Adam D'Angelo: An underrated tech personality!

Who is the most underrated tech personality? There are few names to say. But, in a word, Adam D'Angelo's name has to be mentioned. 

He is the founder and CEO of Quora! The following information is enough to know about Adam D'Angelo: 

1) He was the first CTO of Facebook

2) 0.8% shareholder of Facebook.

3) He also created Instagram and was an advisor and investor of Instagram.

4) CEO and founder of Quora.

5) Quora was created in 2009 by investing 20 million of his own.

6) In 2018, he joined the board of directors of OpenAI.

7) At the age of 20, he created BuddyZoo - AOL Instant Messenger.

8) 2002 IOI Silver Medalist 

9) He has created a media player called Synapse at his high school.

10) Fortune Magazine features him as the smartest person in the tech world. 

Adam D'Angelo has many achievements beyond that. But after doing so many things, very few know him in that sense. Actually, no one knows Adam D’Angelo in the same way that everyone knows Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. However, in the tech world, those who do a lot know him more or less. 

According to some, Adam D’Angelo is the badass programmer in the world and also a successful smart businessman. 

He has been with Facebook since its inception. When Facebook was on its way he dared to leave Facebook, a lot was done to keep him though. When he was asked why he wished to leave such a good stable job? He said that Facebook has stood up, even if I am not here. 

When he created Quora, he said, "I will create a platform where knowledge will be shared. Most people thought his idea would fail, but Adam D'Angelo did that, and Quora established it by proving everyone wrong."

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