Which founders came from Odeo?

Ex-Odeo founders: 5 people who left Odeo to start companies

5 people who founded or worked at Odeo went on to found 22 companies, including Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom and Noah Glass.

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Founders who came from Odeo

Biz Stone

American blogger and co-founder of Twitter (born 1974)

Went on to found

X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Medium 2012 Jelly 2013 West Co.

Evan Williams

American entrepreneur (born 1972)

Went on to found

X.com 1999 Blogger 1999 Pyra Labs 1999 Twitter 2006 Medium 2012

Jack Dorsey

American entrepreneur (born 1976)

Went on to found

X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Square 2009 Cash App 2013 Bluesky Social PBC 2021 Bluesky 2021 Omacom Foundation 2026

Kevin Systrom

American computer programmer and entrepreneur (born 1983)

Went on to found

Instagram 2010 Artifact 2020

Noah Glass

American technology entrepreneur

Went on to found

X.com 1999 Twitter 2006 Olo

How this list is built. A person appears here if they founded or worked at Odeo and later founded at least one other company in the graph. Missing someone? Add them.