Brian Acton - Executive Chairman @ Signal Foundation

Overview

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Primary Job Title Executive Chairman
Primary Organization
Signal Foundation

Location Palo Alto, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Brian Acton is based out of Palo Alto, California and is the Executive Chairman of Signal Foundation. Brian previously worked at WhatsApp as a Co-Founder. Brian Acton attended the Stanford University.

Personal Investments

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Brian Acton

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Secondary Market - DuckDuckGo

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, when

DuckDuckGo

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	DuckDuckGo	—	Secondary Market - DuckDuckGo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Track N Tell	Yes	Series B - Track N Tell	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Signal Foundation	Yes	Debt Financing - Signal Foundation	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Track N Tell	Yes	Series A - Track N Tell	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

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Brian Acton

is the

Executive Chairman

Signal Foundation

. Additionally,

Brian Acton

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder

Signal Foundation Executive ChairmanFeb 21, 2018

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
WhatsApp	Co-Founder	Nov 2009	Nov 2017
Yahoo	VP, Engineering	1996	2007
Apple	Software Engineer	Aug 1994	Feb 1996
Adobe	QA Engineer	May 1994	Aug 1994
Apple	Hardware Test Engineer	May 1993	May 1994
Rockwell International	Systems Administrator	1992	1993

Board and Advisor Roles

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Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
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