Born in Flordia, 1984, Dustin Moskovitz would later become roommates with Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard. Just like Zuckerberg, Moskovitz would drop out of college to help start Facebook. Despite being a part of Facebook, he decided to leave in 2008 (after 3 years). Moskovitz decided to start his own company, cofounding Asana with Justin Rosenstein, who also used to work at Facebook as well and was the one who created the like button, in 2008. Officially founded in 2011, Asana faced a lot of initial criticism, though received investments from the likes of Mark Zuckerberg. Roughly eight years after founding Asana, 2018, Moskovitz decided to go public, at which point it was valued at around one and a half billion dollars. Starting last year Asana entered the New York Stock Exchange. Since last September, when the stock value was valued at roughly $22, it has more then quadrupled.
So what makes Dustin Moskovitz an entrepreneur? We must keep in mind what an entrepreneur is; a person who creates impact and value through innovation. For starters, he got involved with founding two major companies: Facebook and Asana. Looking at Facebook, it can be easily seen that there was enormous impact and value added on a global scale through internet innovation. Asana, on the other hand, helps groups start and finish coding projects.
One thing I find very respectable was leaving Facebook to start his own startup company. Facebook was a relatively secure business, considering he was working with some of the smartest guy, especially considering that he was with them for 3 years. Despite this, he turn it down to chase after his own goals. In fact, a large percentage of Moskovitz well comes from his 2% stake in Facebook.
Another respectable thing is how involved Moskovitz is in charity. He started the Good Ventures foundations, which is a philanthropic foundation to help eradicate malaria.
Dustin Moskovitz is an amazing man who was in the right place at the right time. He was there to create Facebook but also had the great idea of helping others in the coding world and help them finish their projects. He “double dipped” in a sense and has been paid because of it. Thanks to his great innovations he has been on top of the world.