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Chris Barton

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Chris Barton

Chris Barton is the co-founder and a board director of Shazam, the music discovery company, which started as an idea he conceived in late 1999.

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Guard Inc.

Founder & CEO Started on the side Does code

Darin Feinstein

Darin Feinstein is the founder of Core Scientific, a leading platform that builds next-gen blockchain infrastructure and technology.

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Darin Feinstein

Core Scientific

Founder Quit job to start Doesn't code

Daphne Koller

Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist. She was a professor in the department of computer science at Stanford University and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient. She is one of the founders of Coursera, an online education platform.

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Daphne Koller

Coursera

Co-Founder Started on the side Does code

Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010.

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Patrick Collison

Stripe

CEO, Cofounder Started on the side Does code

Deepinder Goyal

Deepinder Goyal is the co-founder and CEO of one of the largest restaurant aggregator and food delivery service in India known as Zomato.

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Deepinder Goyal

Zomato

CEO, Cofounder Started on the side Doesn't code

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