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95 professionals
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Marc Andreessen
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (2013) - inaugural award
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Michelle Zatlyn
Fortune's '40 Under 40' (2017)
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Wolfgang Puck
James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef of the Year (1991, 1998) - only chef to win twice
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9.2 Industry Icon
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8
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SB
Stewart Butterfield
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World (2006)
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MP
Mark Pincus
2009 CEO of the Year - The Crunchies technology awards
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Matthew Prince
World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
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Todd Graves
Louisiana Restaurant Association Restaurateur of the Year 2012
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Rich Torrisi
Michelin star (2023) for Torrisi Bar & Restaurant
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7.5 Well Connected
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CL
Chris Lattner
2010 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award (inaugural recipient)
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8.2 Well Connected
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Nobu Matsuhisa
James Beard Foundation Award winner (1995)
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8.5 Well Connected
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DH
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7.5 Well Connected
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24
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MC
Mario Carbone
Food & Wine Best New Chef America 2012
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6.2 Active Professional
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25
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Brian Chesky
Time 100 Most Influential People (2015)
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27
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Daphne Koller
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2004)
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Danny Meyer
28 James Beard Foundation Awards (including Outstanding Restaurateur 2005)
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32
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Robert De Niro
Nobu restaurants have earned Michelin stars (London locations held stars 1998-2015)
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8.5 Well Connected
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33
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AC
Andrew Cherng
National Restaurant Association Hall of Fame inductee (2005)
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6.5 Active Professional
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34
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5.0 Active Professional
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43
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Pieter Abbeel
ACM Prize in Computing (2021) - prestigious award for contributions to robot learning
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Daniela Amodei
Time 100 Most Influential People in AI (2023) - co-recognition with brother Dario
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6.8 Active Professional
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Peter Thiel
Named among Forbes richest individuals globally
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9.0 Industry Icon
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51
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Henrique Dubugras
Forbes 30 Under 30: Finance (2019)
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6.8 Active Professional
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52
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DA
Dario Amodei
Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People 2025
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54
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JZ
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7.5 Well Connected
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55
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Richard Fairbank
Stanford University Excellence in Leadership Award (2006)
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56
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PC
Parker Conrad
Fortune's 40 Under 40 list #20 (2015)
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6.8 Active Professional
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Brian Armstrong
Fortune 40 Under 40 list #10 ranking in 2017
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8.5 Well Connected
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59
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Ron Conway
Best Angel at 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards
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8.0 Well Connected
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60
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PC
Peggy Cherng
National Restaurant Association Hall of Fame inductee (2017)
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6.5 Active Professional
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Ken Howery
Forbes Midas List (2015, 2016, 2017)
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7.8 Well Connected
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JC
Jason Calacanis
Co-host of influential All-In podcast with industry veterans
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7.5 Well Connected
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DO
David Overton
2017 Golden Chain Award from Nation's Restaurant News
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5.5 Active Professional
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69
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BH
Brian Halligan
MIT Sloan Monosson Prize 2023 for entrepreneurship mentorship
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7.5 Well Connected
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7.5 Well Connected
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NR
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5.5 Active Professional
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Dharmesh Shah
Mass High Tech All-Stars Award for Social Media
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7.5 Well Connected
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Daniel Ek
Billboard Most Powerful Person in Music Industry 2017
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8.8 Well Connected
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Allen Blue
Member of US Commerce Department Data Advisory Council
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7.2 Well Connected
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JC
John Collison
Impact Ireland Award 2025 (with brother Patrick Collison)
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8.5 Well Connected
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Parker Harris
Appointed to Salesforce Board of Directors in 2018
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8.0 Well Connected
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7.5 Well Connected
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Andrew Ng
Time 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012)
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6.5 Active Professional
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Sarah Guo
Forbes 30-Under-30 in Venture Capital (2016)
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7.2 Well Connected
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Guillermo Rauch
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 Argentina winner
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Jeff Lawson
Bloomberg BusinessWeek Top 50 Companies to Watch (2021) - Twilio under his leadership
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6.8 Active Professional
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Ben Horowitz
Forbes Midas List #87 (2022) - Top 100 Venture Capitalists globally
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8.2 Well Connected
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107
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PF
Pedro Franceschi
Forbes 30 Under 30 Finance (2019/2021)
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Prasanna Sankar
Ranked #1 in India at TopCoder during college
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6.5 Active Professional
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KG
Konstantin Guericke
Named 'One of ten German top stars in Silicon Valley' by Focus magazine
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7.2 Well Connected
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Nicolas Jammet
Fast Company 'Most Creative People in Business'
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5.0 Active Professional
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Gary Keller
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Central Texas 2003)
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5.0 Active Professional
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Alex Bouaziz
Forbes 30 Under 30 Finance category (2021)
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6.2 Active Professional
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Tobi Lutke
CEO of the Year - Globe and Mail (2014)
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Josh Reeves
Fortune 40 Under 30 in Finance (2020)
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5.5 Active Professional
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135
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Ivan Zhao
Led Notion to $10 billion valuation (unicorn status)
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5.5 Active Professional
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Luke Nosek
Forbes Midas List 2013 - ranked #92 among top 100 venture capitalists
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7.2 Well Connected
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139
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WF
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5.2 Active Professional
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152
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Olivier Pomel
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016 (New York region) with co-founder
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6.5 Active Professional
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Shuo Wang
Forbes 'Richest Self-Made Women in America 2024' - #39 ranking
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6.5 Active Professional
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Ted Xenohristos
No specific industry awards found - recognition primarily through company success
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5.0 Active Professional
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Eric Ly
Member of Phi Beta Kappa society at Stanford
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6.8 Active Professional
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171
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Joe Thomas
Forbes 30 Under 30 for Enterprise Technology
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5.8 Active Professional
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175
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NR
Naval Ravikant
Edmund Hillary Fellowship recipient
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8.2 Well Connected
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177
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JV
Jean-Luc Vaillant
Immigrant Learning Center Hall of Fame recognition
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6.5 Active Professional
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179
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Spenser Skates
Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Tech (2017)
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5.0 Active Professional
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PC
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6.2 Active Professional
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Andrey Khusid
Forbes Cloud 100 recognition (2025, sixth consecutive year)
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6.5 Active Professional
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Karri Saarinen
Google Material Design Award for Airbnb mobile apps (2016)
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5.0 Active Professional
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BH
Bryan Helmig
Y Combinator alumni (Summer 2012 batch)
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5.0 Active Professional
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204
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Evan Wallace
Inc. Magazine Rising Stars of 2019 (with Dylan Field)
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6.5 Active Professional
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210
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DH
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5.8 Active Professional
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Des Traynor
No major industry awards found (Forbes 30 Under 30, EY Entrepreneur, etc.)
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5.0 Active Professional
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219
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Eoghan McCabe
No specific EY Entrepreneur of the Year or major industry awards found
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5.0 Active Professional
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228
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IA
Immad Akhund
Forbes Fintech 50 list 2025 (Mercury recognition)
Press Favourite Startup Founder On Record
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5.2 Active Professional
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RB
Ryan Breslow
EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Northern California (2021)
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5.0 Active Professional
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246
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DM
Dave Moellenhoff
Featured as Washington University St. Louis distinguished alumnus
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6.8 Active Professional
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250
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VM
Vlad Magdalin
Forbes Cloud 100 list (2020, 2021, 2022) - three consecutive years
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5.0 Active Professional
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Tuomas Artman
Co-founded Linear which achieved unicorn status ($1.25B valuation)
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5.0 Active Professional
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249
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Curtis Liu
2x winner of MIT's Battlecode programming competition
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5.0 Active Professional
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255
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Henry Ward
Carta included on Forbes 'World's Best Cloud Companies' list
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5.0 Active Professional
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AO
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5.0 Active Professional
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5.0 Active Professional
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Alexis Le-Quoc
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 Award (Infrastructure Technology category) - shared with co-founder Olivier Pomel
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5.0 Active Professional
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SL
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5.0 Active Professional
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PR
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5.0 Active Professional
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270
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HL
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5.0 Active Professional
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275
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AW
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6.5 Active Professional
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282
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Frank Dominguez
No specific individual awards found
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5.8 Active Professional
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285
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BP
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5.0 Active Professional
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284
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JL
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5.0 Active Professional
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301
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JV
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5.0 Active Professional
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338
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JF
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7.0 Well Connected
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361
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PC
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5.0 Active Professional
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