David Karp was born on July 6,1986 and is an American webmaster, entrepreneur, and blogger, best known as the founder and former CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr.
21 Facts About David Karp
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David Karp went on to work for online parenting forum UrbanBaby until it was sold to CNET in 2006.
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David Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by the end of the year.
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David Karp's parents are Barbara Ackerman, a science teacher from San Anselmo, California, and Michael D Karp, a film and television composer.
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David Karp attended the Calhoun School from pre-school through eighth grade, where his mother teaches science.
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David Karp went on to attend The Bronx High School of Science for one year before dropping out in 2001 and started homeschooling.
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At the time, David Karp had aspirations of attending college in New York, or going to MIT and saw homeschooling and doing other projects on the side as a way to impress the colleges.
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David Karp never returned to high school or earned his high school diploma.
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David Karp began as an intern in 2000 for animation producer Fred Seibert, founder of Frederator Studios.
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David Karp's mother had taught Seibert's children at the Calhoun School and was friends with his wife.
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David Karp was fascinated with the work of Frederator's computer engineers and his visits became regular.
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David Karp completed the project, which had to be done in a couple of days, within four hours.
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In 2003, while still working for UrbanBaby, David Karp moved alone to Tokyo for five months.
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David Karp left UrbanBaby after it was sold to CNET in 2006.
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David Karp had been interested in microblogging for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own microblogging platform.
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In October 2007, David Karp shut down his consultancy business as his work with Tumblr was interfering with his client work.
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David Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by the end of the year.
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David Karp has made personal investments into several companies including Superpedestrian, Inc.
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David Karp joined the Planned Parenthood Board of Directors in 2014.
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David Karp endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in the lead-up to the 2016 United States election.
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David Karp donated $11,200 to Mark Kelly in his 2020 special election campaign for US Senate, making him the campaign's top individual donor.