Awards & Recognition
★MIT Technology Review TR35 (2008)
★Wall Street Journal Innovator of the Year Award (2012)
★TechCrunch Founder of the Year (2012)
★Forbes most eligible billionaire bachelor (2013)
★Disney Company board of directors (2013-2023)
Notable Facts
→Co-founder and former CEO of Twitter (2007-2008, 2015-2021)
→Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Block Inc. (formerly Square)
→Net worth $5.9 billion as of February 2026
→Founded Twitter in 2006 with first tweet 'just setting up my twttr'
→Created Square mobile payment platform in 2009
→Vocal Bitcoin advocate and supporter of decentralized protocols
→Founded Bluesky social networking protocol project
→Donated $1 billion to COVID-19 relief efforts
→Launched Bitchat peer-to-peer messaging app in 2025
→Disney board member from 2013-2023