Ev Williams
Ev is co-founder of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium. For the last twenty years, he has helped shape the modern internet.
Starting in January 1999, Ev co-founded Pyra Labs, which created the blog-publishing service Blogger (and coined the term “blogger”) and was acquired by Google in early 2003. He then co-founded Odeo and Obvious Corp, which gave birth to Twitter in 2006. Ev was Twitter’s co-founder, lead investor, and former CEO.
In 2011, Ev, along with Biz Stone and Jason Goldman, restarted Obvious Corp and began a mix of start-up investing and incubation. His investments have included Beyond Meat (IPO May 2019), Blue Bottle Coffee (acquired by Nestle), and others. Ev co-founded Obvious Ventures in 2014 with James Joaquin and Vishal Vasishth.
Ev started Medium, in 2012 and served as CEO until 2022. He is currently the Chairman of Medium.
Ev grew up on a farm in Clarks, Nebraska.
