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Occupation (s) Webmaster, entrepreneur, blogger. Years active. 1995-present. Known for. Founder and CEO of Tumblr. Website. www .davidslog .com. David Karp (born July 6, 1986) [1] is an American webmaster, entrepreneur, and blogger, best known as the founder and former CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr.
- Webmaster, entrepreneur, blogger
- Founder and CEO of Tumblr
- 1995-present
David Karp, American Web developer and entrepreneur who founded the microblogging site Tumblr. Users created blogs using text or other types of media and could ‘follow’ other accounts. Karp served as CEO of Tumblr until 2017. Learn more about his life and career.
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David Karp (born July 6, 1986, New York, New York, U.S.) American Web developer and entrepreneur who founded the microblogging site Tumblr. Karp grew up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the elder of two sons of a teacher and a composer. He became interested in technology and programming at a young age, teaching himself HTML at 11.
Jan 29, 2012 · Sun 29 Jan 2012 13.47 EST. D avid Karp, the founder of the blogging platform Tumblr, was 17 when he decided to cut the apron strings and move to Tokyo. With a smattering of Japanese and a...
Oct 30, 2023 · The Birth of Tumblr. In 2007, Karp’s entrepreneurial spirit took a definitive shape with the launch of Tumblr, a social networking and microblogging website. Inspired by the tumblelog blog format, Tumblr was more than just a business venture; it was a vision to revolutionize online expression.
Feb 2, 2012 · How Tumblr's David Karp, at 25, has built a £500 million empire on blogs devoted to protests, porn and photographs of cats
In 2007, when others his age were studying for midterms and living on dorm food, David Karp was busy launching Tumblr, an easy-to-use blogging platform that now hosts 17.5 million blogs and...
