Adam D'Angelo
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 Adam D'Angelo, 2011 |
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| Born | 1984/1985 (age 27–28)[1] |
| Education | California Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | co-founder of Quora |
| Known for | former CTO of Facebook |
Adam D'Angelo is the chief executive and co-founder of Quora, an online knowledge market based in Mountain View, California.
He was chief technology officer of Facebook, and also served as its vice president of engineering.[2][3]
He left Facebook in 2008. In June 2009, he started Quora with Charlie Cheever, another early Facebook employee.[4]
D'Angelo competed in the Association for Computing Machinery collegiate world programming contest while attending the California Institute of Technology.[5] In 2005, he was one of the top 24 finalists in the international Topcoder Collegiate Challenge.[6] He took eighth place in the 2001 USA Computing Olympiad for high school students.[7]
Along with Cheever, D'Angelo has been cited as one of the smartest figures in technology by Fortune Magazine.[1]
References [edit]
- ^ a b Hempel, Jessi; Kowitt, Beth; Mangalindan, JP (July 9, 2010). "The smartest people in tech - Engineer runners-up: Cheever and D'Angelo (22)". Fortune Magazine (CNN). Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ^ Eldon, Eric (May 11, 2008). "Facebook CTO Adam D'Angelo to leave the company". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ Feeney, Kevin J. (February 24, 2005). "Business, Casual.". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ Rivlin, Gary (April 28, 2011). "Does Quora Really Have All the Answers?". Wired. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ http://icpc.baylor.edu/past/icpc2004/Finals/Roster.asp
- ^ http://www.techfellow.com/engineering-leadership/adam-dangelo
- ^ "Exeter Olympians". Exeter Bulletin. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
External links [edit]
- Adam D'Angelo at CrunchBase
- Why I Quit My CTO Job At Facebook And Started Quora, interview with Business Insider
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