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Trip Adler

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Trip Adler
EducationHarvard University
Occupationsformer CEO and Co-founder of Scribd
Known forFounding Scribd
Websitewww.scribd.com

John R. "Trip" Adler III is an American tech executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Created by Humans since 2024.[1] He co-founded Scribd in 2007, and was the CEO until 2023.[2]

Early life and education

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Adler grew up in Palo Alto, California and attended Gunn High School. He graduated from Harvard University with a biophysics degree.[3] His father, John R. Adler, is a neurosurgeon at Stanford University and also an entrepreneur.[4]

Career

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After graduating from Harvard, Adler contemplated starting various online ventures, including a ride-sharing service, a Craigslist-type site for colleges called Hulist,[5] a call center called 1-800-ASKTRIP, and a social media site called "Rate your happiness."[6]

Adler received inspiration for Scribd from a conversation with his father, who had difficulty publishing an academic paper in a medical journal.[3] Adler then built Scribd with Jared Friedman, a fellow Harvard student, and they attended Y Combinator in the summer of 2006.[7][8][9] Scribd was launched from a San Francisco apartment in March 2007.[10][11]

In 2024, Adler co-founded Created by Humans.[1]

Personal life

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As a member of the Harvard Surfing team, Adler participated in the first Ivy League Surf Championships in May 2003.[12] He also plays the saxophone.[4][13] In 2007, Adler earned the company's first $17 in revenue by playing the saxophone outside Scribd's office at Christmas time.[4]

Awards and recognition

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References

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  1. 1 2 "A Marketplace to Solve AI Copyright Woes?".
  2. ↑ "Trip Adler Looks to Build a Bridge Between Creators, AI Companies".
  3. 1 2 "John R. "Trip" Adler III '06 (Physics) Broke Tradition but Still Ended up on Top". Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. March 22, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Guynn, Jessica (November 10, 2013). "Scribd co-founder wrote his own story". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Sites Spar to be like Craigslist | News | the Harvard Crimson".
  6. ↑ Penenberg, Adam L. (June 18, 2012). "How Trip Adler Found His Idea For Scribd After Hanging Up On 1-800-ASKTRIP". Fast Company. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  7. ↑ Schubarth, Cromwell (October 28, 2013). "Y Combinator's 10 most valuable startup alumni". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Bobbie (July 22, 2009). "How Scribd made pages pay". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Spencer E. Ante (June 11, 2009). "Scribd: An E-Book Upstart with Unlikely Fans". Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
  10. ↑ Reid, Calvin (October 1, 2013). "Scribd Launches E-book Subscription Service". Publishers Weekly.
  11. ↑ Neary, Lynn (October 4, 2013). "New E-Book Lending Service Aims To Be Netflix For Books". NPR.
  12. ↑ "60 SECONDS". SURFING Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  13. ↑ Christmas at Scribd featuring Trip Adler
  14. ↑ Fletcher, Dan (2010). "Tech Pioneers 2010: Trip Adler and Jared Friedman". TIME.
  15. ↑ Hesseldahl, Arik (2010). "Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2010". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010.
  16. ↑ Jeff Bercovici and Emily Inverso (2014). "30 Under 30: Trip Adler". Forbes.
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