Biz Stone

Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter. A progenitor of social media, Stone has been developing large-scale systems that facilitate the open exchange of information for more than fifteen years. Today, Biz is Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries— making consumer web and mobile products that are fun first, and hopefully useful later. Having started out as an artist, Biz stresses creativity, learning from mistakes, and celebrating the triumph of humanity with a little help from technology. INC Magazine named him Entrepreneur of the Decade, TIME listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and GQ named him Nerd of the Year. Biz is also an author, filmmaker, and painter. Biz’s latest book is Things a Little Bird Told Me.