Why is Jack Dorsey popular?

Jack Dorsey is an American programmer who co-founded the popular social networking site Twitter. He is also the founder and CEO of the mobile payments company ‘Square’.

Born on November 19th, 1976 in Missouri, US, Dorsey grew up a tech-wizard. It is said that he suffered from stammering at an early age, and overcame it by participating in oratory competitions.

Dorsey studied at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and later got transferred to the New York University. It was from there that he got the idea of sharing short messages and updates with friends. Like many computer experts, Dorsey too quit college before completing his studies.

On March 21, 2006 he founded Twitter along with his friends Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It was a social networking service that enabled users to post and read short 140-character messages called ‘tweets’. The attempt was a huge success, and was accepted by people all over the world. As of March 2016, the site had more than 310 million monthly active users.

In May 2010, Dorsey founded ‘Square’, a mobile device that facilitated making payments.