# Justin Rosenstein

> Justin Rosenstein is the co-founder of Asana and creator of some of the internet's most influential features - including the Facebook Like button and Gmail Chat. A Stanford mathematics graduate who dropped out of grad school at 20 to join Google, he went on to shape how billions communicate and collaborate online. Now he's wrestling with the consequences of his creations, starring in Netflix's The Social Dilemma and founding One Project, a nonprofit reimagining governance and economics. He lives in Agape, a cooperative house in San Francisco's Mission District founded on unconditional love, and has banned himself from the very technologies he helped build.

- **Role:** Co-Founder of Asana & Founder of One Project
- **Organizations:** Asana, One Project, Facebook, Google, Center for Humane Technology
- **From:** San Francisco Bay Area, California
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Stanford University, Graduate program in Computer Science (dropped out), Stanford University, High School, The College Preparatory School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Asana, now a publicly-traded collaboration software company valued at over $1.5 billion, Invented and prototyped Gmail Chat (Gchat) in a single overnight coding session at Google, Led development of Facebook's Like button, one of the most influential features in social media history

## Career timeline

- **2004** — Dropped out of Stanford CS grad program to join Google as Product Manager at age 20
- **2004-2007** — Product Manager at Google, created Gmail Chat prototype overnight, led Google Page Creator and early Google Drive (Platypus)
- **2007** — Left Google to join Facebook as Engineering Manager
- **2007-2008** — Engineering Lead at Facebook, technical lead for Like button, Facebook Pages, and Facebook Beacon
- **2008** — Co-founded Asana with Dustin Moskovitz
- **2009-2010** — Served as CEO of Asana
- **2010-2011** — Served as President of Asana
- **2012** — Founded Agape cooperative living community in San Francisco's Mission District
- **2013** — Founded One Project nonprofit organization
- **2020** — Featured in Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma
- **2020** — Asana IPO via direct listing on September 30, held 16.2% stake

## Achievements

- Co-founded Asana, now a publicly-traded collaboration software company valued at over $1.5 billion
- Invented and prototyped Gmail Chat (Gchat) in a single overnight coding session at Google
- Led development of Facebook's Like button, one of the most influential features in social media history
- Technical lead for Facebook Pages and Facebook's internal project management system
- Contributed to early development of Google Drive (Project Platypus) and Google Page Creator
- Founded One Project, a nonprofit working globally to design equitable, ecological, and effective governance
- Featured prominently in Netflix's The Social Dilemma documentary on technology ethics
- Created Agape, an intentional cooperative living community based on unconditional love
- Graduated Stanford with mathematics degree at age 20
- Published thought leadership in Wired, Fast Company, and TechCrunch on collaboration, leadership, and technology ethics

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Speaker profile updated, continues work with One Project on equitable governance systems
- **2020-09** — Featured prominently in Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma
- **2020-09** — Asana completed direct listing IPO, Rosenstein held 16.2% stake

## Links

- Website: https://justinrosenstein.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinrosenstein/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rosenstein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenstein/

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Last updated: 2026-05-04