Joshua Schachter

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Joshua Schachter
Joshua Schachter

Joshua Schachter (born 1974) is the creator of del.icio.us, creator of geoURL and co-creator of Memepool. He has a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

On March 29, 2005, he announced he would work full-time on del.icio.us (which pioneered tagging, especially on the web). On December 9, 2005, Yahoo! acquired del.icio.us for an undisclosed sum.[1] According to Business 2.0, the acquisition was close to $30 million, with Schachter's share being worth approximately $15 million.[2]

Prior to working full-time on del.icio.us, Schachter was employed as a programmer in Morgan Stanley's Equity Trading Lab. He created geoURL in 2002 and ran it until 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schachter, Joshua. y.ah.oo!. Retrieved on 2005-12-09.
  2. ^ Heilemann, John. Tag Sale. Retrieved on 2006-01-31.

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