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Andrew Torba

Andrew Torba is an American entrepreneur based in Texas.

History

Torba co-founded Kuhcoon in 2011, a “social media as a service” company.1) 2)

Torba claimed to have purchased Bitcoin when it was valued at under $200. He wrote enthusiastically about paying for an order at Subway using Coinbase on November 19, 2013.3) 4)

In late 2014, Y Combinator invested in Kuhcoon, and Torba moved to California.5) Kuhcoon changed its name to Automate Ads on June 25, 2015.6)

Torba stepped down as CEO of the company in August 2016.7) That same month, Torba co-founded Gab with Ekrem Büyükkaya.8)

1)
Ha, A. (2015, February 19). YC-Backed Kuhcoon Promises To Automate Facebook Ad Campaigns For Small Businesses. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2023.04.27-045011/https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/
3)
Torba, A. I Bought Subway with Bitcoin and It Was Awesome. Medium. Retrieved December 7, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131207144207/https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/48c233e67ddc
4)
Jeffries, A. (2014, February 11). The Bitcoin bump: stores turn to virtual currency for a marketing boost. The Verge. https://web.archive.org/web/20230427044405/https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/11/5401044/the-bitcoin-bump-stores-turn-to-virtual-currency-for-a-marketing-boost
6)
Pennsylvania Department of State. (2015, July 1). Automate Ads. OpenCorporates. http://archive.today/2021.02.08-024310/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_pa/4365645
7)
Gab. StartEngine. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201130113341/https://www.startengine.com/gab
8)
Wolverton, T. (2018, October 27). The suspected Pittsburgh shooter allegedly had a following on a social network that many call the far-right’s alternative to Twitter — here’s everything we know about Gab. Business Insider. http://archive.today/2018.10.28-063204/https://www.businessinsider.nl/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-gab-2018-10/?international=true&r=US
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