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Jack Patrick Dorsey is an American tech entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded Twitter, Inc., which operated social media service Twitter; financial technology company Block, Inc., which owns and operates Square, Cash App, Afterpay, Bitkey, and Tidal; and microblogging social networking service Bluesky.
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business · American entrepreneur (born 1976) · entrepreneur · blogger · businessperson · programmer · computer scientist · business executive · tech VIP · billionaire · also Jack Dorsey, Jack Patrick Dorsey, Jack, Dorsey
Born 19 November 1976 · Q335552
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s shift toward a traditional corporate structure and the introduction of centralized moderation tools were major factors behind his decision to leave the company. Digital currency Dorsey is one of the few persons who are speculated to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. Other projects In 2013, Dorsey expressed his admiration of Michael Bloomberg to CNN, and said he aspires to become mayor of New York City. He served as a judge for Bloomberg
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“s chief executive has been criticised for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country. In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey said he had travelled to northern Myanmar last month for a meditation retreat.”
Dorsey launched a peer-to-peer messaging app called Bitchat, which uses Bluetooth mesh networking to connect nearby users without the need for an internet connection
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Dorsey tweeted in support of Gaza war protests in the United States, Vietnam war protests, and Iraq war protests
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“s shift toward a traditional corporate structure and the introduction of centralized moderation tools were major factors behind his decision to leave the company. Digital currency Dorsey is one of the few persons who are speculated to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. Other projects In 2013, Dorsey expressed his admiration of Michael Bloomberg to CNN, and said he aspires to become mayor of New York City. He served as a judge for Bloomberg”
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Dorsey provided the seed funding for OCEAN, a Bitcoin mining pool with the stated goal of decentralizing Bitcoin mining by giving miners the ability to select or construct their own block templates, reducing reliance on
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USA Today rated the claim “Elon Musk tweeted that Jack Dorsey was paid to suppress Hunter Biden info” Altered.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Elon Musk tweeted, “The Democrats paid the CEO Jack Dorsey of Twitter millions of dollars to block and delete people’s pages during the 2020 election.”” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted that Democrats paid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey "millions of dollars" to block negative information about the Bidens in 2020.” Incorrect Attribution.
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That "The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves
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CEO Jack Dorsey officially changed the name of the platform to Block, Inc
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India Today rated the claim “‘Bhakts’ are boycotting Shah Rukh Khan on Twitter. Meanwhile, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey himself is with the superstar at Mannat.” Mostly false.
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Dorsey announced that he would move about $1 billion of his equity in Square, Inc
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It was announced that activist hedge fund Elliott Management led by billionaire Paul Singer was looking to oust Dorsey and nominate four directors to Twitter's board, including Elliott's senior portfolio manager Jesse Co
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Donated $15 million to 29 mayors pursuing the piloting of guaranteed basic income programs in the United States
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Reported net worth: $10.2B (as of 2020).
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For months, Square began withholding up to 30 percent of the funds that merchants collected from customers using its Cash App
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Twitter's stock price fell by nearly 21 percent, to $30
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Dorsey's personal Twitter account was allegedly breached for nearly an hour by a group calling itself the Chuckling Squad, posting and retweeting numerous racist tweets
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Dorsey contributed financially to the campaigns of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,011 times.
Dorsey was briefly suspended from his own Twitter account with 3
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“The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves.”
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Square filed for an IPO to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
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Dorsey said he began his mornings with meditation
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2015–2021).
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Dorsey was announced as a new member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company
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Dorsey expressed his admiration of Michael Bloomberg to CNN, and said he aspires to become mayor of New York City
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Was considered by Forbes the world's most eligible billionaire bachelor
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Hosted by TechCrunch, Dorsey was named Founder of the Year
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Dorsey moved to the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco
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The Wall Street Journal gave him the "Innovator of the Year Award" for technology
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Published “Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 10,807 times.
Published “A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 9,267 times.
Career landmark: chief executive officer (2009).
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Williams took over as CEO, while Dorsey became chairman of the board
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Was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35
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Career landmark: chairperson (2008–2015).
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Reportedly for leaving work early to enjoy other pursuits, such as yoga and fashion design
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2006–2008).
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Who had left Google after selling Pyra Labs and Blogger
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Dorsey started his company in Oakland to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the Web
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And attended for two-plus years before transferring to New York University in 1997, but he dropped out two years later, one semester short of graduating
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Born 1976-11-19.
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