Chris Hughes
Chris Hughes
Chris HughesNovember 26, 1983) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook, with Harvard roommates Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Andrew McCollum. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic from 2012 to 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 November 1983
CityHickory, NC
CountryUnited States of America
Profit per se is not my motive.
My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone.
People are doing amazing things right now on the Web.
I look up to a lot of people, but outside of my parents, I've never really had a mentor.
As a child I wanted to become an architect.
What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas.
Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.
The more connected that individual is to an issue they care about, the higher probability there is they will stay involved over a longer period of time.
Ads shouldn't be in people's way.
Anybody can be ambitious.
I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.
Buzz is not what I am looking for.
By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.
I think there's an important difference between the newspaper and a magazine. I view the role of the magazine as providing the deeper reporting and the thoughtful analysis to help you make sense of why that news is important.