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Tumblr Backers Considered 'Removal' Of Founder David Karp Prior To $1.1 Billion Yahoo Deal
Of course, Karp was not removed and he sold the company to Yahoo this year for $1.1 billion, provin…
Jim Edwards
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Tumblr Founder David Karp: 'You'd Have To Be Out Of Your Mind To Live In Palo Alto' Where All Those Rich Tech Execs Live
Palo Alto is located about 35 miles south of San Francisco. Zuckerberg's home in Palo Alto is worth…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Tumblr Is Interviewing People To Be David Karp's 'Sheryl Sandberg'
One person interviewed for the job said he was asked if he is ready to be Karp's "Sheryl Sandberg,"…
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Tumblr founder David Karp is resigning
"David founded Tumblr ten years ago as a space for the world's creators, and we thank him for his c…
Alex Heath
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David Karp Went On The Colbert Show And Defended All The Porn On Tumblr
"Look, we've taken a pretty hard line on freedom of speech, supporting our users, creation, whateve…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Tumblr CEO David Karp Is Asking Obama Your Education Questions
And if having David Karp and Obama discussing your question just isn't doing it for you, the White …
Maya Kosoff
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David Karp Is Offered $110M To Remain At Yahoo
Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer has pledged not to make any dramatic changes at Tumblr. As part of tha…
AP
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Marissa Mayer Explains How She Wooed Tumblr CEO David Karp
Both Karp and Mayer love creativity, she said. They also share similar ideas about being a platform…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Yahoo Will Pay Tumblr Founder David Karp $110 Million To Stick Around For 4 Years
Compare that to another fact Yahoo also revealed: Tumblr had $16.6 million in the bank when Yahoo b…
Julie Bort
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Tumblr Is Raising Another Big Round Of Funding, Say Sources
We're told by one of our sources — a source close to Tumblr — that Tumblr doesn't need to raise mor…
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Tumblr Has A Huge, Fate-Deciding Board Meeting Today - Here Are The Topics
Tumblr launched mobile ads earlier this week, and Karp tells us BC, GE, AT&T, Home Depot, Pepsi…
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Top VC: Tumblr's CEO Is Worth $200 Million Because He Ignored My Advice
"In hindsight, I think David was right and I was wrong," Wilson writes. "I wanted him to build some…
Megan Rose Dickey
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How 27-Year-Old Tumblr Founder David Karp Spent His Year After The $1.1 Billion Yahoo Acquisition
Karp and his girlfriend took a boat tour around NYC with one of his investors, Brad Burnham.His Tum…
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Tumblr Founder David Karp Talks About The Real Reasons He Dropped Out Of High School
He said in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this week that he does not recommend youn…
Vivian Giang
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High School Dropout Now Worth $200 Million Tells Kids Not To Drop Out
"There's a lot that I feel like I missed out on," Karp tells Bercovici. "Just a whole lot of normal…
Megan Rose Dickey
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Go Native! Tumblr's David Karp And GE's Beth Comstock At IGNITION 2014
We're teaming David up with GE's Beth Comstock, who is backed by one of the smartest digital market…
Spencer Reiss
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Tried To Blow Up The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal In May
But the Yahoo-Tumblr deal was almost finished by then, and Karp and the Tumblr board didn't want to…
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Someone at Tumblr jazzed up the app's release notes with wacky fan fiction about founder David Karp
Where usually, the release notes include a list of changes to the app (or at least the frustratingl…
Matt Weinberger
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Obama Compared Tumblr Founder David Karp To Lebron James During A Q&A At The White House
According to Tumblr's policies: "You have to be at least 13 years old to use Tumblr. We're serious:…