Christopher Hughes born November 26, [ 1 ] is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic from to Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina , [ 2 ] as the only child of Arlen "Ray" Hughes, an industrial paper salesman, and Brenda Hughes, a mathematics teacher. Hughes is a co-founder of Facebook.
While Zuckerberg decided to remain in Palo Alto after the break, Hughes returned to Harvard to continue his studies. Hughes was unofficially responsible for beta testing and product suggestions. When the group had the idea to open Facebook to other schools, Hughes argued that schools should have their networks to maintain intimacy.
He was also a key driver in developing many of Facebook's popular features, which led to the opening of Facebook to the outside world. Hughes left Facebook in Hughes was the executive director of Jumo , a non-profit social network organization he founded in , which "aims to help people find ways to help the world". He became the publisher and executive chairman and also served as editor-in-chief of the magazine. The magazine was not profitable during Hughes' tenure.
Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project in In May , he published an op-ed in the New York Times , calling for the break-up of Facebook and government regulation of content on it; [ 22 ] in June of the same year, he criticized the Facebook decision to launch Libra which was later renamed Diem , saying that the cryptocurrency "would shift power into the wrong hands if, at least, the coin be modestly successful".
After leaving Facebook, Hughes volunteered for Barack Obama 's presidential campaign. Hughes endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the U. Hughes is gay and is married to Sean Eldridge. They married on June 30, Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.
