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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