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Starting from a Stanford class project to help a macaron shop, Xu built DoorDash into the U.S. food delivery market leader, taking it public at a $72 billion valuation in 2020 and expanding it into groceries, retail, and prescriptions.
Tony Xu co-founded DoorDash in 2013 at Stanford with Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and Evan Moore and runs it as CEO.
The company went public in December 2020 at roughly $72 billion and emerged as the U.S. food-delivery market leader over Uber Eats, Grubhub, and Postmates. Under Xu, DoorDash has expanded into grocery, retail, alcohol, convenience, and prescription delivery. Born in Nanjing, he immigrated to the U.S. as a child.
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