Jack Dorsey is a famous Twitter creator. American businessman, talented programmer, developer of new web services. Creator and CEO of Square, a mobile payment company. His name is placed on the TR35 list, where the names of 35 world-class young innovators are published.
A family
Jack Dorsey was born on November 19, 1976 in the United States, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. His father Tim Dorsey worked as a medical equipment engineer. And he traveled to work in many American cities. Jack's family has changed several places of residence. His mother was always a housewife.
Childhood
Few can begin to instill a will in themselves from the first class, like Jack Dorsey. His biography has been interesting since childhood. Before school, Jack was a timid and modest child. And not because of the temperament, but because he was shy, as he stuttered greatly.
When Jack went to school, he was among many guys. And he was forced to make a choice: to overcome stuttering or withdraw into himself. Jack chose the first option. He enrolled in oratory classes. And in training, he performed on stage along with all the other guys.
At first it turned out badly, but over time, he not only stopped stuttering, but also began to win victories in public speaking competitions. Jack Dorsey was very fond of drawing, art history, tennis. He participated in the release of the school newspaper.
Serious hobby
It was Jack's father who brought the very first IBM to the house when they first appeared on the market. And he began to attend computer courses from school. Jack has always been attracted to city maps. He dreamed of creating a “living place” where one could see how couriers, cars, etc. move. And thanks to the advent of computers, he was given the opportunity to fulfill his childhood dream.
The first programming experiences
Initially, Jack tried to digitize conventional road atlases. Then he began to place moving objects on the electronic board. But Jack Dorsey got his first programming experience when he was 14 years old, in St. Louis. As a teenager, he was already able to write programs for special services and taxi dispatchers. Some of his developments are still used.
Jack found the work of couriers very interesting. He was delighted by the coordination of people. He began to examine how the courier system works. As a result, I found out that there is a digital transfer of information. He began to write the first software, sitting on the trunk of a bicycle that his brother was driving. But in St. Louis, such services were not in demand.
Jack Dorsey begins work
Jack Dorsey (photos can be viewed in this article) graduated from a private school in 1995. Then he entered the University of Science and Technology in Missouri. He studied there for only two years. He dreamed of moving to New York. And once I found a security flaw in the Dispatch Management Services web resource. Her office was in New York. Jack first hacked into the company's web resource, and then wrote to the manager and pointed out the vulnerability.
Greg Kidd, director of Dispatch Management Service, did not report to the police. On the contrary, he took advantage of Jack's talent and offered him a job. Dorsey immediately transferred to one of the universities in New York. For several years he combined work with study.
His responsibilities at the company included writing programs for dispatching New York taxis and ambulances. During this time, he became a partner of Kidd. And together they founded the new dispatch company DNet. She was engaged in the delivery of orders from online stores. But in 2000, the company ceased operations.
Twitter birth
Once unemployed, Jack went home and spent almost 5 years doing freelance work. Created new programs, tried himself in other professions. For example, as a massage therapist. But he wanted more. And when Kidd again called him to work in a new company, he immediately agreed.
This time he came to Greg in Auckland, where the former partner settled for permanent residence. First, Jack wrote programs for a ferry company. But Dorsey's talent was noticed at Odeo. Jack was offered a job at the company, and he agreed. Its director was Evan Williams - an experienced programmer.
Jack Dorsey joined Odeo. But she began to have difficulties with investors, who gradually refused support. This prompted Jack to realize his childhood dream - the creation of a new web service. Evan became interested and gave the green light to the development of the project.
Two weeks later, the web service was ready and got its name Twitter. Initially, Jack was assisted by Florian Webber, Lead Programmer. But after creating Twitter, other employees began to join the project.
As a result, Jack's web service has become a separate company. On March 21, 2006, he posted his first tweet. A few months later a public version of the program was released.
Twitter history
After launching twitter, the service began to gain more and more popularity. Evan Williams was well aware of the potential of the new project. And he persuaded the board to remove Jack from the management of the web service. Evan proposed his candidacy to replace him. Despite the fact that the founder of Twitter is Jack Dorsey.
Investors, given Williams' many years of programming experience, agreed with Evan's argument. In the fall of 2008, Jack was removed from Twitter project management. But he got a seat on the board of directors, as he owned a large stake in this web service. But Evan could not cope with the brainchild of Jack and in 2010 was replaced by another programmer - Dick Costolo. A year later, he returned Twitter leadership to its creator, Jack Dorsey.
Square Project
While Twitter executives were changing, the Square project was created. Jack Dorsey took advantage of the forced respite to work on the previous service, and concentrated on creating a new one, which he called Square. It was officially developed in 2009.
Initially, the idea of the project was to accept payment from bank cards using mobile devices. Jack created a mini-card reader that connects to smartphones through the connector to which the headphones connect. And the mobile phone becomes a mini-terminal for receiving payments. Square receives a small percentage of each transaction.
Success exceeded all expectations. And Square services are used by thousands of establishments. In 2012 alone, the company processed payments of over $ 8 billion. The popularity of the new server attracted investors to it. And the volume of the company continues to grow.
