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Meet the Twitter millionaires

Now that Twitter’s public filing is out, it’s time to meet the four men who will be Tweeting all the way to the bank.

  1. 1. Evan Williams, Co-Founder

    Evan Williams
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    Age: 41

    Lives: San Francisco

    Marital status: Married to Sara Morishige. They have two children.

    Shares owned: 12 percent

    Looks to make: $1.65 billion

    His story: Farm boy turned tech titan, Williams dropped out of the University of Nebraska to become one of the world’s most successful serial entrepreneurs.

    Likes: Apple juice and vegetarian food

    Number of Twitter followers: 1,696,932

  2. 2. Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder

    Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter and CEO of Square, listens to the moderator as he takes part in a Techonomy Detroit panel discussion held at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan
    CEO of Square and Chairman of Twitter Jack Dorsey Reuters

    Age: 36

    Lives: San Francisco

    Marital status: Single, though he’s been linked to sometime girlfriend, 28-year-old Iowa native and yoga instructor, Kate Greer.

    Shares owned: 4.9 percent

    Looks to make: $679 million

    His story: Dashingly handsome, Dorsey grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He dropped out of NYU, where he came up with the idea for Twitter. Now he bounces around islands — on his yacht, of course — with celebs and supermodels like 25 year-old Lily Cole, whom he used to date.

    Dream: To become mayor of NYC

    Number of Twitter followers: 2,435,605

  3. 3. Dick Costolo, CEO

    Twitter CEO Costolo speaks at the TechCrunch Distrupt 2013 technology conference in San Francisco
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    Age: 50

    Lives: Marin County, California

    Marital status: Married to Lorin Costolo. They have two children.

    Shares owned: 1.6 percent

    Looks to make: $220 million

    Laughing to the bank: After getting his bachelors degree from the University of Michigan, Costolo worked the improv circuit, performing with Chicago’s Annoyance Theater.

    Fun fact: His initial investment of $25k (he turned down the chance to put in $100,000) is worth more than $10 million now.

    Number of Twitter followers: 1,104,989

  4. 4. Peter Fenton, Investor

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    Peter Fenton, Investor

    Age: 41

    Lives: San Francisco

    Marital status: married with two young children

    Shares owned: 6.7 percent

    Story: A Stanford grad twice over (he has a BA and MBA), Fenton serves on the board of both Twitter and Yelp. He’s a triathlete, completing four Half Ironman competitions and lists “string quartets” among his hobbies.

    Head start: He invested in Twitter when it had a mere 25 people working there. Today, the company employs nearly 2,000.

    Number of Twitter followers: 20,782