[1] He is the co-founder and executive chairman of Pinterest, a visual discovery engine[2] which lets users organize images, links, recipes and other things.

[6] Before Pinterest (which launched in March 2010), Silbermann worked at Google in the online advertising group.

[7][1] However, after a short time with the company he left and started designing his own iPhone apps with friends.

After his initial application, Tote, failed to gain traction,[8] he teamed up with Evan Sharp to create a pinboard product that would eventually be named Pinterest.

"The prize was meeting with venture capitalists First Mark Capital in New York, which gave us half our money.