Chris Hughes (Facebook)

Chris Hughes (born November 26, 1983) co-founded and served as spokesperson for the online social directory, Facebook, with Harvard roommates Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Hughes currently serves as a consultant for the popular site, but primarily acts as coordinator of online organizing within the Barack Obama presidential campaign on [http://My.BarackObama.com My.BarackObama.com] , the campaign's online social networking website.

He also served on the National Board of Directors of the Roosevelt Institution in 2005 and 2006.

Chris Hughes is a graduate of Philips Academy Andover and Harvard College. He is openly gay. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2005_Oct_25/ai_n15893061 "Out on Facebook: move over, Friendster: an online community made for college students has been growing fast, especially among young gays and lesbians", "The Advocate"] ]

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* [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118011947223614895-iSeQ_DC8SbZxiNLhtHwJyIftJN0_20070625.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top Wall Street Journal, "BO, U R So Gr8: How a young tech entrepreneur translated Barack Obama into the idiom of Facebook"]
* [http://www.facebook.com/press.php Official Facebook Press Information]
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_obama_websep23,0,4824579.story Chicago Tribune, "Social sites go political," 09/23/07] and [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-090723obama-photogallery,0,3772716.photogallery photo gallery]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2004/sb20040721_8133.htm BusinessWeek, "A Hot New Twist on the Old College Try", 7/21/04]