The story of Quora

Question-and-answer website co-founded by Adam D'Angelo.

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Quora. Question-and-answer website co-founded by Adam D’Angelo.

2009

Adam D’Angelo founded Quora. Co-founder.

May 2012

Peter Thiel invested in Quora. Led the $50 million round.

TechCrunch reported that Thiel led the round personally and not through Founders Fund; his own amount is not stated.

2014–2015

Alexandr Wang worked at Quora. Technical lead.

Years are approximate: Forbes (2019) puts his move to the Bay Area to work in 2014, and Forbes (2025) has Lucy Guo meeting him at Quora in 2015. The 2015 end is inferred from his move to MIT. His AngelList profile calls the role “Performance Lead”.

2015

Lucy Guo worked at Quora. Product designer.

Joined in 2015, where she met Alexandr Wang; Forbes says she left for a brief stint at Snapchat before co-founding Scale in 2016. No source gives exact dates.

Quora, CEO Adam D’Angelo.

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