Table of Biography
Dustin Moskovitz is a billionaire internet entrepreneur from the United States. Dustin Moskovitz is known as the co-founder of Facebook, Inc. (now known as Meta Platforms) with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes.
Early Life
Dustin Moskovitz was born in Gainesville, Florida, the United States, on May 22, 1984. He holds US nationality and his full name is Dustin Aaron Moskovitz.
According to the astrological chart, he has a birth sign of Gemini, and he is currently 39 years old as of 2023. In addition, he belongs to the Jewish ethnicity while his religious belief is unknown.
He was raised in Ocala, Florida by his parents. Meanwhile, his father was a psychiatrist and practiced it in Florida while his mother is a teacher and artist. However, the names of his parents have not been public.
Dustin Moskovitz – Education
Regarding his academic, he graduated from the Vanguard High School as he grew up in Florida. From there, he graduated from the IB Diploma Program. Later, he enrolled at Harvard University as an economics major for two years before he moved with Mark Zuckerberg to Palo Alto, California to work full-time at Facebook.
Professional Career
After dropping out of Harvard University in 2003, Dustin Moskovitz began his career at Facebook. In February 2004, he along with his roommates, Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes, and friend, Andrew McCollum began making plans for the launch of Facebook.
Facebook was created as an online database directory for Harvard students to use as a search engine for fellow users. Moreover, it was given the domain name thefacebook.com.
Caption: Dustin Moskovitz talking about Facebook (Source: Newsfeed – Time)
However, in June 2004, the team took a year break and relocated to California to focus on Facebook’s global development. Along with investor Sean Parker, they employed eight more staff. Dustin was Facebook’s lead programmer and technical department leader.
Dustin, according to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, learned programming in just a couple of days and joined the company as a programmer. For Facebook, Dustin was the first chief technology officer and then vice president of Engineering.
As he oversaw Facebook’s design and operations, he played a significant part in its growth. He held a 7.6% stake in Facebook. On October 3, 2008, he announced his departure from Facebook to co-found Asana, an online application.
Other works apart from Facebook
He and his partner, Justin Rosenstein, successfully co-founded Asana. Asana was successfully released out of Beta in 2011. It is a mobile web application that facilitates team cooperation on team projects without the usage of e-mail.
He is also recognized for investing in ‘Path,’ a mobile imagine-sharing company founded by David Morin, a former Facebook engineer. Moreover, Dustin’s counsel is claimed to have been crucial in convincing Morin to turn down a buyout offer from Google.
He also invested in Vicarious, an artificial intelligence company. Moreover, he and his wife, Cari Tuna, founded Good Ventures, a nonprofit organization. Good Ventures has contributed around $100 million to projects that help Malaria eradication, the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, the Deworm the World Initiative, and GiveDirectly.
In addition, he and Cari became the youngest couple to sign the ‘Giving Pledge’ by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, which pledges billionaires to donate a significant portion of their money to charity.
Moreover, he is working on a collaborative venture with GiveWell, which has resulted in a new spinoff. The Open Philanthropy Project aims to innovate a means to use vast quantities of money, beginning with Dustin’s riches, for the sake of society.
Awards
In 2011, he was reported as the youngest self-made billionaire in history by Forbes.
Net Worth 2023
According to the online website Forbes, Dustin’s net worth is estimated at around $13.6 billion as of 2023. Meanwhile, he is the 137 richest person in the world.
Relationship Status
Caption: Dustin Moskovitz with his wife (Source: Giving Pledge)
In October 2013, Dustin Moskovitz married Cari Tuna, co-founder of Good Ventures. Before their marriage, the pair dated for several years. There is no record of his offspring as of yet.
They are presently focusing their efforts on Good Ventures, the couple’s foundation, as well as the Open Philanthropy Project, a cooperation between Good Ventures and GiveWell.
They’ve been together for several years and their relationship is still quite solid, with no signs of divorce. There are no rumours or issues around his personal life or professional career.
Body Measurements
Caption: Dustin Moskovitz talking in an interview (Source: TechCrunch)
The billionaire internet entrepreneur stands 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs around 79 kg. Moreover, he has a pair of dark brown eyes with curly black while his other body measurements such as shoe size, chest size, etc are unknown.
Dustin Moskovitz – Social Media
On his Twitter page ‘@moskov’ there are over 76.3k followers. In addition, he is not present on Facebook and Instagram.