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Jeff Lawson

United States 49 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
software
Industry
Technology
Residence
San Francisco, California
Education
University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • Twilio
    34,000 shares @ -
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    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    5,831,477 shares @ -
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    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    316,000 shares @ -
    -
    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    163,000 shares @ -
    -
    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    203,000 shares @ -
    -
    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    110,000 shares @ -
    -
    TWLO-US
  • Twilio
    114,000 shares @ -
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    TWLO-US

Biography

Jeff Lawson is a cofounder of Twilio, a cloud communications platform that adds messaging, voice and video to web and mobile apps.

Lawson launched his first Internet startup while he was at the University of Michigan and went on to become the first CTO of ticket reseller StubHub.

The serial entrepreneur went on to work at Amazon, where he helped build the technology behind Amazon Web Services.

Along with two friends, Lawson started Twilio in 2008 then took it public in 2016.

He stepped down as CEO and and left the company's board in 2024.

About

In 2024, Lawson acquired the satirical news site The Onion.

Twilio's first customer was PhoneMyPhone.com, which allowed people to type their numbers into a website to ring their own cellphones.