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We did Twitter, and Twitter grew so fast, and in 2006 we spun it out into Twitter, Inc.

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Biz Stone
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: March 10
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San Francisco County
California
Christopher Isaac Stone
Isaac Biz Stone
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