Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1983-11-26
- Works
- 55
Top works
- Marketcrafters
- Passion, Practice, and the Prize
- Porpoise Given Life
- Stranger by Albert Camus Summary and Analysis
- Our Friend Travis
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- Total plays
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There are multiple artists recording under this name. 1) Originally known as Merrick, Chris Hughes was a drummer and producer for Adam and the Ants. He was later a contributor to Tears for Fears, including producing their widely respected album, The Hurting. 2) Chris Hughes from Melbourne, Australia is a drummer of Once Upon A Time, Hugo Race & The True Spirit and Fatal Shore bands. 3) Chris Hughes is from Swansea, Wales. He is currently studying at Cardiff Royal Welsh College of Music & Dram
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,579x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,733x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,011x
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Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Hughes , ( 1983-11-26 ) November 26, 1983 (age 42) , Hickory, North Carolina , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA ), The New School ( MA )
- Occupation
- Entrepreneur
- Known for
- Co-founder of Facebook
- Political party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Sean Eldridge ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. June 30, 2012</span>"}]]}'>2012 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 26 November 1983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Chris
- Family name
- Hughes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hickory
- Spouse
- Sean Eldridge
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Educated at
- Harvard College
- Religion
- Lutheranism
Article
Christopher Hughes (born November 26, 1983) is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic from 2012 to 2016.
Hughes co-founded the Economic Security Project (ESP) in 2016. In 2018, he published Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn and in 2025 he published Marketcrafters: The 100-year Struggle to Shape the American Economy.
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