John R. "Trip" Adler III is an American tech executive who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Created by Humans since 2024.[1] Previously, he co-founded Scribd in 2007, where he seved as the CEO until 2023.[2]

Early life and education

Adler grew up in Palo Alto, California and attended Gunn High School. He graduated from Harvard University with a biophysics degree.[3] His father, John R. Adler, is a neurosurgeon at Stanford University and also an entrepreneur.[4]

Career

After graduating from Harvard, Adler contemplated starting various online ventures, including a ride-sharing service, a Craigslist-type site for colleges called Hulist,[5] a call center called 1-800-ASKTRIP, and a social media site called "Rate your happiness."[6]

Adler received inspiration for Scribd from a conversation with his father, who had difficulty publishing an academic paper in a medical journal.[3] Adler then built Scribd with Jared Friedman, a fellow Harvard student, and they attended Y Combinator in the summer of 2006.[7][8][9] Scribd was launched from a San Francisco apartment in March 2007.[10][11]

In 2024, Adler co-founded Created by Humans.[12]

Personal life

As a member of the Harvard Surfing team, Adler participated in the first Ivy League Surf Championships in May 2003.[13] He also plays the saxophone.[4][14] In 2007, Adler earned the company's first $17 in revenue by playing the saxophone outside Scribd's office at Christmas time.[4]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/a-marketplace-to-solve-ai-copyright-woes?rc=a6bhua
  2. ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/95359-trip-adler-looks-to-build-a-bridge-between-creators-ai-companies.html
  3. ^ a b "John R. "Trip" Adler III '06 (Physics) Broke Tradition but Still Ended up on Top". Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. March 22, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Guynn, Jessica (November 10, 2013). "Scribd co-founder wrote his own story". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013.
  5. ^ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/10/3/sites-spar-to-be-like-craigslist/
  6. ^ Penenberg, Adam L. (June 18, 2012). "How Trip Adler Found His Idea For Scribd After Hanging Up On 1-800-ASKTRIP". Fast Company. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  7. ^ Schubarth, Cromwell (October 28, 2013). "Y Combinator's 10 most valuable startup alumni". Silicon Valley Business Journal.
  8. ^ Johnson, Bobbie (July 22, 2009). "How Scribd made pages pay". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Spencer E. Ante (June 11, 2009). "Scribd: An E-Book Upstart with Unlikely Fans". Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009.
  10. ^ Reid, Calvin (October 1, 2013). "Scribd Launches E-book Subscription Service". Publishers Weekly.
  11. ^ Neary, Lynn (October 4, 2013). "New E-Book Lending Service Aims To Be Netflix For Books". NPR.
  12. ^ https://www.theinformation.com/articles/a-marketplace-to-solve-ai-copyright-woes?rc=a6bhua
  13. ^ "60 SECONDS". SURFING Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  14. ^ Christmas at Scribd featuring Trip Adler
  15. ^ Fletcher, Dan (2010). "Tech Pioneers 2010: Trip Adler and Jared Friedman". TIME.
  16. ^ Hesseldahl, Arik (2010). "Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2010". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010.
  17. ^ Jeff Bercovici and Emily Inverso (2014). "30 Under 30: Trip Adler". Forbes.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Adler
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