Evan Williams
Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: Evan Williams
Born: March 31, 1972, in Clarks, Nebraska, United States
Computer-related contributions
- American entrepreneur and founder of two of the Internet's top ten websites, Blogger and Twitter.
- Williams invented the term "blogger" and was instrumental in the popularization of the term "blog".
Honors and awards
- Named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35 (2003).
- Named one of PC Magazine's "People of the Year" (2004).
Quotes
"When you give people better ways to share information great things happen"