Paul Buchheit
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| Paul Buchheit | |
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| Residence | Los Altos, California |
| Known for | FriendFeed, Gmail |
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| paulbuchheit.blogspot.com | |
Paul Buchheit is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the creator and lead developer of Gmail. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested the company's now-famous motto "Don't be evil" in a 2000 meeting on company values.[1] The motto was originally coined in 1999 by Amit Patel, one of Google's first engineers, in a collaborative resistance against the company's hiring policies.[2]
Buchheit grew up in Webster, New York and went to college at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked at Intel and later became the 23rd employee at Google.
Buchheit was a founder of the startup FriendFeed, which was launched in 2007 and was acquired by Facebook in 2009, in a private transaction.
In 2010, Buchheit left Facebook to become a partner at the venture capital firm Y Combinator. From 2006 (when he started investing) until 2008, Paul invested about $1.21 million in 32 different companies.[3] He also continues to oversee angel investments of his own, in (by his own estimate) "about 40" startups.[4]
He won the 2011 The Economist Innovation Awards for the Computing and telecommunications field.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Paul Buchheit on Gmail, AdSense and More". Google Blogoscoped. 2007-07-16. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n55.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ "Don't Be Evil or don't lose value? - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2007-07-16. http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/dont-be-evil/2008/04/15/1208025168177.html?page=3. Retrieved 2011-22-11.
- ^ "Angel investing, my first three years". Paul Buchheit's Blog. 2011-01-03. http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011/01/angel-investing-my-first-three-years.html. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Facebook's Paul Bucheit Talks About Facebook, Google, and His New Gig". Los Angeles Times. 2010-11-12. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/11/facebooks-paul-buchheit-talks-about-facebook-google-and-his-new-gig.html. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Monitor And the winners were…Innovation awards: Our annual prizes recognise successful innovators in eight categories. Here are this year’s winners", The Economist, dated 3 Dec 2011.
[edit] External links
- Paul Buchheit's blog
- FriendFeed
- Paul Buchheit's Twitter
- Interview with Paul Buchheit at Facebook
- One hour Interview with Paul Buchheit on Econtalk Podcast
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