Matt Mullenweg
American entrepreneur and web developer
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| January 9 2025 | Thijs Buijs, representative of the WordPress Sustainability team, resigned via WordPress.org's Slack channel, citing concerns about Mullenweg's leadership. In response, Mullenweg disbanded the sustainability team and closed its Slack channel. |
| 2024 | Announced a scholarship program on the 20th anniversary of WordPress' initial release, targeting children of significant open-source project contributors. |
| 2024 | Mullenweg engaged in a public dispute with a transgender Tumblr user, resulting in the user's ban and subsequent criticism from Tumblr and Automattic employees. |
| 2024 | Acquired Beeper. |
| December 24 2024 | Mullenweg posted on Reddit titled 'What drama should I create in 2025?', which led to criticism from the WordPress Sustainability team. |
| February 2024 | Mullenweg began a three-month sabbatical from his role as CEO of Automattic. |
| 2022 | Mullenweg criticized GoDaddy for insufficient reinvestment in the WordPress project. |
| 2021 | Acquired Pocket Casts. Automattic's valuation reached $7.5 billion, with WordPress hosting 28 million websites (40 percent of all websites on the Internet). |
| 2019 | Acquired Tumblr. |
| 2018 | Acquired The Atavist Magazine. |
| 2017 | Started serving as a board member for GitLab, a position he held until 2019. |
| 2016 | Mullenweg accused Wix.com of reusing WordPress's mobile text editor code without properly adhering to GPL licensing terms. |
| 2016 | Received the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment for 'helping to democratize online publishing'. |
| 2015 | Acquired WooCommerce as part of Automattic's expansion. |
| January 2014 | Resumed the role of CEO at Automattic, replacing Toni Schneider. |
| 2013 | Mullenweg banned Envato developers from WordPress events after criticizing their platform for selling WordPress themes with proprietary graphics and CSS components instead of using GPL licensing. |
| 2010 | Began employing a team of contributors to WordPress through Audrey Capital, working separately from Automattic. |
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