David A. Marcus
David Marcus | |
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Born | |
Occupation(s) | Co-founder and CEO of Lightspark |
Years active | 1996–present |
David Marcus (
Early life and education
Marcus was born on April 12, 1973
Career
In 1996 at age 23 Marcus founded GTN Telecom, a Geneva-based provider of internet access and telephone service.
Zong was acquired by
In June 2014, Marcus left PayPal to join Facebook as its Vice President of Messaging Products. There he oversaw the development of the Facebook Messenger mobile app.[13][14] The app reached 1 billion active users in July 2016.[15] Marcus is credited with the introduction of Messenger's P2P payment platform which was released in the United States in June 2015.[16] Marcus would later help implement business payments on the platform.[17][18]
In December 2017, Marcus was appointed to the board of directors of the cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase. According to the announcement, he was chosen based on his experience with digital payments at both PayPal and Facebook and his knowledge of cryptocurrency.[14] He is also considered an early promoter of cryptocurrency.[19]
In May, 2018, Marcus moved from Vice President of Messaging Products to lead the experimental blockchain group at Facebook.[20] In August 2018, Marcus left the board at Coinbase, at least in part to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest with his work on Facebook.[21]
By February 2019,
In May 2020, Calibra was renamed Novi, which would also be the name of a proposed
In November 2021, Marcus announced that he would be leaving Facebook (recently renamed Meta) at the end of the year.
In May 2022, Marcus co-founded a company called Lightspark that describes itself as using the
On 23-rd of October 2023 David Markus announced that Lightspark open sourced the Money Address (UMA) standard.
References
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- ^ Davan-Soulas, Melinda (February 21, 2018). "De PayPal à Facebook Messenger, portrait du Français David Marcus". La Chaîne Info (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ a b Gallindoss, Alan (June 10, 2014). "David Marcus Quits as President of PayPal Joins Facebook Instead". Jewish Business News. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b Kuchler, Hannah (October 25, 2015). "David Marcus, Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's chief messenger". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ISBN 9781940313153.
- ^ a b Hempel, Jesse (November 10, 2014). "Why Facebook Has Entrusted Its Future to the CEO of PayPal". Wired. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Rao, Leena (March 29, 2012). "Former Zong CEO And Founder And Mobile VP David Marcus Named President Of eBay's PayPal". TechCrunch. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Segall, Laurie (March 29, 2012). "PayPal taps mobile chief as its new leader". CNN. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Duryee, Tricia (March 29, 2012). "eBay Promotes David Marcus to Fill Top Vacancy at PayPal". All Things Digital. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Elahi, Amina (May 15, 2014). "Braintree keeps its culture, despite PayPal buy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (September 26, 2013). "PayPal's David Marcus: Braintree Keeps Its Brand And Ops Intact; Venmo Will Be Used For Big P2P Push". TechCrunch. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ D'Onfro, Jillian (June 9, 2014). "PayPal President David Marcus Is Stepping Down To Join Facebook". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b Hatmaker, Taylor (December 12, 2017). "Facebook Messaging VP David Marcus joins Coinbase board". TechCrunch. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Guynn, Jessica (July 20, 2016). "Facebook Messenger tops 1 billion users". USA Today. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Garun, Natt (June 30, 2015). "Facebook Messenger payments are now available to everyone in the US". The Next Web. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Rowan, David (October 12, 2015). "Facebook Messenger: inside Zuckerberg's app for everything". Wired. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Constine, Josh; Perez, Sarah (September 12, 2016). "Facebook Messenger now allows payments in its 30,000 chat bots". TechCrunch. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Fernholz, Tim (15 May 2015). "Five takeaways from "Digital Gold," Nathaniel Popper's new book about bitcoin". Quartz.
- ^ "The head of Facebook Messenger is now in charge of bringing blockchain to Facebook". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ Levy, Ari (August 11, 2018). "By leaving Coinbase's board, Facebook's David Marcus removes a potential conflict as the social network ramps up its crypto strategy". CNBC. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Popper, Nathaniel; Isaac, Mike (February 28, 2019). "Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Duffy, Clare (November 15, 2019). "Meet the Facebook executive who wants you to trust him with your money". CNN. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Duffy, Clare (July 16, 2019). "US lawmakers grill Facebook executive in charge of Libra". CNN. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Marcus, David A. (May 26, 2020). "Welcome to Novi". About Facebook (Press release). Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Wagner, Kurt (August 10, 2020). "Facebook Financial Formed to Pursue Company's Payments Plans". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Wilson, Tom; Irrera, Anna (December 1, 2020). "Facebook-backed digital coin Libra renamed Diem in quest for approval". Reuters. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Rodriguez, Salvador (November 30, 2021). "Facebook's executive in charge of cryptocurrency is leaving the company". CNBC. Retrieved December 1, 2021.