Tony Xu

Tony Xu
Xu in 2018
Born
Xu Xun

1983 or 1984 (age 39–40)
Education
OccupationCEO of DoorDash
SpousePatti Xu
Children2
Chinese name
Chinese徐迅
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Xùn
IPA[ɕy̌ ɕŷn]

Tony Xu (born Xu Xun, 1983/1984)[1] is a Chinese American billionaire businessman and the co-founder and CEO of DoorDash. Xu was born in Nanjing and immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of four. He earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Early in his career, Xu interned at Square, Inc., and worked for McKinsey & Company, eBay, and PayPal. He was included in Fortune's 40 Under 40 in 2020.

DoorDash had its IPO in December 2020[2][3] making Xu's net worth an estimated $2.8 billion as of April 2021.[4] He and his wife Patti are signatories to the Giving Pledge.

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  2. ^ Investor's Business Daily (December 9, 2020). "Shares Of DoorDash IPO Jump By Double Digits As Trading Begins". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2020. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Mehta, Stephanie (December 10, 2020). "'We don't have to spend it all at once!' CEO Tony Xu on DoorDash's $3.4 billion IPO". Fast Company. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Tony Xu". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2021.