Chris Hughes
 Chris Hughes     ( entrepreneur) | |
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| Born | Christopher Hughes 1983-11-26 Hickory, North Carolina, United States |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | • Phillips Academy • Harvard University |
| Children | 1 |
| Spouse | Sean Eldridge |
| Founder of | |
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members G-I |
| Party | Democratic |
Co-founder of Facebook and mastermind of Barak Obama's online election strategy. 2011 Bilderberg. | |
Chris Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook and was spokesman for it until 2007, when he left it to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign[1].
Education
Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina,[2] as the only child of Arlen "Ray" Hughes, an industrial paper salesman, and Brenda Hughes, a mathematics teacher.[3] He was raised as an evangelical Lutheran.[4] He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, before receiving a Bachelor of Arts in History and English Literature from Harvard College.[3][5]
In February 2020, it was reported that Hughes was in the process of studying for a Master of Arts in Economics from The New School.[6] He has since begun a Doctor of Philosophy in business ethics and legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[7]
Activities
Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook.[8]<rehttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/17/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-zuckerberg-a-friend-but-too-powerful.html</ref> At Harvard, Hughes met and was recruited by Mark Zuckerberg, who was still working in the early stages of the website.
In 2007, he left Facebook to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign. He coordinated a website where over a million of Obama's supporters used to network, discuss and form action groups among themselves. Hughes is considered the mastermind behind the former US president's online strategy. Among other things, he also used Facebook, Twitter and other online portals during the election campaign. He and his partner, Sean Eldridge, were guests at President Obama's first state dinner.[9]f
In 2010, Hughes founded the social Internet network "Jumo", which focused on the NPO sector and was supposed to be open both to charitable organizations around the world and to other users. In the language of the Yoruba living in Africa, Jumo means "pulling together". Accordingly, Jumo had set itself the goal of bringing together social organizations and volunteers for worldwide aid projects. It should be made easier for people who want to become socially involved to find the right organization, get in touch with it and, if necessary, support it.[5] In August 2011, Jumo was acquired by Good Worldwide Inc. and then merged the project with the GOOD magazine.[6]
In March 2012, Hughes purchased a majority stake in The New Republic magazine. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine from 2012 to 2016. He sold the magazine on February 26, 2016, to Oregon publisher Win McCormack.[10]
In July 2010, UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) appointed him to a 17-member "High Level Commission" of renowned politicians, business leaders, human rights activists, and scientists tasked with spearheading a "social and political action campaign over the coming year aimed at galvanizing support for effective HIV prevention programmes."[11]
Opinions
In 2019, he wrote an op-ed in The New York Times calling for the break up of Facebook and government regulation of content on it.[12]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2011 | 9 June 2011 | 12 June 2011 | Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz | 59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests |
| Dialog | 2006 | Dialog, "often compared to a tech-era Bilderberg, has quietly become one of the most elite, and mysterious, gatherings for CEOs, elected officials, and intellectual heavyweights." |
References
- ↑ https://www.businessinsider.com/chris-hughes-facebook-cofounder-slammed-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-2019-5
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/technology/07hughes.htm
- ↑ a b http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/134/boy-wonder.html?page=0%2C1
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/fashion/chris-hughes-and-sean-eldridge-are-the-new-power-brokers.html?pagewanted=all
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2012/07/02/facebook-co-founder-chris-hughes-marries-longtime-boyfriend/
- ↑ ttps://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/1/15/20863236/chris-hughes-break-up-facebook-economic-security-basic-income-new-republic
- ↑ https://lgst.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/hughes83/
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2019/07/31/chris-hughes-and-facebook-what-are-a-founders-responsibilities
- ↑ http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102977
- ↑ https://money.cnn.com/2016/02/26/media/new-republic-chris-hughes-win-mccormack/index.html
- ↑ http://unaidstoday.org/?p=408
- ↑ https://archive.is/20211217213239/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/opinion/sunday/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html/
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