Age, Biography and Wiki
David Karp was born on 6 July, 1986 in New York City, New York, US, is an American web developer and entrepreneur. Discover David Karp's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?
| Popular As |
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| Occupation |
Webmaster, entrepreneur, blogger |
| Age |
37 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
6 July 1986 |
| Birthday |
6 July |
| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, US |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous entrepreneur with the age 37 years old group. He one of the Richest entrepreneur who was born in United States.
David Karp Height, Weight & Measurements
At 37 years old, David Karp height not available right now. We will update David Karp's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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David Karp Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is David Karp worth at the age of 37 years old? David Karp’s income source is mostly from being a successful entrepreneur. He is from United States. We have estimated David Karp's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$200 million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
entrepreneur |
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Timeline
David Karp (born July 6, 1986) is an American webmaster, entrepreneur, and blogger, best known as the founder and former CEO of the short-form blogging platform Tumblr.
Karp began his career, without having received a high school diploma, as an intern under Fred Seibert at the animation company Frederator Studios, where he built the studio's first blogging platform and conceived, wrote, and edited their first internet video network, Channel Frederator.
In 1997, he began learning HTML and began designing websites for businesses.
Karp began as an intern in 2000 for animation producer Fred Seibert, founder of Frederator Studios.
Karp's mother had taught Seibert's children at the Calhoun School and was friends with his wife.
Karp was fascinated with the work of Frederator's computer engineers and his visits became regular.
After he started homeschooling, Karp also began taking Japanese classes at the Japan Society and saw a math tutor, with whom he worked on writing software for winning at blackjack and poker.
When entrepreneur John Maloney sought technical help with UrbanBaby, an online parenting forum, a Frederator employee recommended Karp for the job.
Karp completed the project, which had to be done in a couple of days, within four hours.
Maloney made him UrbanBaby's head of product and gave him a small amount of equity.
Karp went on to attend The Bronx High School of Science for one year before dropping out in 2001 and started homeschooling.
At the time, Karp had aspirations of attending college in New York, or going to MIT and saw homeschooling and doing other projects on the side as a way to impress the colleges.
Karp never returned to high school or earned his high school diploma.
In 2003, while still working for UrbanBaby, Karp moved alone to Tokyo for five months.
Karp went on to work for the online parenting forum UrbanBaby until it was sold to CNET in 2006.
Karp then started his own software consulting company, Davidville, where he worked with software engineer Marco Arment on projects for clients.
During a gap between contracts in 2006, the two began work on a microblogging website, which was launched as Tumblr in February 2007.
Karp left UrbanBaby after it was sold to CNET in 2006.
Using money from the sale of his shares, Karp started his own software consultancy company, Davidville, functioning as a mix of client work and production of Karp's own products and services.
Marco Arment joined the company as an engineer after replying to Karp's Craigslist ad. Karp had been interested in microblogging for some time and was waiting for one of the established blogging platforms to introduce their own microblogging platform.
After a year of waiting, Karp and Arment began working on their own microblogging platform during a two-week gap between contracts in 2006.
Tumblr was launched in February 2007 and within two weeks, the service had gained 75,000 users.
In October 2007, Karp shut down his consultancy business as his work with Tumblr was interfering with his client work.
Davidville was renamed Tumblr, Inc. and 25 percent of the company was sold to a small group of investors.
In August 2009, Karp was named Best Young Tech Entrepreneur 2009 by BusinessWeek and in 2010, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo! and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo!
to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
Karp remained CEO of the company.
On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo! and Tumblr had reached an agreement for Yahoo!
to acquire Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
As of November 1, 2017, Tumblr hosts over 375.4 million blogs.
Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by the end of the year.
Born in New York City, Karp grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
His parents are Barbara Ackerman, a science teacher from San Anselmo, California, and Michael D. Karp, a film and television composer.
He has a younger brother named Kevin.
His parents separated when he was 17.
Karp attended the Calhoun School from pre-school through eighth grade, where his mother teaches science.
As of November 1, 2017, Tumblr hosts over 375.4 million blogs.
Karp announced in November 2017 that he would be leaving Tumblr by the end of the year.
Karp has made personal investments into several companies including Superpedestrian, Inc., Sherpaa, Inc., and Splash.
