Adam D'Angelo
Encyclopedia
Adam D'Angelo is the chief executive and co-founder of Quora, an online knowledge market
based in Palo Alto, California.
He was chief technology officer of Facebook
, and also served as its vice president of engineering.
He left Facebook in 2008. In June 2009, he started Quora with Charlie Cheever
, another early Facebook employee.
D'Angelo competed in the Association for Computing Machinery collegiate world programming contest while attending the California Institute of Technology
. In 2005, he was one of the top 24 finalists in the international Topcoder
Collegiate Challenge. He took eighth place in the 2001 USA Computing Olympiad for high school students.
Along with Cheever, D'Angelo has been cited as one of the smartest figures in technology by Fortune Magazine.
Knowledge market
A knowledge market is a mechanism for distributing knowledge resources. There are two views on knowledge and how knowledge markets can function. One view uses a legal construct of intellectual property to make knowledge a typical scarce resource, so the traditional commodity market mechanism can be...
based in Palo Alto, California.
He was chief technology officer of Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, and also served as its vice president of engineering.
He left Facebook in 2008. In June 2009, he started Quora with Charlie Cheever
Charlie Cheever
Charlie Cheever is the co-founder, along with Adam D'Angelo, of Quora, an online knowledge market. He was formerly an engineer and manager at Facebook, where he oversaw the creation of Facebook Connect and the Facebook Platform. Previous to Facebook Cheever was employed by Amazon.com in Seattle...
, another early Facebook employee.
D'Angelo competed in the Association for Computing Machinery collegiate world programming contest while attending the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
. In 2005, he was one of the top 24 finalists in the international Topcoder
TopCoder
TopCoder is a company which administers contests in computer programming. TopCoder hosts fortnightly online algorithm competitions — known as SRMs or "single round matches" — as well as weekly competitions in design and development. The work in design and development produces useful software...
Collegiate Challenge. He took eighth place in the 2001 USA Computing Olympiad for high school students.
Along with Cheever, D'Angelo has been cited as one of the smartest figures in technology by Fortune Magazine.