Jack Dorsey
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Twitter, Square
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- San Francisco, California
- Organization
- Cofounder at Twitter
- Education
- New York University (Drop Out)
- Marital Status
- Single
Assets
- Block Inc Class A36,764,000 shares @ --XYZ-US
- Block Inc Class A12,080,000 shares @ --XYZ-US
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.19,501,030 shares @ --SPCX-US
- Walt Disney0 shares @ --DIS-US
Biography
Jack Dorsey is chairman and block head (effectively CEO) of payments company Block, formerly known as Square.
Dorsey cofounded Square with Jim McKelvey in 2009, then took it public in 2015; it was renamed Block in 2021.
He was previously CEO of Twitter from 2015 to 2021 and stepped down from the board in 2022.
Dorsey cofounded Twitter in 2006 with Ev Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass, and was CEO until 2008. He returned in 2015.
In 2020, he promised to give away $1 billion (then 28% of his net worth) to Covid-19 relief and other causes. He has donated $760 million so far.
About
Before gravitating to tech, Dorsey was a certified masseur and dabbled in fashion design.
Dorsey dropped out of college twice -- first from the University of Missouri-Rolla and later from New York University.