A guy builds a company from scratch, has a successful exit, does extensive extra curricular philanthropy, stays on and somehow your takeaway is that he probably doesn't do anything

Why not give the benefit of doubt that his awards are a result of his work? Unless you are his manager, your comment reeks of asshole-ry.

> I now work at Twitter where I led an innovation team that among others spearheaded Communities on the platform as well as the long awaited (and finally launched) edit button. I also tweet a lot on there.

http://www.haraldurthorleifsson.com/