David Marcus
French, Swiss, and American entrepreneur and executive
Startups
- Calibra Team
- Facebook Instant Games Team
- Facebook Messenger Day Team
- Group Calling for Facebook Messenger Team
- Instant Video on Facebook Messenger Team
- Libra Team
- Libra Team
- Messenger Day by Facebook Team
- Messenger Group Payment Team
- Messenger Group Video Chats Team
- Messenger Lite Team
- Messenger Platform Team
- Messenger Platform 2.0 Team
- New Messenger Camera Team
- Uber on Messenger Team
- Universal Money Address Team
Who they are
David A. Marcus is a French-born American entrepreneur. He 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 from 2014 until 2018. In December 2017, Marcus was appointed to the Coinbase Board of Directors, from which he stepped down in 2018. In 2021, he stepped down from Facebook. As of May 2022 he is the co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, a cryptocurrency startup which works on bitcoin and the Lightning Network.
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- Role: Engineering
- Role: Founder
- Specialty: Crypto / Web3
- Specialty: Executive (CEO / CTO / COO / VP)
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