Paul Buchheit
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| Residence | Rochester, New York |
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| Known for | FriendFeed, Gmail |
| Website paulbuchheit.blogspot.com |
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Paul Buchheit is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the creator and lead developer of Gmail. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested the company's now-famous motto "Don't be evil" in a 2000 meeting on company values.[1]
Buchheit grew up in Rochester, New York and went to college at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He worked at Intel and later became the 23rd employee at Google.
He is currently an angel investor and a founder of the startup FriendFeed.
[edit] References
- ^ "Paul Buchheit on Gmail, AdSense and More". Google Blogoscoped. 2007-07-16. http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-07-16-n55.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
- Livingston, Jessica, int. Founders at Work (Apress, 2007).
- Battelle, John, The Search, p. 138 (Portfolio, 2005).
- Newsvine: "The Good Guy behind Don't Be Evil and Google Mail"
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