Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield (born Daniel Stewart Butterfield in 1973) is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and businessman. He co-founded the photo sharing website Flickr and its parent company Ludicorp with then-wife Caterina Fake. In March 2005 Ludicorp was acquired by Yahoo!, where Butterfield continued as the General Manager of Flickr until he left Yahoo on July 12, 2008.[1][2] In 2009 Butterfield founded gaming startup Tiny Speck, [3] which launched its first project, Glitch, on September 27, 2011.[4][5]
In 2005, Butterfield was named one of Businessweek's Top 50 Leaders [6] in the entrepreneur category. He was also named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[7][8] In 2006, he was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world.[9] In the same year, he appeared on the cover of Newsweek [10][11] magazine.
Butterfield was educated at St. Michaels University School in Victoria, British Columbia. He received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, where he specialized in the philosophy of biology, cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind. In November 2008, Butterfield received the Legacy Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Victoria.[12]
He presently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Stewart Butterfield |
[edit] References
- ^ Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo
- ^ Butterfields creative resignation letter addressed to Brad Garlinghouse.
- ^ Kara Swisher. "Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield Talks About His New Game startup, Glitch". AllThingsD. http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100823/flickr-co-founder-butterfield-talks-about-his-new-game-start-up-glitch/. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "A Flickr Founder's Glitch: Can A Game That Wants You To Play Nice Be A Blockbuster?". Fast Company. 2011-09-27. http://www.fastcompany.com/1783127/can-a-game-that-wants-you-to-play-nice-become-a-blockbuster. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Vancouver’s Tiny Speck puts massively multiplayer game Glitch online". Vancouver Sun. 2011-09-27. http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/09/27/vancouvers-tiny-speck-puts-massively-multiplayer-game-glitch-online/. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ Businessweek 2005 Top Leaders: Entrepreneurs
- ^ "2005 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2005. http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2005. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ Technology Review's TR35 2005
- ^ 2006 Time 100
- ^ Newsweek cover image
- ^ Newsweek cover story 'The New Wisdom of the Web'
- ^ Flickr co-founder makes it big with an arts degree
 |
This biography about a Canadian businessperson is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This World Wide Web-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
