Evan Williams
Cofounder and Director, Twitter
$1.92B
as of 10/04/24
About Evan Williams
Evan Williams, also referred to as "Ev," has started three digital publishing companies: Blogger, Twitter and Medium.
A University of Nebraska dropout, Williams grew up on his family's soybean and corn farm.
Williams' venture capital firm, Obvious Ventures, was one of the largest investors in Beyond Meat, which had a successful IPO in May 2019.
He cofounded Twitter and served as a member of its board of directors until February 2019. He was President and CEO from July 2009 to March 2010.
In July 2022, Williams announced he was stepping down as CEO of Medium, the online publishing platform he founded in 2012. He remains chairman.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
TwitterResidence
San Francisco, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
03/31/72 (age 52)Number of children
2Education
Drop Out, University of Nebraska LincolnSelf-made
self-madeEvan Williams’s fortune is worth
32K
troy ounces of gold
29K
median U.S. household
19K
median U.S. income
0.038%
U.S. credit card volume
0.008%
GDP of the United States
0.006%
United States debt
Net worth history
Annual ranking
Related people
Did you know?
Williams sold tutorial videos aimed at helping people understand the Internet in the mid-1990s.
Net worth over time
Real-time ranking
Financial assets
NASDAQ | BYND-US
Beyond MeatImages © Forbes.com. All rights reserved.