Drew Houston — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder & CEO of Dropbox since 2007, an online backup and storage service.
Co-founded Dropbox in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi.
Founded Accolade in April 2004.
Serves on the Board of Directors at Meta since 2020.
Graduated with a degree in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Co-founder of the lobbying group FWD.us.

Biography

Drew Houston is an American Internet entrepreneur recognized as the co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, an online backup and storage service. He co-founded Dropbox in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, and the company has been touted as Y Combinator's most successful investment to date. Houston held 24.4% of voting power in Dropbox before its IPO in February 2018.

Prior to Dropbox, Houston founded Accolade in April 2004, operating it until August 2007. He also worked as a Software Engineer at Bit9, Inc.