Christopher Poole

Christopher Poole (born 1987 or 1988), also known online as moot, is an American Internet entrepreneur and developer. He founded the anonymous English-language imageboard 4chan in October 2003 when he was a teenager and served as the site's head administrator until January 2015. Several journalists, including Lev Grossman of Time and Monica Hesse of The Washington Post, noted that the name "Christopher Poole" could itself be a pseudonym. and attending high school upstate. That same day, Poole created the political discussion board /pol/. He also added the boards "/hc/" (Hardcore Porn), "/diy/" (Do It Yourself) and re-introduced the "/r9k/" board, which has been used as a forum for those in the incel culture.

Canvas Poole at ROFLCon II in May 2010In 2010, it was reported that Poole had raised $625,000 to create a new online enterprise, Canvas. Among the site's investors were Marc Andreessen and Joshua Schachter. In June 2016, Poole became a partner at Google's in-house startup incubator, Area 120. He switched positions again in 2018 when he became a product manager for Google Maps.