Chris Wetherell is a software developer and musician from the
US best known as the founder of Google Reader
and as an influential "ex-Googler" since his departure from the company.
Software engineer
While working at
Google
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in 2005 as a Senior Software Engineer, Wetherell was involved in developing the feed aggregator
Google Reader.
After leaving Google, Wetherell worked at Twitter as Consulting Project Lead on a new "Retweet" feature, co-founded Thing Labs and worked on Brizzly, before co-founding Avocado to produce an intimacy application of the same name and a social spin-off called Pears (Avocado closed in February 2017). Avocado was invested in by General Catalyst and
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm focusing on seed stage, early stage investments and growth stage investments in the enterprise, fintech, consumer and healthcare sectors. Lightspeed has eleven offices globally and as o ...
among others.
Musician
Wetherell is also a musician, performing drums and vocals for American rock bands
Dealership and
Citizens Here and Abroad.
Personal life
Wetherell is a native of Beaverton, Oregon.
References
External links
Wetherell's personal site Massless
American computer specialists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Google employees
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