Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg | |
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Lead Developer, WordPress Foundation | |
Organization | Automattic |
Known for | Developing WordPress.com |
Website | ma |
Matthew Charles Mullenweg (born January 11, 1984) is an American
.Early life and education
Mullenweg was born and raised in
Early career
In January 2003, Mullenweg and
In October 2004, he joined CNET to work on WordPress, dropping out of college and moving to San Francisco.[9]
Automattic
Mullenweg left CNET in October 2005 to focus on WordPress full-time.[10] Soon after he announced Akismet, an initiative to reduce comment and trackback spam.[11] In December, he founded Automattic, with Akismet and WordPress as its flagship products. In January 2006, Mullenweg recruited former Yahoo! executive Toni Schneider to join Automattic as CEO.[citation needed]
In January 2014, Mullenweg became CEO of Automattic. Schneider moved to work on new projects at Automattic.[1] From 2017 to 2019, Mullenweg also served as a board member for GitLab, Inc.[12]
Mullenweg, together with
Mullenweg began a three-month
Philanthropy
Mullenweg sat on the board of non-profit magazine
See also
References
- ^ a b A new CEO for Automattic Archived 2014-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. Toni.org. Retrieved on 2014-05-23.
- ^ "Audrey Capital". Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
- ^ "Cardinal Blogging". Matt Mullenweg. 2006-10-03. Archived from the original on 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ Drell, Lauren. "We Don't Need No Education: Meet the Millionaire Dropouts". AOL Small Business. Archived from the original on 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ a b Matusow, Cathy (October 28, 2004). "The Blog Age". Houston Press. Archived from the original on April 10, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
- ^ "Evolution of b2, 180° from WordPress!". b2evolution.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ISSN 1098-8300. Archived from the originalon 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Spring Ping Thing". Photo Matt. 2004-04-19. Archived from the original on 2007-11-27.
- ^ Matt (2004-10-28). "Houston Press and CNET". Matt Mullenweg. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Leaving CNET". Ma.tt. October 21, 2005. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ "Akismet Stops Spam". Ma.tt. October 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ "WordPress Founder Matt Mullenweg Joins the GitLab Board as Company Momentum Hits an All-Time High". GitLab, Inc. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ^ "Audrey Capital". Audrey.co. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Mullenweg, Matt (2024-02-02). "Samattical". Matt Mullenweg. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ Silberling, Amanda (2024-02-23). "Tumblr CEO publicly spars with trans user over account ban, revealing private account names in the process". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ de Luna, Elizabeth (2024-02-24). "Tumblr CEO's public 'meltdown' is mocked, memed by users". Mashable. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "A message from a few of the trans staff at Tumblr & Automattic". Tumblr. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "Annual Report 2020". Grist. Archived from the original on 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "The Apache Software Foundation's "Apache Way" continues to gain momentum, recognition and influence on the future of open source technologies". Apache Software Foundation. 2008-06-17. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "ASF Milestones". Apache Software Foundation. 2019. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ "Fixes, funding brighten 'Bay Lights' day". San Francisco Chronicle. 2013-06-15. Archived from the original on 2014-09-17. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
- ^ "My Charity:Water". Charity:Water. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "My Charity:Water". Charity:Water. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
External links
- Media related to Matt Mullenweg at Wikimedia Commons
- Quotations related to Matt Mullenweg at Wikiquote