Profil Financier
Evan Williams occupe actuellement le rang #2120 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur technologie). Fortune nette estimée : $2.0 B ($0 sur 24h).
Evan Williams, also referred to as "Ev," has started three digital publishing companies: Blogger, Twitter and Medium.
A University of Nebraska dropout, Williams grew up on his family's soybean and corn farm.
Williams' venture capital firm, Obvious Ventures, was one of the largest investors in Beyond Meat, which had a successful IPO in May 2019.
He cofounded Twitter and served as a member of its board of directors until February 2019. He was President and CEO from July 2009 to March 2010.
In July 2022, Williams announced he was stepping down as CEO of Medium, the online publishing platform he founded in 2012. He remains chairman.
Williams has been credited as the person who coined the term "blogger."
Williams sold tutorial videos aimed at helping people understand the Internet in the mid-1990s.
Williams' firm Obvious Ventures invests in "world positive" companies, focusing on sustainability, healthy living and democratizing tech.