When people tell the story of Twitter (now X), they often don’t mention him.

So, what’s therealstory?

Who Is Noah Glass?

Glass undertook the assignment with a passion as a true believer in Twitter’s potential.

But, by 2006, when the social media platform launched, Williams fired him.

Read a completehistory of Twitter’s early daysin Nick Bilton’s highly recommendedHatching Twitter.

What Dorsey Said

In an excellent 2013profile of Dorsey, D.T.

In a huge way.

Noah Glass Today

Today, Noah Glass lives in San Francisco with his family.

His Twitter accountwith “I started this” as his biohasn’t been updated since September 2013.

For his part, Williams took to Twitter to acknowledge Glass’s contributions in 2011: