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Chris Hughes (Christopher Hughes) was born on 26 November, 1983 in Hickory, North Carolina, U.S., is an American entrepreneur. Discover Chris Hughes'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 40 years old?
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Christopher Hughes |
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Entrepreneur |
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40 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
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26 November, 1983 |
Birthday |
26 November |
Birthplace |
Hickory, North Carolina, U.S. |
Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Entrepreneur with the age 40 years old group. He one of the Richest Entrepreneur who was born in United States.
Chris Hughes Height, Weight & Measurements
At 40 years old, Chris Hughes height not available right now. We will update Chris Hughes's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Chris Hughes's Wife?
His wife is Sean Eldridge (m. June 30, 2012)
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Chris Hughes Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Chris Hughes worth at the age of 40 years old? Chris Hughes’s income source is mostly from being a successful Entrepreneur. He is from United States. We have estimated Chris Hughes's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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US$430 million (2017) |
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Christopher "Chris" Hughes (born November 26, 1983 ) is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007.
During their summer break in 2004, Hughes and Zuckerberg traveled to Palo Alto, California.
While Zuckerberg decided to remain in Palo Alto after the break, Hughes returned to Harvard to continue his studies.
In 2006, after graduating from Harvard, Hughes relocated to Palo Alto to rejoin Zuckerberg and became involved in Facebook again.
Hughes was unofficially responsible for beta testing and product suggestions.
When the group had the idea to open Facebook to other schools, Hughes argued that schools should have their networks to maintain intimacy.
He was also a key driver in developing many of Facebook's popular features, which led to the opening of Facebook to the outside world.
Hughes left Facebook in 2007.
After leaving Facebook, Hughes volunteered for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
In March 2009, Hughes was named Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, venture-capital firm.
Hughes was the executive director of Jumo, a non-profit social network organization he founded in 2010, which "aims to help people find ways to help the world".
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."
Hughes and Eldridge announced their engagement in January 2011 at a reception supporting Freedom to Marry.
He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic from 2012 to 2016.
When Facebook's initial public offering took place in 2012, Hughes made $500 million.
In March 2012, Hughes purchased a majority stake in The New Republic magazine.
He became the publisher and executive chairman and also served as editor-in-chief of the magazine.
They married on June 30, 2012.
In December 2014, shortly after the magazine's centennial celebration, editor Franklin Foer and literary editor Leon Wieseltier were "driven out," and dozens of other staff and contributing editors resigned after a new chief executive, Guy Vidra, a former Yahoo! employee, described the new direction of the magazine as a "vertically integrated digital media company."
The magazine was forced to cancel its upcoming issue due to the staff departures.
The magazine was not profitable during Hughes' tenure.
In 2014, Eldridge lost his congressional bid by 29 points.
Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project (ESP) in 2016.
On January 11, 2016, Hughes put The New Republic up for sale, saying he had "underestimated the difficulty of transitioning an old and traditional institution into a digital media company in today's quickly evolving climate."
Hughes' ownership of The New Republic was described by The New York Times as a "vanity project."
He sold the magazine on February 26, 2016, to Oregon publisher Win McCormack.
Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project in 2016.
Hughes endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
In 2018, he published Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.
Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, as the only child of Arlen "Ray" Hughes, an industrial paper salesman, and Brenda Hughes, a mathematics teacher.
He was raised as an evangelical Lutheran.
He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, before earning a Bachelor of Arts in History and English Literature, magna cum laude, from Harvard College.
In 2018, he published Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.
In May 2019, he published an op-ed in the New York Times, calling for the break-up of Facebook and government regulation of content on it; in June of the same year, he criticized the Facebook decision to launch Libra (which was later renamed Diem), saying that the cryptocurrency "would shift power into the wrong hands if, at least, the coin be modestly successful".
Hughes and Sean Eldridge bought a $2 million residence in New York's 19th congressional district with the reported purpose of permitting Eldridge to run for the congressional seat there.
In February 2020, it was reported that Hughes was in the process of earning his Master of Arts in Economics from The New School.
He has since begun a Doctor of Philosophy in business ethics and legal studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook.
At Harvard, Hughes met and was recruited by Mark Zuckerberg, who was still working in the early stages of the website.