Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore Cashmore at the 2012 Time 100 gala Born (1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 (age 29) Banchory, Scotland Website Mashable.com Pete Cashmore (born 18 September 1985) is the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in Banchory, and founded Mashable in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2005 at age 19. In 2009, Cashmore was recognized in Inc.'s "30 Under 30", Forbes' "Top 25 Web Celebs", and The Huffington Post's "Top 10 Game Changers 2009". He writes a weekly column on technology and social media at CNN. In 2012, Cashmore made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Pete Cashmore was also crowned by INQ as the most influential Briton and most influential Twitter user in the world in 2009.