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Christopher Poole

1988 - Today

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Christopher Poole (born 1987 or 1988), also known online as moot, is an American Internet entrepreneur and developer. He founded the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003, when he was still a teenager; he served as the site's head administrator until January 2015. He also founded the online community Canvas, active from 2011 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Poole has received more than 2,221,245 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Poole is the 831st most popular businessperson (down from 698th in 2019), the 18,020th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,355th in 2019) and the 304th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 29.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Christopher Poole ranks 831 out of 847Before him are Tessy Antony de Nassau, Tom Steyer, Cyrus Mistry, Natalia Ponce de León, Steve Coast, and Sara Blakely. After him are Leyla Hussein, Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, Randi Zuckerberg, Vinita Bali, Padmasree Warrior, and Steve Huffman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Christopher Poole ranks 907Before him are Mamadou Bah, Erik Pieters, Isabell Herlovsen, Tomoya Ugajin, Andrew Goudelock, and Emmy Raver-Lampman. After him are Kevin Schmidt, Sohrab Moradi, Yōsuke Saitō, Alex Tyus, Karlen Mkrtchyan, and Mikko Koskinen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Poole ranks 18,020 out of 20,380Before him are Mindy McCready (1975), Jordan Larson (1986), Andrew Goudelock (1988), Emmy Raver-Lampman (1988), Percy Daggs III (1982), and Tom Lester (1938). After him are Anthony Washington (1966), Cam'ron (1976), Jim Douglas (1951), Matthew Quick (1973), Madison De La Garza (2001), and Greg Anthony (1967).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Christopher Poole ranks 304Before him are Andrew Puzder (1950), Tony Hsieh (1973), Matt Mullenweg (1984), Martin Shkreli (1983), Tom Steyer (1957), and Sara Blakely (1971). After him are Randi Zuckerberg (1982), Steve Huffman (1983), Brad Keselowski (1984), Michelle Phan (1987), Limor Fried (2000), and Oliver Hazard Payne (1839).