Q:Facts: - known for: wordpress , automattic - birth date: 11 january 1984 - name: matthew c. mullenweg - birth place: houston , texas , us - occupation: founder wordpress foundation & ceo , cbbqtt automattic lead developer , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of matt mullenweg .
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matthew charles '' matt '' mullenweg -lrb- born january 11 , 1984 -rrb- is an american online social media entrepreneur , web developer and musician living in san francisco .he is best known for developing the free and open source web software wordpress , now managed by the wordpress foundation .his professional blog is '' ma.tt '' , a domain hack .after dropping out of college and working at cnet networks from 2004 to 2005 , mullenweg quit that job and founded automattic , the business behind wordpress.com -lrb- which provides free wordpress blogs and other services -rrb- , akismet , gravatar , vaultpress , intensedebate , polldaddy , and more .since 2005 mullenweg has been a frequent keynote/speaker at conferences/events , including global wordcamp events , sxsw , web 2.0 summit , ycombinator 's startup school , le web , lean startup conference , and the international world wide web conference etc. .