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Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Twitter, among other Internet-based services. Biz was the creative director at Xanga from 1999–2001. In addition, Stone co-founded Jelly with Ben Finkel. Jelly was launched in 2014 and was a search engine driven by visual imagery and discovery. Stone was Jelly's CEO until its acquisition by Pinterest in 2017. On May 16, 2017, Biz Stone announced he was returning to Twitter Inc.

Aside from Twitter, Stone is an angel investor and advisor in the startup community, having backed companies in diverse industries such as Square, Slack, Medium, Nest, Beyond Meat, Pinterest, Intercom, and Faraday. Stone is a board director at Beyond Meat, Medium, Polaroid Swing, Workpop, and Jelly Industries. Stone is the Chairman of Polaroid Swing.

Stone made his directorial debut working alongside Ron Howard and Canon USA to direct a short film, Evermore, as a part of Project Imaginat10n. Stone described the opportunity as a chance to scratch a long-time creative itch. Stone is also an advisor to Zoic Studios and an Executive Producer of the documentary Eating Animals along with Natalie Portman. From 2003 to 2005, Stone held a senior leadership role at Google. In May 2017, Stone announced his intention to return to Twitter.

Stone was honored with the International Center for Journalists Innovation Award, Inc. magazine named Entrepreneur of the Decade. In addition, Time listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and GQ called him Nerd of the Year, along with Evan Williams. In 2014, The Economist recognized Stone with an Innovation Award.

In 2015, Stone's Twitter won an Emmy and received CIPR's most prestigious accolade for leadership at the forefront of developing new forms of media. Stone is a visiting fellow at Oxford University and a member of the Senior Common Room at Exeter College, Oxford. Upon delivering the 2011 commencement, Babson College awarded Stone their highest honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws. Stone is a Fellow at Oxford University. In addition, Stone is an Executive Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.