Biz Stone Biz Stone Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone (born March 10, 1974) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter, among other Internet-based services. His first startup was Xanga in 1999. Stone co-founded his latest venture, Jelly, with Ben Finkel. Jelly was launched in 2014 and is described as a new kind of search engine with the core assumption that for every question there is a person with the answer. Stone is Jelly’s CEO. On May 16, 2017, Biz Stone announced he is returning to Twitter Inc. in an unannounced role. Stone graduated from Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He attended both
Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation The Dorsey-Gray Literacy Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c) organization based out of the Greater Washington, DC area founded in 2009. The foundation award scholarships every year to high school seniors and all college undergraduates/graduates. The mission of DGLF is to expand educational opportunities and enhance the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds by encouraging basic and advanced literacy and promoting total enrichment "one page at a time". The annual scholarship program begins on November 25 of each calendar year and culminates on May 25 of the following calendar year with the announcement of the winners.