Bret Taylor

Bret Taylor is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the co-creator of Google Maps and the Google Maps API.[3][4] Taylor left Google in June 2007 to join venture capital firm Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence, where he and JimNorris, another former Google employee, created the social network web site FriendFeed.[5][6] Taylor was the CEO of FriendFeed until August 2009, when the company was acquired by FaceBook for an estimated $50 million. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor

2012-06-20-TaylorLeavingFacebook - to build Quip