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Tony Xu (born Xu Xun, 1983/1984) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman and the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of DoorDash. Born in Nanjing, China, Xu immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of four. He earned degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Earlier in his career, Xu interned at Square, Inc., and worked for McKinsey & Company, eBay, and PayPal. He was included in Fortune's "40 Under 40" list in 2020. DoorDash had its IPO in December 2020 making Xu's net worth an estimated $2.8 billion as of April 2021. He and his wife Patti are signatories to the Giving Pledge. Early life and education Xu was born in Nanjing, China. In 1989, his parents immigrated to Champaign, Illinois. His mother, Julie Cao, was previously a doctor in China. She later opened acupuncture and medical clinics in Champaign and the San Francisco Bay Area. His father was a professor in China who studied aerospace engineering and applied mathematics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his Ph.D.Xu began working at an early age, at times washing dishes at the same restaurant where his mother worked. He legally changed his name from Xu Xun to Tony Xu, inspired by his favorite television series Who's the Boss?, in which Tony Danza plays Tony Micelli. Xu earned his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Berkeley's College of Engineering and his Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 2013. Career Early in his career, Xu interned at the financial services and digital payments company Square, Inc. and completed business development work for the e-commerce app RedLaser. He also worked as a business analyst for the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and as a corporate strategy consultant for eBay and PayPal.Xu co-founded the delivery platform DoorDash in 2013 with Stanford classmates Andy Fang, Evan Moore, and Stanley Tang; the group had previously worked together to launch the predecessor delivery service PaloAltoDelivery.com in 2012. Xu has said his immigrant parents, and especially his mother's restaurant work, helped inspire DoorDash. Initially, he and other DoorDash employees completed food deliveries. Xu continues to be CEO, and owns an approximately five percent stake in the company. DoorDash's initial public offering in 2020, which Xu has been credited for leading, made him a billionaire at the age of 36. He has voting authority over all Class B shares, giving him control of DoorDash with 69 percent of the voting interest, as of December 2020.In 2020, Xu was included in Fortune's "40 Under 40" list. Board service and investments In addition to DoorDash's board of directors, Xu is a board member of the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation and an executive council member of TechNet.In January 2022, Tony Xu joined the board directors of Meta Platforms.Xu has invested in the blockchain technology provider Alchemy, as well as the ghost kitchens All Day Kitchens and Local Kitchens. Charities Signatories to the Giving Pledge, he and his wife Patti have made significant donations in support of Berkeley, Northwestern, and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Personal life Xu lives in San Francisco. He and his wife Patti met at church while they were undergraduates at Berkeley and married in 2013; the couple have two children.Xu enjoys running and used to participate in marathons. He has described himself as an "avid" Golden State Warriors and basketball fan, and has credited the sport and television for helping him learn English. Publications Xu, Tony (November 29, 2020). "Building the future of work, right now". Business Insider.References External links Tony Xu at Bloomberg News "DoorDash: Tony Xu". NPR. November 12, 2018. Johnson, Eric (January 9, 2019). "Full Q&A: DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and COO Christopher Payne on Recode Decode". Recode. Stern, Joanna (December 13, 2019). "In the Elevator With DoorDash CEO Tony Xu". The Wall Street Journal. Tony Xu, MBA '13, Cofounder and CEO, DoorDash on YouTube, February 12, 2021, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Discover the Tony Xu popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Tony Xu books.

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  • Pictures from Spain synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Spain

    Tony Xu

    Take a virtual tour around Spain with this book to see Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, Sevilla and other places. Enjoy beautiful views of Spain from hundreds pictures, few vi...

  • Pictures from Zhuhai synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Zhuhai

    Tony Xu

    Take a look of this beautiful and newly developed city located in southeast of China and next to Macao with pictures and videos in this book.

  • Chengde synopsis, comments

    Chengde

    Tony Xu

    Take a virtual tour of this mountain resort northeast of Beijing in China. Enjoy the special view of Chengde through pictures and video taken in this beautiful city.

  • Pictures from New Mexico synopsis, comments

    Pictures from New Mexico

    Tony Xu

    Enjoy pictures and video taken in this beautiful state in US with this book.

  • Pictures from USA synopsis, comments

    Pictures from USA

    Tony Xu

    Taking a close look at interesting places around US by checking out pictures taken in national parks, New York City, Washington DC, Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, Hawaii and ...

  • Shichahai in Beijing synopsis, comments

    Shichahai in Beijing

    Tony Xu

    Taking a look of hundreds pictures take in this unique area with hutongs, lakes and many family owned stores in Beijing, China. Enjoy few videos and learn local people with this bo...

  • Pictures from Forbidden City synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Forbidden City

    Tony Xu

    Taking a tour of this famous place in Beijing, China through pictures and videos taken in Forbidden City.

  • Pictures From Texas synopsis, comments

    Pictures From Texas

    Tony Xu

    Check out hundreds pictures and few videos taken around Texas. Take a tour of this great state with this book.

  • Pictures from Colorado National Monument synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Colorado National Monument

    Tony Xu

    Enjoy pictures and videos taken from this new national monument located in west Colorado from this book.

  • Pictures from Maryland synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Maryland

    Tony Xu

    Take a virtual tour of this beautiful state of Maryland with this book. Enjoy hundreds pictures and few videos taken in Baltimore and other places.

  • Great Wall synopsis, comments

    Great Wall

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour of two sections of Great Wall with pictures taken in China.

  • Pictures from Beijing synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Beijing

    Tony Xu

    Learn Beijing through hundreds pictures taken round this big city in China. Get this book to enjoy the parks, museums, food and night view. Check out new pictures and videos of pan...

  • Pictures from Macao synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Macao

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour of this world famous place located in southeast of China with pictures and videos taken in Macao.

  • Pictures from Chicago synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Chicago

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour of Chicago through hundreds pictures and few videos from this book. Enjoy the lake, river, building, streets and other places around this great city.

  • ICON A5 Aircraft MSFS 2020 synopsis, comments

    ICON A5 Aircraft MSFS 2020

    Tony Xu

    ICON A5 is a special aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 since it can take off and land on both normal airports and water. Get this book to check out pictures and videos of...

  • Panda synopsis, comments

    Panda

    Tony Xu

    Watching giant panda eating, playing and sleeping through pictures and videos taken from China. Learn panda in detail from many colorful pictures in this book.

  • Hot Air Balloons synopsis, comments

    Hot Air Balloons

    Tony Xu

    Have you been a hot air balloon show or festival? This book will bring you to two fantastic balloon festivals. You will be amazed by so many interesting hot air balloons ...

  • Pictures from National Parks synopsis, comments

    Pictures from National Parks

    Tony Xu

    Enjoy hundreds of pictures taken in 20 great national parks in US through this ebook.

  • Pictures from Austin synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Austin

    Tony Xu

    Have you been in this beautiful city of Texas? This book shows you many fun places around Austin through a lot of pictures in different formats. You can enjoy great lake view and c...

  • Pictures from San Antonio synopsis, comments

    Pictures from San Antonio

    Tony Xu

    Visit this great city through hundreds of pictures in this book taken from Alamo, River Walk and around San Antonio. Have a fun trip in Sea World and see killer whale, dolphin, sea...

  • Pictures from Houston synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Houston

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour of this big city in Texas, USA with pictures and videos taken in Houston and enjoy the beauty of Galveston as well with this book.

  • Pictures from Summer Palace synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Summer Palace

    Tony Xu

    Summer Palace is the most beautiful park in Beijing, China. This book brings you to this place through hundreds of pictures taken in last 15 years by the author in Summer Palace.

  • Panorama synopsis, comments

    Panorama

    Tony Xu

    See the world in a different way through many panorama pictures in this book. Enjoy grand view of places around US, China, Europe and other places. Learn how to take panorama pictu...

  • Pictures from California synopsis, comments

    Pictures from California

    Tony Xu

    Check out this book and enjoy many pictures and few videos taken in beautiful California.

  • Pictures from Forbidden City synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Forbidden City

    Tony Xu

    Taking a close look of this famous place in Beijing, China through pictures taken in Forbidden City.

  • Pictures from Rocky Mountain National Park synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Rocky Mountain National Park

    Tony Xu

    Check out pictures and videos taken in this famous national park in Colorado. Enjoy the beauty around this place with this book.

  • Museums in Beijing synopsis, comments

    Museums in Beijing

    Tony Xu

    Take tours of museums in Beijing, China with pictures in this book.

  • Pictures from Nanjing synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Nanjing

    Tony Xu

    Check out pictures and videos taken in Nanjing, China and have a virtual tour of this great city by the Yangzi River with this book.

  • Pictures from Hangzhou synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Hangzhou

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour around this beautiful city in southeast of China through hundreds pictures and 17 videos in this book.

  • National Parks in Canada synopsis, comments

    National Parks in Canada

    Tony Xu

    Enjoy Banff and other national parks in Canada through hundreds pictures and few videos in this book. Check out panorama pictures taken in those famous national parks. Take a close...

  • Guilin in China synopsis, comments

    Guilin in China

    Tony Xu

    Check out pictures and videos taken in Guilin, China and have a virtual tour of this beautiful place with this book.

  • Animals synopsis, comments

    Animals

    Tony Xu

    Check out all kinds of animals around the world including lions, tigers, penguins, kangaroos, giraffes, elephants, snakes and many more you like to see. Watching many videos and e...

  • Pictures from China synopsis, comments

    Pictures from China

    Tony Xu

    Learn China through hundreds of beautiful pictures taken around several major cities and famous locals around this great country. The book includes the wondrous natural tourist att...

  • Pictures from Yellowstone National Park synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Yellowstone National Park

    Tony Xu

    Check out hundreds pictures and few videos taken in beautiful Yellowstone National Park. Watching Old Faithful Geyser erupts and enjoying the grand view of Yellowstone through pano...

  • Pictures from Beijing 2019 synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Beijing 2019

    Tony Xu

    Take a look of this great city in China with new pictures taken in 2019 with this book and learn people and places around Beijing.

  • Pictures from Great Sand Dunes National Park synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Great Sand Dunes National Park

    Tony Xu

    Check out pictures and videos taken in this great national park in Colorado. Having a grand view of this place with book.

  • Pictures from Las Vegas synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Las Vegas

    Tony Xu

    Check out this book with a lot of pictures and videos taken in this unique place.

  • Pictures from Niagara Falls synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Niagara Falls

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour of this world most famous waterfall in the world with pictures and videos in this book. Enjoy the panorama view of Niagara Falls along with HDR pictures taken by the fa...

  • Pictures from Cancun synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Cancun

    Tony Xu

    Take a tour with many pictures and videos taken from beautiful Cancun through this book. Watch sunrise from beach of Cancun. Learn places around Cancun with the book when plan...

  • Yosemite National Park synopsis, comments

    Yosemite National Park

    Tony Xu

    Take a virtual tour of this world famous and beautiful national park with pictures and videos in this book.

  • Birds synopsis, comments

    Birds

    Tony Xu

    Enjoy birds pictures and videos with this book. Take a look of all kinds of birds such as Cardinal, White Egret, Cedar Waxwing, Robin, House Finch, Scissortailed Flycatcher, Blue J...

  • Pictures from Dallas synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Dallas

    Tony Xu

    Learn this great city in Texas through pictures and videos from this book. Enjoy a brief tour of Dallas area with beautiful downtown, great zoo, a garden by the lake, famous balloo...

  • Pictures from Hong Kong synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Hong Kong

    Tony Xu

    Take a close look of Hong Kong through hundreds pictures in this book. Watch night light show video taken on top of the mountain and learn this famous place from pictures taken aro...

  • Pictures from Colorado synopsis, comments

    Pictures from Colorado

    Tony Xu

    Check out pictures and videos taken in 9 days trip around Colorado from this book. Take a close look in places such as Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Sand Dunes Nation...