Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur) the age of 35. In 2004, he was named one of "PC Magazine"'s "People of the Year", along with Hourihan and Paul Bausch, for their work on Blogger. Williams left Google in June 2004, to co-found Odeo, a podcast company. In late 2006, Williams co-founded Obvious Corporation with Biz Stone and other former Odeo employees, to acquire all previous properties from Odeo's former backers. In April 2007, Odeo was acquired by Sonic Mountain. Among Obvious Corporation's projects was Twitter, a popular, free social networking and micro-blogging service. Twitter was spun out into a new company in April 2007, with Williams
Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet Sir Evan Williams, 1st Baronet, of Glyndwr (2 July 1871 – 3 February 1959) was a Welsh industrialist. As Chairman of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalowners Association and later President of the Mining Association of Great Britain, he exerted considerable influence on the mining industry in the UK. Williams was born at Pontarddulais, the son of mine-owner Thomas Williams, and was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and Clare College, Cambridge. Having taken over his father's business, Thomas Williams and Sons (Llangennech), Ltd, he became Chairman of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coalowners Association in