Primary Job Title Managing Partner & Co-Founder Primary Organization 01 Advisors
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type Investment Partner, Individual/Angel Investor Stage Seed Number of Exits
Website about.me/dickcostolo LinkedIn View on LinkedIn Twitter View on Twitter
Since October 2010, Dick has been the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, where he was responsible for the growth and management of the overall business. Previously, as Twitter’s Chief Operating Officer, he oversaw monetization and day to day operations.
Before joining Twitter, Dick was co-founder and CEO of FeedBurner, a digital content
syndication platform that was acquired by Google in 2007. While at Google, Dick was Group Product Manager on the Ads team responsible for social media ads.
Previously, Dick lived and worked in Chicago, where he founded and ran two digital media companies: SpyOnIt, a web page monitoring service, and Burning Door Networked Media, a web design and development consulting company. Dick was also an improv performer with the acclaimed Annoyance Theater.
He graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Computer Science.