Jay Graber
Photo of Jay Graber holding a microphone in a lecture hall while listening to audience questions at a talk for software engineers.
Jay Graber giving a talk at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 2018.
Born1990/1991 (age 32–33)[1]
Tulsa, Oklahoma
United States[1]
EducationBachelor of Science in Science, Technology, and Society[2]
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania[2]
Occupation(s)CEO, software engineer
Years active2014–Present
OrganizationBluesky Social, PBC
Known forCEO of Bluesky Social
Websitejaygraber.com

Jay Graber (born 1990/1991[1]) is an American software engineer and the CEO of Bluesky, a microblogging social platform and public benefit company.[3][4][5]

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology, and Society in 2013,[2] then worked as a software engineer for Skuchain and the Zcash cryptocurrency from 2015 to 2018. Graber founded Happening, Inc., an event planning website, in 2019.[6][7]

Graber was named as the first CEO of Bluesky in August 2021, two years after the project was first announced as a Twitter initiative.[4][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robison, Kylie (July 31, 2023). "Inside Twitter rival Bluesky's first major crisis, as investors pressured CEO Jay Graber to speak out about racist incident". Fortune. Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Graber, Jay. "Jay Graber | LinkedIn". LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ del Castillo, Michael (September 11, 2022). "Jack Dorsey's Former Boss Is Building A Decentralized Twitter". Forbes. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Dang, Sheila (August 16, 2021). "A Twitter-funded company trying to build a new kind of social media taps its first leader". CNBC. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ Heath, Alex (April 17, 2023). "Bluesky's CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter". The Verge. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Campbell, Ian Carlos (August 16, 2021). "Twitter's decentralized social network project finally has a leader". The Verge. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Matney, Lucas (August 16, 2021). "Twitter taps crypto developer to lead 'bluesky' decentralized social network effort". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ Belanger, Ashley (April 28, 2023). "Top Twitter influencers flee to Bluesky amid Musk's continued debasing". Ars Technica. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ Klee, Miles (April 27, 2023). "Bluesky Becomes the Hottest Club Online as Twitter Users Fight for Invites". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
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