david marcus

David Marcus was the co-creator of Diem, a cryptocurrency project initiated by Facebook. He is the former president of PayPal and Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook where he ran the Facebook Messenger unit. Before his expert introduction to the crypto business, Marcus Long had stood among the Silicon Valley first class as an early defender of Bitcoin. While heading tasks for Facebook Messenger, Zuckerberg tapped Marcus to lead Facebook's innovative work in blockchain and digital forms of money, bringing about the profoundly dubious Libra project. 

Details:

• Organization: Diem
• Location: United States
• Education: Economics from the  University of Geneva 
• Skills: Payments and Mobile Devices

Experience:

• Co-founder & CEO at Lightspark from Apr 2022 - Present 
• Member Board of Directors at Nubank from Mar 2023 - Present
• Board Member at Diem Association from Oct 2019 - Dec 2021 
• Head of Novi at Meta from May 2018 - Dec 2021 
• Head of Messenger at Meta from Aug 2014 - May 2018 
• Member Board Of Directors at Tipping Point Community from Feb 2017 - Jun 2019 

FAQ's

1. What are the ventures found by David Marcus?

He also founded Zong, an offshoot of Echovox that allowed users to pay for items online directly through their mobile phone bills. 

2. What are the other roles held by David Marcus?

He was the chairman and CEO of that company until it was acquired by World Access in 2000.