Matthew Charles Mullenweg is an American entrepreneur and web developer. He is known for developing the free and open-source web software WordPress, which is now managed by the WordPress Foundation. Matthew, who attended the University of Houston, dropped out to work at CNET Networks, where he worked for about 2 years until he quit. He then founded Automattic, an internet company whose brands include WordPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Tumblr, and several other big-name brands. In April 2004, he launched Ping-O-Matic with fellow WordPress developer. This program was a hub for notifying blog search engines like Technorati about blog updates. The following month, WordPress competitor Movable type announced a price change, which is widely seen as the tipping point for WordPress. Over the years, he connected with big names and brought in more people to his company, amassing several successful business programs. In 2009, reports stated that WordPress sites were growing faster than Google’s and was compared to Facebook’s growing popularity over Myspace. A month later, WordPress seen a 10% growth, with approximately 15000 new blogs each day. In January 2014, his company was valued at over a billion dollars, and WordPress powered 22% of the world’s top 10 million websites.  Mullenweg has received many awards for being a great entrepreneur and influencer, putting him on a prestigious list of talents throughout his workspace. His net worth is an estimated $400 million and is expected to rise even more as his years in business go on.