business Overview
HQplaceSan Francisco Bay Area
BusinessMicroblogging
Founded
access_time 17 years ago
(founded Mar 21, 2006)
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
61
/100
Valuation
$20 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#118
Public / PrivatePrivate
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Consumer Social
Elon Musk Company
Activism-Free Workplace
investor: Sequoia
investor: a16z

Twitter is a Microblogging company. It is currently valued at $20 billion as a private company. The company was founded in 2006.

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Valuation🦄$20.0 billion
Most recent funding date
1 year ago
Total funding$2.1 billion
Value 'created'
(valuation - funding)
+$17.9 billion
phonelink Products
Top products
- Twitter
Other important products
- Periscope
Primary customer type
emoji_people B2C+business B2B
emoji_people Culture
Glassdoor employee reviews
42%
would recommend Twitter to a friend (2,092 reviews)
worse than 95% of tech co's
15%
approve of the CEO Elon Musk (245 reviews)
worse than 100% of tech co's
Company mission"To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly without barriers"
Companies founded by former employees
- Square (founded 2009)
code Open Source
Open source citizenship
sentiment_very_satisfiedsentiment_very_satisfied Outstanding
TrueUp
Rank
#8
Top open source projects
163.6ktwbs / bootstrap
16.5ktwitter / typeahead.js
rule Policies
% of open jobs that are remoteN/A
home_work Remote work policy
Fully remote work is rare
public H1B sponsorships approved in 2022
39
TrueUp
Rank
#50
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card_giftcard Benefits (US)
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history Other info
Associated billionaires
(source:Forbes)
$4.3B - Jack Dorsey
$1.8B - Evan Williams
IPO dateNov 7, 2013
(10 years ago)
Top owners at IPO
12.0% - Evan Williams
6.7% - Benchmark
4.9% - Jack Dorsey
1.6% - Richard Costolo
Founder ownership at IPO16.9%
Implied founder equity split
71% - Evan Williams
29% - Jack Dorsey
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