16] In 2014, The Economist
recognized Stone with an Innovation Award.

In 2015, Stone's Twitter won an

CIPR's most prestigious accolade for leadership at the forefront of developing new forms of media.[17]

Stone is a visiting fellow at

Oxford University.[20] Stone is an Executive Fellow at University of California, Berkeley.[21]

Published works

Stone has published three books, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content (New Riders, 2002), Who Let The Blogs Out? (St Martins, 2004),[19] and Things A Little Bird Told Me (Grand Central, 2014).

The Times
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Personal life

Stone is Jewish.[25] He is involved in animal rights, veganism,[26] environmentalism, poverty, health and education.[27] Stone is an advisor and contributor to DonorsChoose, a nonprofit organization helping classrooms in need.[28]

Stone lives in Marin County, California, with his wife Livia and his son Jacob.[29] He and his wife founded and operate the Biz and Livia Stone Foundation, which supports education and conservation in California.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "How I Got My Name". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. ^ Biz Stone (2000-04-12). "Biz Stone:No Emails Today". Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  3. ^ Biz Stone [@biz] (November 4, 2010). "Today is my birthday—I'm in my 30's!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ Biz, Stone. "Biz Stone (LinkedIn)". LinkedIn.
  5. ^ Stone, Biz (2017-03-08). "Big News—Pinterest Acquires Jelly!". AskJelly.com News. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  6. ^ "Who should be the 2009 Bostonian of the Year?". The Boston Globe. December 14, 2009.
  7. ^ "Twitter's Biz Stone To Be Executive Fellow At UC Berkeley's Haas School". The Huffington Post. September 21, 2011.
  8. ^ "Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Joins Workpop Board As The Company Expands To New Markets". www.prnewswire.com.
  9. ^ "Biz Stone throws his weight behind the Polaroid Swing motion photo app". TechCrunch. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  10. ^ Temple, James. August 29, 2012. Twitter's Biz Stone to direct short film
  11. ^ "Eating Animals (2017) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ^ Jay Yarow (November 2, 2013). "Biz Stone Walked Away From $2 Million In Google Stock When He Decided To Join The Struggling Startup That Eventually Became Twitter". Business Insider.
  13. ^ "What's Happening with Me". Biz Stone. 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  14. ^ "Device independent message distribution platform".
  15. ^ Kutcher, Ashton (April 30, 2009). "The Twitter Guys". Time. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009.
  16. ^ "GQ Men of the Year>". Archived from <2009 the original on September 6, 2011.
  17. ^ BIZ STONE AWARDED CIPR PRESIDENT’S MEDAL
  18. ^ <Biz "Stone Ugrad Commencement Speaker>".[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ <Biz "Stone>".[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ Malone, Michael (April 19, 2009). "The Twitter Revolution". WSJ.
  21. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  22. ^ Stone, Biz. "About bizstone". Flickr. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  23. ^ Heilpern, John (April 2014)"Out to Lunch with Biz Stone", Vanity Fair. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  24. ^ Stone, Biz (October 19, 2012). "Exclusive: Biz Stone on Twitter and Activism". The Atlantic.
  25. ^ @Biz (May 10, 2017). "The Google version of Goldman is back. By the way, I'm Jewish. 23andMe! Feel better now?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 Jan 2024 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Mishler, Jennifer (November 15, 2011). "Watch: Biz Stone on His Love for Turkeys and Farm Sanctuary". Ecorazzi.
  27. ^ Evangelista, Benny (May 2, 2010). "Twitter's Ben Stone supports social causes". SFGate.
  28. ^ "Meet the Team | DonorsChoose". www.donorschoose.org.
  29. ^ Towle, Mimi (August 2010). "Biz Stone". Marin Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  30. forbes.com

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