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Twitter

The Platform Era · 2010s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

Jack Dorsey — Sent the First Tweet

Co-founder & CEO

Co-founder & two-time CEO
Sent the first-ever tweet
Also founded Square/Block

Evan Williams

Co-founder
Also created Blogger and Medium

Biz Stone

Co-founder
Shaped the early culture

Noah Glass

Co-founder who named Twitter
Edged out of the company

Dick Costolo

CEO who scaled it
Former improv comedian

Blaine Cook

First chief architect

Also on the roster

Union Square Ventures

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