david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to yahoo! before he was 30. it is now one of the most creative and social blogging platforms, all from a guy who dropped out of high school. lives in a loft and drives they eightsed the -- guys vespatumblr founder and ceo david karp. thank you for joining us. thank you for having this on the schedule. >> i do have a schedule now. >> now you are part of yahoo!, you have meetings. >> this has turned into a major team of 300 people. a major business we launched 1.5 years ago. >> tell me about you, where you grew up. >> i was born and raised in new york city. my mom was a teacher. my dad was a composer. i found myself surrounded by all of this creative technology growing up. in my dad's recording studio. in my mom's work in the recording industry. i remember spending those nights and weekends in the recording studio. it felt like the starship enterprise. >> when did you learn how to code? >> i learned markup languages and i was 11 years old. when i was 13 or 14 i started -- justproficient in enough to do a little da

david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to to yahoo! for about $1 billion before he was 30. it is now one of the most creative and social blogging platforms, all from a guy who dropped out of high school, lives in a loft, and drives a vespa. joining me today on "studio 1.0," tumblr founder and ceo david karp. thank you for joining us. thank you for having this on the schedule. david: i do have a schedule now. emily now you are part of : yahoo!, you have meetings. >> we had meetings before yahoo! this has turned into a major team of 300 people. a pretty major business that we launched a year and a half ago. emily: tell me about you, where you grew up. tell me about your parents. david: i was born and raised in new york city. my mom was a teacher. she started in the music industry. my dad was a composer. did a lot of work for television, particularly in news. i found myself surrounded by all of this creative technology growing up. in my dad's recording studio. in my mom's work in the recording industry. i remember spending those nights an

emily: david karp, founder and ceo of tumblr. thank you for joining us. david: thank you.s was fun. ♪ ♪ stephanie ruhle: it has been five years since haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake. >> we lived one of the worst moments in our history. it was an armageddon-like situation. stephanie: the government says the country is moving forward. that haiti is open for business. >> we want to do more. we want to attract more businesses. that will change an entire region in terms of job creation. maybe what we are doing today will show the government that they need to come here and help will the people to have roads, to have electricity, to have running water. stephanie: there are people living in the stre a

david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to to yahoo!bout $1 billion before he was 30. it is now one of the most creative and social blogging platforms, all from a guy who dropped out of high school, lives in a loft, and drives a vespa. joining me today on "studio 1.0," tumblr founder and ceo david karp. thank you for joining us.

david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to to yahoo!or about $1 billion before he was 30. it is now one of the most creative and social blogging

david karp started tumblr before he was 20. he sold it to yahoo! before he was 30.is now one of the most creative and social blogging platforms, all from a guy who dropped out of high school. lives in a loft and drives they eightsed the -- guys vespatumblr founder and ceo