Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur) Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur) Evan Clark Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies. Williams was previously chairman and CEO of Twitter, one of the top ten websites on the Internet. He also founded Blogger and Medium, two of the largest and most notable blog distribution websites. Williams was born in Clarks, Nebraska, as the third child of Laurie Howe and Monte Williams. He grew up on a farm in Clarks, where he assisted with crop irrigation during the summers. He attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for a year
Evan Williams (bourbon) sold as the mass-market "Black Label" variety, which has been described as "something that's cheap and doesn't taste bad". The company also bottles several other expressions, including a "White Label" that is bottled in bond, an "Evan Williams 1783" bourbon that is produced in more limited quantities and has been described as an "affordable, value-packed bourbon", and a nine-year-old single barrel bourbon sold in vintage-dated bottles sealed with black wax. As of June 21, 2010, Evan Williams was the second largest-selling brand of Kentucky straight bourbon (following the market leading Jim Beam brand) and had the fastest-growing market share among