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My Take
Evan Williams is one of the most consequential people most folks couldn't pick out of a lineup. A kid from Clarks, Nebraska who studied at Nebraska-Lincoln, he went on to co-found Twitter and serve as its CEO, after already creating Blogger and later building Medium. What fascinates me is the through-line: he keeps trying to give ordinary people simpler ways to publish their thoughts. That's a real philosophy, not just a string of startups. With a reported net worth around two billion dollars by 2025, he's clearly succeeded, but I find the recurring obsession with writing tools more telling than the money. He's a quiet shaper of how we all talk online.
Overview
Evan Clark Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Twitter, and was its CEO from 2008 to 2010, and a member of its board from 2007 to 2019. He founded Blogger and Medium. In 2014, he co-founded the venture capital firm Obvious Ventures. As of May 2025, his net worth is estimated at US$2 billion, according to Forbes.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Evan Williams
- Name (Japanese)
- エヴァン・ウィリアムズ
- Reading
- えゔぁん・うぃりあむず
- Born
- March 31, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Clarks, Nebraska, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / blogger / businessperson / computer scientist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Columbus High School
- University
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.