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| Born | (1984-08-14)August 14, 1984 (age 41) Redding, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | California Institute of Technology (BS) |
| Occupation | CEO ofQuora |
| Known for | FormerCTO ofFacebook, co-founder ofQuora |
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Adam D'Angelo (born August 14, 1984) is an American internet entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder and CEO ofQuora, based inMountain View, California, and as the first chief technology officer of Facebook (nowMeta).
Adam D'Angelo was born on August 14, 1984, inRedding, Connecticut, United States. He attendedPhillips Exeter Academy for high school. While a student there, he developed the Synapse Media Player (a music suggestion program) with Exeter classmateMark Zuckerberg and others.[1]
From 2002 to 2006, D'Angelo attended theCalifornia Institute of Technology, where he graduated with aB.S. in computer science.[2]
In 2004, while attending college, D'Angelo created the website BuddyZoo, which allowed users to upload theirAIM buddy list in order to compare with those of other users. BuddyZoo also generated network graphs based on these lists.[1][3]
D'Angelo joinedFacebook shortly after its launch in 2004, and was itschief technology officer (CTO) from 2006 to 2008, and vice president of engineering until 2008.[4][5]
In June 2009, D'Angelo co-foundedQuora[6] with former Facebook software engineer, Charlie Cheever.[7] In May 2012, he invested $20 million in Quora as part of the company's $50 millionSeries B round of financing.[8]
D'Angelo was also an early investor inInstagram before its 2012 acquisition by Facebook,Asana, a work management platform, andLunchclub, a networking platform usingartificial intelligence.[9]
D'Angelo is the founder of an AI startup, Poe.[10] Poe is currently integrated within Quora.
D'Angelo was an early advisor toInstagram prior to 2012.[11]
In 2018, he joined the board of directors ofOpenAI.[12] In November 2023, D'Angelo was one of four board members who voted to removeSam Altman from his role asCEO of OpenAI.[13][12] When Altman returned to OpenAI, the other three board members involved in Altman's ouster resigned. D'Angelo was the only of the six original board members who remained following Altman's return.
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