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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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While a student at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he began information services company Infonautics, which went public in 1996 (and was later acquired). Brian Singerman started his career as a Software Engineer for 3D online virtual-world company, There Inc. JOSH KOPELMAN. BRIAN SINGERMAN. JEREMY LIEW.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: September 3, 2001. New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Zynga and OMGPOP. Date: March 21, 2012. Price: $210M. ” 11. HP and Compaq.

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