Evan Williams - Co-Founder & Chairman @ Mozi

Overview

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder & Chairman
Primary Organization
Mozi

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male
Also Known As Ev

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Evan Williams is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Founder and Chairman of Medium. Evan previously worked at Twitter as a Chief Executive Officer. Evan Williams attended the University of Nebraska.

Personal Investments

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Evan Williams

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Arcade

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Arcade

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Arcade	—	Seed Round - Arcade	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pie	—	Series A - Pie	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Particle.News	—	Series A - Particle.News	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Particle.News	—	Seed Round - Particle.News	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	EverFleet	—	Series A - EverFleet	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	OpenComp	Yes	Seed Round - OpenComp	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Descript	—	Series B - Descript	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sanity	—	Series A - Sanity	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Coda	No	Series C - Coda	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	The Browser Company	—	Seed Round - The Browser Company	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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The Browser Company

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exits. Their most notable exits are

The Browser Company

Milk

, and

Meetup

The Browser Company The Browser Company is a software company that designs and operates web browser for internet users.
Milk Milk is a mobile development lab that builds innovative mobile apps.
Meetup Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life.
Jelly Jelly is an application that operates as a question and answer platform.
HODINKEE HODINKEE designs watches and is a media and retail platform providing a point of view on industry news and releases.
Highly The internet's Highlight Layer. (The Highly team joined Twitter in 2019)
Glint Glint offers an employee engagement platform.
EVERFI EVERFI is an education technology company that provides learners of all ages education for the real world.
Coda Coda is a document collaboration platform that brings data and teams together.
Blue Bottle Coffee Blue Bottle Coffee produces roasted coffee and operates cafés that prepare brewed beverages and espresso-based drinks.

Jobs

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Evan Williams

has

current jobs including

Co-Founder & Chairman

Mozi

Founder and Chairman

Medium

, and

Co-Founder and Owner

Obvious Ventures

. Additionally,

Evan Williams

has had

past jobs including

Founder and CEO

Medium

Mozi Co-Founder & ChairmanOct 2023
Medium Founder and ChairmanJul 2022
Obvious Ventures Co-Founder and OwnerJan 2014
Sara & Evan Williams Foundation Co-Founder2011

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Medium	Founder and CEO	Jul 2012	Jul 2022
Obvious Corp	Co-Founder and Owner	Oct 2006	2011
X (formerly Twitter)	President and Chief Executive Officer	Jul 2009	Mar 2010
X (formerly Twitter)	Chief Product Officer	Feb 2008	Oct 2008
Odeo	Co-Founder and CEO	Jan 2005	Oct 2006
Google	Senior Specialist and Blogger	2003	2004
Pyra Labs	Co-Founder, CEO	Mar 12, 1999	2003

Board and Advisor Roles

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Evan Williams

holds

board and advisor roles as

Director

X (formerly Twitter)

and

Member of the Board of Directors

Highly

X (formerly Twitter) DirectorMay 2007
Highly Member of the Board of Directors

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Branch	Member of the Board of Advisors	—	—

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