Jack Dorsey Jack Dorsey Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who is co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company. Dorsey was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Marcia (née Smith) and Tim Dorsey. He is of English, Irish and Italian descent. His father worked for a company that developed mass spectrometers and his mother was a homemaker. He was raised Catholic, and his uncle is a Catholic priest in Cincinnati. He attended the Catholic Bishop DuBourg High School. In his younger
J. Michael Dorsey committee for public money for housing, alongside Thomas Demery and Carl Covitz. The committee was the subject of controversy when a federal audit released in 1989 said that most of the money approved by it went to developers with HUD connections. It said that Dorsey and Covitz typically agreed to suggestions that Demery made. He briefly served as Acting Secretary of HUD in 1989, before Jack Kemp became Secretary. On July 13, 1989, Frank Keating was confirmed as General Counsel, succeeding Dorsey. On July 13, 1990, Joseph G. Schiff was confirmed as Assistant Secretary in place of Dorsey. Dorsey became