Ev Williams
Co-founder of Twitter and Blogger | Digital communication pioneer
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Ev Williams co-founded Twitter and created Blogger, two platforms that fundamentally changed how people communicate online. As Twitter's CEO from 2008-2010, he scaled the platform into a global phenomenon before serving on its board until 2019.
Williams democratized content creation through Blogger's pioneering technology. In 2014, he founded Obvious Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in transformative technologies.
His keynotes offer rare insights into building disruptive digital businesses, identifying technology trends, and the evolution of online communication.
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The voices of Twitter users
In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.
4 talks, 2017 to 2026
This is only what we could find published. Ev has almost certainly done more.
Ev Williams at Code Conference 2026
Ev Williams at Web Summit 2018
Evan Williams at Brilliant Minds 2017
What events has Ev spoken at?
4 events · 2009 to 2026 · 2 countries
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