About Matt Mullenweg

Myself in my best dressHowdy. My name is Matthew Mullenweg. I’m a kid born and raised in Houston, Texas. I write code, prose, and music. I’ve taken a few pictures too.

WordPress

I am the founding developer of WordPress, the blogging software that runs much of this site and millions of other sites around the world. The website says WordPress is “a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform” but more importantly WordPress is a part of who I am. Like eating, breathing, music, I can’t not work on WordPress. The project touches a lot of people, something I’ve recently begun to appreciate. I consider myself very lucky to be able to work on something I love so much.

I wrote the foreword to WordPress for Dummies and the French WordPress book.

Professional

I used to do consulting and go to school in Houston, then I moved to San Francisco where I worked at CNET Networks.

I left in late 2005 to found a new startup Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, bbPress, IntenseDebate, BuddyPress, and more to come.

I have been or am currently an adviser to Sphere, WeGame, Rescuetime, and Foodzie.

Some Press

I’ve been named one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. It’s probably all downhill from here.

If you need a press/conference headshot, try this, this or this. (In the bottom-right info box there is a link to the print-quality full size version of the image.)