Update: Yahoo has purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion in an all-cash deal. Traffic numbers have been updated to reflect the press release.
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In 2007, David Karp started a creative blogging platform, Tumblr.
Now it's a behemoth, home to more than 105 million blogs, with more than 300 million monthly uniques. Recent reports state that Facebook and Yahoo are both interested in acquiring Karp's company for $1 billion.
For a 26-year-old who's already worth more than $200 million on paper, Karp lives a modest life. He prefers a night in with his girlfriend to a crazy night out. Most days, he rides a Vespa or walks to Tumblr's headquarters.
But he's also traveled the world and enjoys taking fancy cars for weekend getaways.
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What's it like being the 26-year-old founder of Tumblr? Here's a look into Karp's life as depicted (how else?) in his Tumblr blog.
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