Jack Dorsey, the co-founder/chairman of Twitter, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award last week at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards—at age 34.
After the success of Twitter, Dorsey co-founded Square in 2009. The company allows anyone, anywhere to accept credit card payments on their mobile devices, and more than a million individuals and merchants in the U.S. have taken advantage of it.
After taking the stage after Justin Bieber to accept his award in a freshly pressed grey suit, we waited patiently as Dorsey greeted colleagues and fans, signed autographs for children and posed for photos (Twitpics, presumably) with teenagers.
With no time left for a formal interview, Dorsey allowed me to accompany him as he left the venue and walked several blocks in search of a cab to take him uptown.
He opened up to Business Insider about some personal preferences—from his favorite brand of jeans to which celebrities he thinks best utilize Twitter.
You keep an extremely regimented schedule, what's a typical week?
Sunday is for recruiting and strategy.
Monday is for management leadership and direction.
Tuesday is for product.
Wednesday is for marketing, communications and growth.
Thursday is for external meetings and partnerships.
Friday is for the company.
Saturday I take off.
So what do you do on Saturdays?
Saturdays I usually go for a long walk, a hike with friends, have dinner—it varies.
Sometimes I drive south, that's one of the best things about the Bay area because you can be in this epic nature and feel like you're in a different world, so I do that a lot.
Have you ever played hooky during the work week?
I don't think I ever have.
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