Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes
Hughes in 2009
Born
Christopher Hughes

(1983-11-26) November 26, 1983 (age 40)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
The New School (MA)
University of Pennsylvania
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Facebook
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 2012)
Children1

Christopher Hughes (born November 26, 1983[1]) is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic from 2012 to 2016.

Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project (ESP) in 2016. In 2018, he published Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.

  1. ^ Leskin, Paige. "The story of Chris Hughes, who made a fortune by helping Mark Zuckerberg create Facebook, but now thinks it should be broken up". Business Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2023.