Dropbox founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO after 19 years to become executive chairman, replaced by Ashraf Alkarmi, who is SVP and GM of Dropbox Core
Drew Houston founded Dropbox nearly two decades ago out at age 24, eventually becoming a household name in Silicon Valley …
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Discussion
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@joshelman
Josh Elman
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Congrats to @drewhouston for building a product that seamlessly made the cloud work for regular people. Much of my life still flows through DB.
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@drewhouston
Drew Houston
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Today, we're promoting Ashraf Alkarmi to co-CEO of @Dropbox. Ashraf and I will jointly lead the company, and after a transition period, I'll move into the role of executive chairman and Ashraf will be sole CEO. Ashraf has transformed our core business since joining — the
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Drew Houston
Drew Houston
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Today, we're promoting Ashraf Alkarmi to co-CEO of Dropbox. — Ashraf and I will jointly lead the company for a period …
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Work in Progress
Work in Progress
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Congratulations to our new co-CEO, Ashraf Alkarmi!
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@helen_min
Helen Min
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Grateful for this legendary run
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@suhail
@suhail
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Hell of a run @drewhouston - congrats on *19 years*. [image]
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@stevesi
Steven Sinofsky
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Congratulations on everything! Incredible.
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@spenserskates
Spenser Skates
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Congratulations @drewhouston on an incredible run with Dropbox. Drew was the original inspiration for me to get into startups. He was a few years ahead of me at MIT and did MIT's Battlecode competition as well. He introduced me to Paul Graham's writing, YC, and the Silicon
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@balajis
Balaji
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@drewhouston @Dropbox Incredible run. Seven hundred million registered users. You created the category. Others did it first, but you did it best. Dropbox is still better than Google Drive on so many dimensions, particularly for individuals. 🫡