Andrew W. Drew Houston has become a well-known name within the tech circle for his cloud storage company Dropbox that he started in January 2007. In his entrepreneurial dream, the Dropbox CEO Drew Houston was joined by Co-founder Arash Ferdowski, a MIT student, who dropped out of his college to assist him. With his Cofounder Arash, Drew joined Y Combinator (early-stage startup funding company) and got initial investment from Sequoia Capital.
A high-end web and mobile-based business collaboration platform for files, projects and others, Dropbox today is worth more than 12 billion USD. In 2018, it was listed on Nasdaq.
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Salary & Net Worth – Investors, Funding, & Valuation
Dropbox CEO drew a salary of around 110 million USD in 2017. The package was comprised of 400,000 USD basic pay and 260,000 USD cash bonus in addition to a massive restricted stock grant. Houston, who holds 25% of outstanding Company shares, is said to have a net worth of around 3.1 billion USD.
Career & Education – Company, University, & College
Prior to Dropbox, Houston worked in a startup Bit9, Inc. as Software Engineer (From 2006 to 2007), leading its tech team on projects related to Windows internals. In April 2004, he founded an online SAT preparation company Accolade. The company ran for around 3 years and 5 months.
Drew attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 to study BS in EECS.
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Contact Drew Houston – Email Address | Twitter | LinkedIn
You can follow Houston on his Twitter handle @drewhouston. Or, connect with him on his Linked profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewhouston. Visit us later to get his email address.
Wiki Trivia on Drew Houston – Age, Family, & More
Dropbox founder Drew was born on March 4, 1983. His native place is Acton, Massachusetts and his current residency is in San Francisco, California. As a kid, he dreamed of owning a company.
Drew (age 35) is a vociferous reader. He took to business books to understand how to run a company. He has many favorites, but books by Intel CEO Andy Grove have impressed him much. He is a part of FWD.us – an immigration reform organization.
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