Dustin Moskovitz Biography
Dustin Moskovitz was born on May 22 in 1984.He is an American Internet Billionaire who co-founded facebook,Inc which is currently known by the name Meta Platforms. He owns Meta alongside his colleague’s Chris Hughes, Eduardo Saverin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Andrew McCollum.
Moskovitz and his colleague by the name Justin Rosenstein left Facebook in 2008 and opened up Asana. In March 2011 Forbes reported that he owned roughly 2.44% of Facebook and was said to be the youngest Billionaire in the world .In October 2023 Bloomberg Billionaires index pages indexed his net worth to be $18.0 Billion.
Dustin Moskovitz Age
Moskovitz was raised in Ocala, Florida, and was born on May 22, 1984, in Gainesville, Florida. He is 39 years old.
Dustin Moskovitz Height
Dustin Moskovitz stands at a moderate height of 5 feet and 8 inches and weighs 79 kg. His chest size, shoe size, and other physical characteristics are unknown.
Dustin Moskovitz Education
Moskovitz holds an IB Diploma from Vanguard High School. After graduating from high school he joined Harvard University where he studied Economics . He later on left Harvard and moved to Palo where he worked for Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg after two years.
While in The university he was roommates with Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, two other Facebook co-founders.
Dustin Moskovitz Family
Moskovitz’s father was a psychiatrist and practiced it in Florida. His mother was a teacher and artist.
Dustin Moskovitz Wife
Dustin Moskovitz’s wife is Cari Tuna .They got married in October 2013. She used to work as a Wall Street Journal reporter.
Cari Tuna founded Good ventures together with her husband Dustin Moskovitz and this was after his wife read afew books and had an interest in charities.
She and her spouse are both outstanding philanthropists. In 2011, they launched Good Ventures. The establishment supports numerous representatives of charities.
Dustin Moskovitz’s Net worth
Dustin Moskovitz was valued at $14.7 billion as of 2023, although his salary has not yet been made public. Being self-made, he is among the best and youngest millionaires.
The two businesses announced their collaboration with the Pew Charity Trust in July 2014. These three businesses collaborated on the Pew Public Safety Performance Project.
Dustin Moskovitz’s Personal Life
Even though he is a billionaire, he continues to support numerous charities and thinks that money should only be spent for good. After successfully launching Asana, he gave $10,000 to each of his engineers in order to upgrade the tools, machinery, and other working conditions for the staff.
Dustin disapproves of flaunting material possessions. He lives an ordinary existence. He primarily donates his money to philanthropic and charitable initiatives. The Democratic Party is actively supported by Dustin.
He made a $20k donation in support of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party nominee for president in 2016, despite his outspoken opposition to Donald Trump, the country’s incumbent president. He had made it clear that leaving Facebook was a need to start something that wouldn’t be about pursuing wealth.
Dustin states that the movie ‘The Social Network’, which describes the development and birth of Facebook, overemphasizes certain unnecessary aspects and neglects some people who were vital in the making of Facebook.
Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook is still good friends with Moskovitz . He considers Dustin as one of his most important and trusted confidants.
Dustin Moskovitz Career
In February 2004, Dustin began developing arrangements for the launch of Facebook with his roommates Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes, and friend Andrew McCollum.
Facebook was initially intended to be used by Harvard students as an online database directory to help them find other users. It had the domain name thefacebook.com.
However, the group took a year off and relocated to California in June 2004 to focus on the globalization of Facebook. In addition to investor Sean Parker, they also employed 8 new workers.
At Facebook, Dustin served as both the chief programmer and leader of the technical division.
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, claims that Dustin picked up programming in a matter of days and quickly joined the team as the programmer. Dustin served as Facebook’s first CTO and VP of Engineering.
He contributed significantly to Facebook’s expansion by keeping an eye on its design and operation. 7.6% of Dustin’s Facebook shares were owned by him. Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg asserts that Dustin swiftly picked up programming and joined the team as the programmer after just a few days. Dustin was the original CTO and VP of Engineering for Facebook.
By monitoring its layout and operation, he considerably aided Facebook’s growth. He owned 7.6% of Dustin’s Facebook stock. He co-founded Good Ventures with his wife, Cari Tuna, a charitable organization. About $100 million has been given by Good Ventures to initiatives supporting the elimination of malaria, the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, the Deworm the World Initiative, and GiveDirectly.
He and Cari became the youngest couple to sign the ‘Giving Pledge’ by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, which requires billionaires to devote the majority of their money to charity.
