He was the technical lead for a wreath of interesting Windows internals-related projects for Bit9's application whitelisting product.Īt age 24, he founded Dropbox with Arash Ferdowsi in January, 2007. He worked as a Software Engineer at Bit9, Inc. Prior to the establishment of Dropbox, he worked on a number of other startups including, Bit9 and Hubspot. He also met Adam and Arash Ferdowsi at MIT, who later helped him in establishing Dropbox. He took a year off in his junior year, for employment and finished a term early.

Drew Houston- Professional Lifeĭrew founded Accolade, a SAT prep company while studying in MIT. In January 2006, he completed Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has been a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Entrepreneurs Club. Drew Houston | Founder, Dropbox Drew Houston- Educationĭrew pursued his elementary studies from Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in the 1990s. He has endorsed Hillary Clinton at the 2016 United States presidential election. He worked at a industrial robotics startup at the tender age of 15. He learnt coding when he was just 5 years old. He currently resides in San Francisco, California. Drew Houston- Biography Nameĭrew Houston- Conclusion Drew Houston- Personal Lifeĭrew was born in Acton, Massachusetts in 1983. Today, it has more than 500 million users.

Dropbox has received a five star rating in the 2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation in 'Protecting Your Data From Government Requests' report. As of May 2019, Forbes estimated his net worth of $2.2 billion. He held 24.4% voting power in the company before filling for IPO in February 2018. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dropbox, an online backup and storage service. He holds the largest individual shares of Dropbox. Drew Houston is an American Internet Entrepreneur, who co-founded Dropbox and owns 25% of the company's interests.

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