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
When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down the street and you see lepers and beggars, and there were several of us, a group of Americans. I remember we were just trying to park one night somewhere and people were just sleeping in the parking lot.
My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.
I fundamentally believe that people have a genuine desire to be positively engaged in the world around them.
Mostly what I'm focused on is finding people who are younger who haven't built companies before but have a good idea.
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.
Ads shouldn't be in people's way.
By 2007, we were finally living in a culture where people get what networks are and what technology can do to connect people.
People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.
It takes time for people to get to know a cause or an organization.
I'm surprised at how much Facebook.com has burrowed itself into real life along with instant messaging, text messaging and e-mail, ... It's another reason to be on the Net. So many people come back because it's fun and useful. They use it to find people, they meet people, organize a party and so many other things.
You name it, I'm interested in a lot of things.
You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don't have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose.
You learn pretty fast that there is no magic solution to poverty.