JL
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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 50 Companies to Watch (2021) - Twilio under his leadership
★Built Twilio from startup to $70 billion peak valuation during pandemic
★Successful IPO leadership (2016) growing company from $1B to multi-billion valuation
Notable Facts
→Co-founded and led Twilio from 2008 to 2024, growing it to Fortune 500 status
→Author of business bestseller 'Ask Your Developer' (2021) with extensive media tour
→Successfully led Twilio through IPO in 2016 and pandemic growth surge
→Acquired The Onion satirical news publication in 2024 for undisclosed amount
→Serial entrepreneur with previous exits including founding CTO of StubHub
→Early Amazon Web Services product manager before founding Twilio
→44.1K Twitter followers, active in tech and business commentary
→Professional keynote speaker on business leadership and technology topics
→Started new venture incubator 'Founders Garage' in 2025
→Stepped down as Twilio CEO in 2024 following activist investor pressure
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