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Jack Dorsey

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Jack Dorsey is an American technology entrepreneur born in 1976 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri-Rolla and New York University but left without graduating, and had an early interest in dispatch routing software. He built a prototype of Twitter with Biz Stone in about two weeks while connected to Odeo, became its first chief executive officer when it was founded in 2007, later served as chairman, and returned as chief executive in 2015. He also co-founded the payments company Square with Jim McKelvey, released in 2010, which grew into Block, Inc., the financial technology company that he continued to lead as chief executive.

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  • Lead and early life, birth date
    Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976)
  • Lead, nationality
    is an American tech entrepreneur and businessman
  • Associated With: Financial Technology Industry, Lead, industry
    financial technology company Block, Inc.
  • Founded By: Block, Inc., Lead, company founded
    financial technology company Block, Inc.
  • Led By: Block, Inc., Lead, company led
    Dorsey continued to lead as the CEO of Block, Inc.
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship, Lead, practice discipline
    is an American tech entrepreneur and businessman
  • In Group: Company Founders and Co-founders, Lead, role
    is an American tech entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded Twitter, Inc.
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