Chris Wanstrath - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Chris Wanstrath is Co-Founder of GitHub, the world's largest software collaboration and hosting service. Prior to founding GitHub he worked as an engineer at CNET Networks on Gamespot and the launch of Chow. Chris moved to San Francisco in 2005 after dropping out of college.

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Chris Wanstrath

has had

past jobs including

Software Engineer

CNET Networks

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CNET Networks	Software Engineer	Sep 2005	Apr 2007
GitHub	Co-Founder & CEO	Jan 2014	—

Events

Number of Events

Chris Wanstrath

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

GitHub Universe 2017

Oct 10, 2017

GitHub Universe 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 10, 2017
TNW Conference 2017 Speaker Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands, EuropeMay 18, 2017
Web Summit 2015 Speaker Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, EuropeNov 3, 2015
GitHub Universe Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaOct 1, 2015

Recent News and Activity

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159

News•

Jun 29, 2021