// PERSON
Evan Williams
ROLE FORMER CEO, TWITTERMENTIONS 1LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
// BIO
Evan Clark Williams is an American internet entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter and served as its CEO from 2008 to 2010. He previously co-founded Blogger at Pyra Labs and later created the online publishing platform Medium in 2012. He currently serves as chairman of the board at Medium and co-founded the venture capital firm Obvious Ventures in 2014.
// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
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mention·The a16z Show·SEPTEMBER 19, 2026
“The single best lesson that I remember from Evan was, hey, we've got a lot of smart people in the building... Let's listen to them. Let's learn. And then when we make decisions, let's make sure we engage with them on our thinking as well.”
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