Tom Preston-Werner
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- Born
- October 28, 1979 (age 45)
- UID
- p-tomprestonwerner
Education
Harvey Mudd College (dropped out)
Background
- Co-founded GitHub in 2008 with Chris Wanstrath, P.J. Hyett, and Scott Chacon - Served as GitHub CEO until 2014 - Created Jekyll, the popular static site generator - Major figure in open source software movement - Left GitHub in 2014 following internal investigation - Post-GitHub focused on Chatterbug (language learning) and philanthropy - Born: October 28, 1979 (age 45) - Education: Harvey Mudd College (dropped out) - Philanthropy Focus: - Open source software infrastructure - Climate change and environmental sustainability - Education technology - Language learning - Social impact technology
Philanthropy
Giving Pledge Signatory(Yes (signed 2013))
Focus Areas
Open source software infrastructureClimate change and environmental sustainabilityEducation technologyLanguage learningSocial impact technology
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