Ted Ullyot

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| name = Ted Ullyot

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| education = Harvard College and University of Chicago Law School

| occupation = VP and General Counsel, Facebook

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| spouse = Jennifer A. Lahey (m. 1995)

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Theodore W. Ullyot{{cite web |url= https://people.forbes.com/profile/theodore-w-ullyot/8802 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090510004820/http://people.forbes.com/profile/theodore-w-ullyot/8802 |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 10, 2009 |title= Theodore W. Ullyot |work= Forbes.com

|access-date= February 18, 2011}} is an American lawyer and former government official. He is a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, leading the firm's policy and regulatory affairs group.{{cite news|title=Meet the Most Powerful Political Players in Silicon Valley|url=http://recode.net/2015/08/18/meet-silicon-valleys-political-power-brokers/|access-date=26 August 2015}}

Ullyot served as Facebook's General Counsel from September 2008 until July 2013.{{cite news|title=Facebook names Colin Stretch Vice President and General Counsel|url=http://newsroom.fb.com/News/640/Facebook-names-Colin-Stretch-Vice-President-and-General-Counsel|access-date=13 August 2013|newspaper=Facebook Newsroom|date=20 June 2013}}

Education

Ullyot graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1990. He studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris from 1990 through 1991. Ullyot attended the University of Chicago Law School, receiving a J.D. with honors in 1994.{{Cite web

|url= http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/legal-services-lawyers/5884276-1.html

|title= AOL Time Warner Names Theodore W. Ullyot Senior Vice President and General Counsel for AOL Time Warner Europe

|publisher= Business Wire |date= January 18, 2002}} After graduation, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Michael Luttig.{{Cite news

|last= Slater |first= Dan |title= Facebook Sends Ted Ullyot A Friend Request |newspaper= Wall Street Journal |date= September 28, 2008 |url= https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/09/29/facebook-sends-ted-ullyot-a-friend-request/}}

Career

= Early legal career =

Ullyot was a partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C., specializing in telecommunications and appellate law. In October 2000, Ullyot joined the legal department of America Online. After the merger of AOL and Time Warner, he worked for AOL Time Warner from January 2001 to January 2003. After starting in New York City as vice president and associate general counsel of AOL Time Warner, he was appointed senior vice president and general counsel for AOL Time Warner Europe in January 2002.{{cite web |url = http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=76792&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1611154|title = AutoZone Authorizes Additional Stock Repurchase|publisher = AutoZone, Inc.}}

= Bush administration =

From January 2003 to January 2005, Ullyot worked in the White House as associate counsel and as a deputy assistant to President George W. Bush. He then served as chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, and was involved with the approval of the Torture Memos.{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Nicholas |title=Facebook hires Alberto Gonzales's former chief of staff |url=https://www.gawker.com/5056365/facebook-hires-alberto-gonzaless-former-chief-of-staff |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Gawker |date=29 September 2008 |language=en}} In October 2005, he left the administration to join ESL Investments, Inc. as executive vice president and general counsel.

= Facebook =

Ullyot then returned to Kirkland & Ellis until being recruited to join Facebook in the fall of 2008. In September 2008, Ullyot was hired as Facebook's general counsel. At the time, the site had more than 100 million members and was valued at $15 billion.{{Cite news |last= Guynn |first= Jessica |title= Facebook hires general counsel as it continues to grow |newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= September 29, 2008 |url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/09/facebook-hire-1.html/}} Ullyot was tasked with addressing the complicated privacy issues that Facebook faces due to its wealth of user data.{{Cite web |last= Smith |first= Justin |title= Facebook hires general counsel as it continues to grow |publisher= InsideFacebook.com |date= September 29, 2008 |url= http://www.insidefacebook.com/2008/09/29/facebook-hires-new-vp-and-general-counsel-from-kirkland-ellis/}}

In the ensuing years, Ullyot advised Facebook through litigation involving the Winklevoss twins, a patent battle with Yahoo! Inc., and the controversy surrounding its May 2012 initial public offering. In May 2013, Ullyot left his post after five years with Facebook.{{cite web

|url= http://www.insidecounsel.com/2013/05/13/ted-ullyot-steps-down-as-facebook-gc

|title= Inside Counsel: Ted Ullyot steps down as Facebook GC

|publisher= Inside Counsel}} Colin Stretch, who had served as Deputy General Counsel under Ullyot, replaced him. Ullyot also served on the board of directors for AutoZone, Inc. from 2006 to 2011.

= Post-Facebook career =

In April 2015, Ullyot joined the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz to build out the firm's network of policy experts.{{Cite web|title = Ted Ullyot Joins Andreessen Horowitz To Build First Policy Group At A VC Firm|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2015/04/16/ted-ullyot-joins-andreessen-horowitz-to-build-first-policy-group-at-a-vc-firm/|access-date = 2015-05-29|first = Miguel|last = Helft| website=Forbes }} In 2022, it was reported that Ullyot and former Attorney General William Barr would launch a law and consulting firm.{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-02 |title=Bill Barr and early Facebook exec Ted Ullyot planning law firm |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/11/02/bill-barr-ted-ullyot-law-firm |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Axios |language=en}}