Interesting things you may not know at billionaire Jack Dorsey

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When it comes to the world technology billionaires, apart from tycoons like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, it's missing if not called Jack Dorsey.

Dorsey is a man who not only runs one but two big technology companies: Square and Twitter, bringing the 41-year-old billionaire net worth of more than $ 4 billion, according to Forbes.

Jack Dorsey is well-known as co-founder of Twitter in 2006. However, his start-up journey is not as flat, sublimation as other billionaires. In 2008, Dorsey was fired from the social networking company he co-founded, after 7 years of trying to get back to his starting point.

The company experienced many difficulties during the time when Jack Dorsey was absent. When Dorsey returned in 2015, Twitter's shares continued to decline, but now things have started to return to light as Twitter stocks have risen more than 30% this year.

The second company run by Dorsey is less famous but still has a strong influence on the market, which is Mobile Payment Company Square. According to Nomura Instinet, Square even developed faster than rival PayPal. Since the beginning of 2006, Square Cash application downloads have grown by an average of 128% per month compared to the same period last year. While the corresponding number of Venmo application (PalPal's app) is only 74%.

In addition to the above, the famous technology billionaire Jack Dorsey has a lot of interesting things that perhaps few people know about. If you are curious about this billionaire, please see our article below.

1. Dorsey is obsessed with emergency communications from an early age

From early on, Jack Dorsey was impressed with the emergency vehicles, equipment and services, such as the sound of radio scanners for police. 'They always talk about where they are going, what they are doing, where they are now . And that's where the idea of ​​Twitter comes,' Dorsey told CBS '60 minutes' program.

2. Dorsey dreamed of becoming a mayor of New York City one day

In addition to his passion for technology, Dorsey was so passionate about the former Mayor of New York - Michael Bloomberg, calling him a "street light" for tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

Although he currently lives in the city of San Francisco (California), Dorsey has always been keen to turn to New York City, he said, thinking only about the city is that he felt full of energy.

3. Twitter is part of Dorsey's morning routine

Many tech billionaires have a habit of getting up very early in the morning and their first thing is checking their work email or exercising. As for Dorsey, his first job when he woke up was to check the weather that day and not forget to check Twitter.

The first thing Dorsey did during the day was to search for Twitter on the internet, so that he could see 'exactly what's happening right then'.

4. The co-founder of Twitter almost went to work for Facebook

Dorsey talked with Facebook CEO - Mark Zuckerberg during his dismissal from the position of Twitter CEO, according to the Hatching Twitter book: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal (roughly translated: Real Story of Money author, Nick Bilton, power, friendship, betrayal.

According to an excerpt from the book, Zuckerberg at the time was considering buying Twitter, and wanted to hire Dorsey, but the lack of an appropriate role made Dorsey decide to choose another place.

5. Dorsey got the first job by . hacking

Like many billionaires, Jack Dorsey did not graduate from college. He only briefly attended the Missouri University of Science and Technology, then moved to New York University before . dropping out. Was the first job Dorsey got from hacking? Surely many people will be surprised, but in fact Dorsey went to an interview, but did not have any answers from the company. Then the 41-year-old billionaire sought and found a security flaw and sent an email to the company to guide them on how to fix the problem.

Only a week later, Dorsey was admitted to work.

6. Dorsey does not have an office, or even a desk at Square's headquarters

Square's CEO and President did not like being tied up in a certain workspace, he often used the iPad and traveled freely within the company. When asked why, Dorsey replied that because of that 'there will always be an awareness that there are other people working here, not alone.'

7. Square co-founder Jim McKelvey used to be the boss of Dorsey

Dorsey started programming while studying at Bishop DuBourg High School. At 15, he practiced at McKelvey's Mira Digital Publishing Software Company - who was immediately impressed by Dorsey. He even called Dorsey the 'genius Jack' because there was nothing that Dorsey could not do.

8. Dorsey says Square, not Twitter, will fundamentally change the way people interact

Dorsey started Twitter 12 years ago, and currently, this social platform has 100 million users daily. However, Dorsey claims not to be Twitter, but Square itself is what will fundamentally change the way people interact because it 'speaks' a 'language' that everyone knows: money. At the same time, it also has the ability to 'touch individuals on this planet'.

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