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David Karp

1986 - Today

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David Karp (born July 6, 1986) is an American businessperson, best known as the founder and former CEO of the microblogging platform Tumblr. Karp began his career, without receiving a high school diploma, as an intern under Fred Seibert at the animation company Frederator Studios, where he built the studio's first blogging platform and conceived, wrote, and edited their first internet video network, Channel Frederator. Karp went on to work for the online parenting forum UrbanBaby until it was sold to CNET in 2006. Karp then started his own software consulting company, Davidville, where he worked with software engineer Marco Arment on projects for clients. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. David Karp is the 178th most popular computer scientist (up from 237th in 2024), the 10,945th most popular biography from United States (up from 17,770th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, David Karp ranks 178 out of 245. Before him are Andy Hertzfeld, Luis von Ahn, Bruce Schneier, Katie Bouman, Bassel Khartabil, and David Marr. After him are Peter Shor, Jean E. Sammet, Michael Dertouzos, Richard Garriott, Rob Pike, and Scott Fahlman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, David Karp ranks 173. Before him are Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Ciprian Tătărușanu, Franco Armani, Amir Khan, Peyton List, and Hiba Abouk. After him are Lou Williams, Wataru Inoue, Wanda Nara, Nacho Monreal, Yang Mi, and Abou Diaby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Karp ranks 10,947 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Alexander (1940), Alice Terry (1900), Amy Hill (1953), Ray Lumpp (1923), Daniel J. Travanti (1940), and Rachel Fuller Brown (1898). After him are Richard Hofstadter (1916), CoCo Vandeweghe (1991), Jack Weston (1924), Lou Williams (1986), Bridget Regan (1982), and Johnny Unitas (1933).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, David Karp ranks 100. Before him are Brewster Kahle (1960), Edward F. Moore (1925), Randy Pausch (1960), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), and Katie Bouman (1989). After him are Peter Shor (1959), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), Dave Cutler (1942), and Robert Tappan Morris (1965).

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