David Karp
Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: David Karp
Born: July 6, 1986, in New York, New York, USA
Computer-related contributions
- American web developer, entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of the short-form blogging platform, Tumblr.
- According to Forbes, Karp's net worth exceeds $200 million, while his company is valued at $800 million.
- In January 2013, Tumblr hosted over 87 million blogs. By December 2019, that number had grown to 360 million.
Honors and awards
- Named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35 (2010).