Celebrity Biographies
Jack Dorsey Bio, Family, Career, Girlfriend, Net Worth, Measurements
Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
Date of Birth: | November 19, 1976 |
Age: | Four five |
Net value : | 13 million |
Place of birth: | St. Louis, Missouri |
Height (m): | 1.78 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship Status: | Single |
Jack Dorsey is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. Many people recognized him as the co-founder and CEO of Twitter as well as the financial payments company Square. Inc. Before that, he owned a dispatching business as a programmer and started his company in Oakland to dispatch couriers and taxis on the net.
While working on the web, he was inspired by LiveJournal and AOL Instant Messenger, he came up with the idea of an internet-centric real-time status/short message service. Additionally, Elliott Management led by billionaire Paul Singer announced that it ousted him and appointed four directors to Twitter’s board in February 2020. However, he received backing from entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin and more. others .
JACK DORSEY: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, EDUCATION
He was born on November 19, 1976 as Jack Patrick Dorsey in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. He is the son of Tim and Marcia Dorsey and grew up with a Catholic priest in Cincinnati. He is of mixed ethnicity of English, Irish and Italian descent. His father worked in a company developing mass spectrometers and his mother, a housewife.
Regarding his education, he attended Bishop DuBourg Catholic High School. During his high school years, he also worked as a model. He attended the University of Missouri-Rolla for over two years, then transferred to New York University. However, he did not complete his studies and dropped out in 1999, a semester before graduation. While at NYU, he came up with the idea which he developed under the name Twitter.
JACK DORSEY: CAREER AND LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS
He first started working as a dispatcher as a programmer after becoming interested in dispatch routing when he was 14 years old. In 2000, he started his own company in Oakland to dispatch couriers, taxis and emergency services from the web. However, his business failed and struggled for years. During his corporate time, he had the serious idea of a short message communication service that would notify his friends of his status in real time. Then he approached Odeo who turned out to be interested in text messaging at the time.
Dorsey along with Williams, Stone, and Noah Glass co-founded Obvious Corporation, which later created Twitter, Inc., of which Dorsey served as chief executive. In October 2008, William took over as CEO while Dorey served as Chairman of the Board. After the year, he partnered with Jim McKelvey, an entrepreneur and computer engineer, and formed ‘Square Inc’. Later in 2013, he announced that he would join the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company.
JACK DORSEY: PERSONAL LIFE AND GIRLFRIEND
Moving on to his personal life, many of his followers must have wanted to know if he was in a relationship or not. The 44-year-old (as of 2021) is yet to get married and is also related to anyone at the moment. Or he could be in a secret relationship, however, there is no hint of that. Going to a safe area, he may be single at the moment.
Dorsey, the CEO and co-founder of Twitter is also known for his relationship, lifestyle, and fashion statement. Plus, he was in a few relationships before. He dated model Lily Cole for a year from 2012 to 2013, Cole is now a mother to daughter Wylde Cole Ferrerira with partner Kwame Ferreira. After that, he had an on-and-off relationship with model and artist Kate Greer . In September 2018, he linked up with Sports Illustrated Raven model Lyn Corneil but they broke up after a while.
JACK DORSEY: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
As the co-founder and CEO of Twitter, he has also earned a huge amount of money from his business ventures. He has an estimated net worth of $13 billion in 2021. In 2020, he donated $1 billion dedicated to coronavirus relief. Additionally, he purchased a few properties adding $21.9 million worth 3,588 square feet in the Seacliff neighborhood of San Francisco.
Moreover, he also has a collection of cars including BMW 3 series. He has personal and verified accounts on different social media platforms except Facebook. On Instagram, he goes through the @jack sleeve with 205,000 followers. He has a @jack Twitter account with 5.1 million followers.
JACK DORSEY: BODY MEASUREMENTS
He has a slim and athletic body type that stands 5 feet 10 inches or 1.78 meters tall. His body weighs around 75 kg with unknown body measurements of chest, waist and biceps. He has light brown hair with blue eyes and a long beard.