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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
American blogger; co-founder of Twitter
Christopher Isaac "Biz " Stone [1] [2] [3] Twitter , among other technology companies. Stone was the creative director at Xanga from 1999 to 2001.[4] 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]
Education [ edit ]
Stone graduated from Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts .[6] Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Boston , but did not graduate from either.[7]
Stone addressing a conference in 2010
From 2003 to 2005, Stone held a senior leadership role at Google .[8]
Stone co-founded the social network Twitter in 2006 and left the company in 2011.[9]
Stone made his directorial debut in 2012, working alongside Ron Howard and Canon USA to direct a short film, Evermore, as a part of Project Imaginat10n.[10] Eating Animals Natalie Portman .[11]
Stone returned to Twitter from 2017[9] [citation needed
In 2024, Stone joined the board of directors of social network Mastodon 's US nonprofit entity.[12]
Aside from Twitter, Stone is an angel investor and advisor in the startup community having backed companies such as Square , Slack , Medium , Nest , Beyond Meat , Pinterest , Intercom , and Faraday. Stone is a board director at Beyond Meat, Medium, Polaroid Swing, Workpop,[13] [14]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Along with Jack Dorsey , Stone holds the patent for inventing Twitter.[15]
Stone has been honored with the International Center for Journalists Innovation Award, Inc. Time 100 Most Influential People in the World ,[16] GQ Evan Williams .[17] The Economist
In 2015, Stone's Twitter won an Emmy and Stone received CIPR's most prestigious accolade for leadership at the forefront of developing new forms of media.[18]
Stone is a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a member of the Senior Common Room at Exeter College, Oxford . Upon delivering the 2011 commencement, Babson College awarded Stone their highest honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws.[19] [20] at Oxford University .[21] University of California, Berkeley .[22]
Published works [ edit ]
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).[23] [24] blog and Medium articles, Stone has published op-eds for The Atlantic [25] The Times
Personal life [ edit ]
Stone is Jewish.[26] animal rights , veganism ,[27] environmentalism , poverty , health and education .[28] DonorsChoose , a nonprofit organization helping classrooms in need.[29]
Stone lives in Marin County, California , with his wife Livia and his son Jacob.[30] [31]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Biz Stone [@biz] (March 10, 2010). "Today is my birthday—I'm in my 30's!" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ Biz, Stone. "Biz Stone (LinkedIn)" . LinkedIn .
^ Stone, Biz (March 8, 2017). "Big News—Pinterest Acquires Jelly!" . AskJelly.com News . Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
^ "Who should be the 2009 Bostonian of the Year?" . The Boston Globe . December 14, 2009.
^ "Twitter's Biz Stone To Be Executive Fellow At UC Berkeley's Haas School" . The Huffington Post . September 21, 2011.
^ 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 .
^ a b "Twitter co-founder Biz Stone to rejoin firm" . BBC News . May 16, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ Temple, James. August 29, 2012. Twitter's Biz Stone to direct short film
^ "Eating Animals (2017) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
^ Perez, Sarah (April 29, 2024). "Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit" . TechCrunch . Retrieved April 29, 2024 .
^ "Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Joins Workpop Board As The Company Expands To New Markets" . www.prnewswire.com .
^ "Biz Stone throws his weight behind the Polaroid Swing motion photo app" . TechCrunch . July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2023 .
^ "Device independent message distribution platform" .
^ Kutcher, Ashton (April 30, 2009). "The Twitter Guys" . Time the original on May 2, 2009.
^ "GQ Men of the Year>" . Archived from <2009 the original on September 6, 2011.
^ BIZ STONE AWARDED CIPR PRESIDENT’S MEDAL
^ <Biz "Stone Ugrad Commencement Speaker>" .[permanent dead link
^ <Biz "Stone>" .[permanent dead link
^ Malone, Michael (April 19, 2009). "The Twitter Revolution" . WSJ .
^ Efrati, Melissa Korn And Amir (September 1, 2011). "Master of 'Biz' Returns to School" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
^ Stone, Biz. "About bizstone" . Flickr . Yahoo!. Retrieved November 7, 2008 .
^ Heilpern, John (April 2014)"Out to Lunch with Biz Stone" , Vanity Fair
^ Stone, Biz (October 19, 2012). "Exclusive: Biz Stone on Twitter and Activism" . The Atlantic .
^ @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 January 2, 2024 – via Twitter .
^ Mishler, Jennifer (November 15, 2011). "Watch: Biz Stone on His Love for Turkeys and Farm Sanctuary" . Ecorazzi .
^ Evangelista, Benny (May 2, 2010). "Twitter's Ben Stone supports social causes" . SFGate .
^ "Meet the Team | DonorsChoose" . www.donorschoose.org .
^ Towle, Mimi (August 2010). "Biz Stone" . Marin Magazine . Archived from the original on January 24, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2011 .
^ Schawbel, Dan. June 14, 2012. Biz Stone on His Biggest Challenges, Influences and the Future of Social Media forbes.com
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