1. Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone was born on March 10,1974 and is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Twitter, among other tech companies.
15 Facts About Biz Stone
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Biz Stone attended Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts Boston, but did not graduate from either.
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From 2003 to 2005, Biz Stone held a senior leadership role at Google.
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Biz Stone co-founded the social network Twitter in 2006 and left the company in 2011.
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Biz 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.
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Biz Stone is an advisor to Zoic Studios, and an Executive Producer of the documentary Eating Animals along with Natalie Portman.
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Biz Stone returned to Twitter in 2017 where he remained till 2021.
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In 2024, Biz Stone joined the board of directors of social network Mastodon's US nonprofit entity.
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Biz Stone is a board director at Beyond Meat, Medium, Polaroid Swing, Workpop, and Jelly Industries.
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Biz Stone has been honored with the International Center for Journalists Innovation Award, Inc magazine named him Entrepreneur of the Decade, Time listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and GQ named him Nerd of the Year, along with Evan Williams.
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In 2015, Biz Stone's Twitter won an Emmy and Biz Stone received CIPR's most prestigious accolade for leadership at the forefront of developing new forms of media.
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Biz Stone is a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a member of the Senior Common Room at Exeter College, Oxford.
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Biz Stone is an Executive Fellow at University of California, Berkeley.
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Biz Stone is involved in animal rights, veganism, environmentalism, poverty, health and education.
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Biz Stone is an advisor and contributor to DonorsChoose, a non-profit organization helping classrooms in need.