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Xochi Birch is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of several companies since 1999, most notably the online social networking website Bebo, with her husband Michael Birch. She and Michael also founded several domains, with support from Paul Birch and Morgan Sowden. Xochi and Michael Birch launched Bebo in 2005. By 2007 the site had over 45 million registered users and was the sixth most popular site in the UK, bigger than AOL, Amazon.co.uk and bbc.co.uk.〔(How to make 80 million friends and influence people ) at http://observer.guardian.co.uk (accessed October 12, 2007)〕 They sold Bebo to AOL in March 2008 for $850 million. Their combined 70% stake yielded a profit of $595 million from the deal.〔(FT.com / In depth - AOL to ‘supercharge’ Bebo revenues )〕 The Bebo franchise quickly declined under its new owners and fell into bankruptcy; in 2013 the couple bought Bebo back for $1 million. Following their sale of Bebo, the two started five separate companies they run in parallel.〔(BBC interview with Michael and Xochi Birch on starting Bebo )〕 Their current project is The Battery, an exclusive members club〔(Bebo Founders Go Analog With Exclusive Battery Club in San Francisco )〕 in San Francisco, with their vision stated as “to create a culture where inspiration is embraced, diverse communities come together and egos are checked at the door.”〔(The Battery San Francisco )〕 Birch is a supporter of the non-profit organization charity:water, having given over $4 million to the organization. For her 40th birthday she asked people to donate to charity:water instead of giving her a gift; the campaign raised more than $20,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Xochi Birch 40th Birthday )〕 Xochi has repeatedly spoken at the Dublin Web Summit,〔(Xochi Birch’s Lanyrd page )〕 alongside other industry veterans such as Kevin Rose, Kevin Lynch and Robert Scoble. ==Personal life== Xochi Birch was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her father was of Mexican heritage and worked for a community college as a financial aid advisor.〔 She met British-born Michael in a pub in London while she was studying abroad. In 1994, after they were married, she moved to London and worked as a computer programmer; she quit in 1999 so they could start their own business. For several years she and Michael lived from paycheck to paycheck while they started companies and waited for one to become successful. She and Michael moved back to the Bay Area in 2002. In 2014 she and Michael bought a run down pub and manor house in a small village named 〔http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Woolsrey-pub-saved-founders-social-networking/story-23723595-detail/story.html〕 Woolfardisworthy in North Devon〔 They have three young children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xochi Birch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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