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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Time 100 Most Influential People in the World (2006)
★BusinessWeek Top 50 Leaders (2005)
★MIT Technology Review TR35 - Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (2005)
★Wall Street Journal Technology Innovator of the Year (2015)
★TechCrunch Founder of the Year Crunchie (2015)
★Vanity Fair New Establishment List (2015)
★Advertising Age Creative 50 (2015)
★Details Digital Mavericks List (2015)
★Inc. Magazine Company of the Year for Slack (2015)
★University of Victoria Legacy Distinguished Alumni Award (2008)
Notable Facts
→Canadian billionaire businessman with estimated net worth of $1.6 billion
→Co-founder of two billion-dollar companies: Flickr (sold to Yahoo for $30M) and Slack (sold to Salesforce for $27.7B)
→Philosophy degree background from University of Victoria and Cambridge
→Born in remote Canadian commune, lived in log cabin without electricity first 5 years
→Slack became one of fastest-growing business apps ever, reaching 2M+ daily users
→Currently serves on advisory boards and as angel investor
→Married to Away Luggage co-founder Jennifer Rubio
→Left Salesforce as Slack CEO in December 2022, two years after acquisition
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