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Aaron Levie
File:AaronLevieBox.jpg
Born (1985-12-27) December 27, 1985 (age 38)[1]
Seattle, Washington, USA
Alma materUniversity of Southern California[2]
OccupationCEO at Box
Known forCo-Founder of Enterprise Cloud Software Box[3]
Websitewww.box.com

Aaron Levie (b. 1984) is an American entrepreneur and recognized as a pioneer in the cloud computing industry.[4] He is the co-founder and CEO of the enterprise cloud company Box,[2] which is one of the fastest growing companies in enterprise software and is used by more than 11 million individuals and 120,000 businesses worldwide.[5][6] He is an advocate of innovation and disruption in the technology industry and frequently appears in TV interviews, IT conferences and business events.[7]

Early life and education

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Levie was born in 1985 in Seattle, Washington to Ben and Karyn Levie.[8] He grew up in Seattle and attended Mercer Island High School, part of the Mercer Island School District in Washington. As a child, Levie was said to spend most of his time in front of computers. After graduating from Mercer Island, he went on to attend the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. As part of a college project in marketing, he was assigned to choose a market and conduct a SWOT analysis for its Strengths, Weaknesses/Limitations, Opportunities, and Threats. He chose to do the project on digital storage which he later stated had very few companies offering meaningful services on the market. It was at that time that Levie stated he decided to leave school and build a company that provides such services. Levie started the company with his life long friend and co-founder Dylan Smith.[9]

Professional career

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Levie co-founded Box in 2005 while still attending the University of Southern California.[8] He incorporated the company in April 2005 in Mercer Island, Washington and the following summer he moved the company to Palo Alto, California. He initially offered a freemium model for the company with a 1 Gigabyte of space for new users. Levie secured Angel Investment for Box from Texas billionaire Mark Cuban after a cold e-mail. He was also able to secure investments from some of the top investment companies such as Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Emergence Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Scale Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners,[10] and Andreessen Horowitz, the majority shareholder of Facebook.[2] He also secured investments from Salesforce and SAP reaching $162 Million of funding since the launch of the company in 2005.[11]

 
Aaron Levie speaks at "The Cloud Rises: The Latest From a Ten-Year-Old Trend".
Main article: Box (service)

Box (formerly Box.net) is an online file sharing and Cloud content management service for enterprise companies. The company has adopted a freemium business model, and provides 5GB of free storage for personal accounts. A mobile version of the service is available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, WebOS, and Windows Phone devices.

Box received a number of funding rounds and is valued at approximately $1Billion (USD) as of July 2012.[12][13] The company has more than 500 employees.[14][15]

Box is one of the leading corporations in the Cloud space and has expanded into the Enterprise market with 92% of the Fortune 500 companies as clients, more than 120,000 business clients and approximately 11 millions users.[16][17] The Huffington Post called Box "one of the fastest growing enterprise applications" ever.[10][5]

Lectures and media appearances

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Levi has been profiled by Fast Company magazine, and The Wall Street Journal's Digits Show[18][19] He has spoken about content and collaboration tools at events such as DEMO conference, CloudBeat conference, Accenture Global Summit, South by Southwest and Svase. He has also presented on tech at some of the top tech conferences such as Fortune Brainstorm Tech, Web 2.0, and Dreamforce.[20] He is frequently invited to speak at industry events about Cloud computing and Enterprise IT solutions[21][22] including at the DocuSign 2010 ESIGN Summit where he was a featured presenter along with former President Bill Clinton.[23] Leive was a speaker at the 2012 Twilio Annual Conference (TwilioCon),[24], The 2012 Uplinq Mobile Developers Conference (where he was the keynote speaker),[25] and the CTIA-Enterprise and Applications at the San Diego Convention Center in 2011.[26] He has also written numerous articles for publications such as The Washington Post[27] and Fastcompany.com.[28]

Awards and recognition

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In 2008, Inc. Magazine's named Levie as one of the Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30.[29] He was also named one of the 30 Most Influential CEOs Under 30 in 2010, a list that included names such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg and Living Social founders Tim O’Shaughnessy and Eddie Frederick.[30]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "30 AND UNDER: 9 Young Founders Who Are Running Billion-Dollar Companies". Business Insider. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. ^ a b c Liedtke, Michael (28 February 2011). "Investing in a Box: $48M Bet On Storage Service". The Seattle Times via High Beam. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ^ Matt Rosoff (2011-08-29). "This 26-Year Old Founder Is Raising $100 Million To Take On Giants Like Microsoft - Business Insider". Articles.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  4. ^ McNicholas, Kym (5 August 2011). "Why Box.net's CEO Aaron Levie's The Next David Copperfield". Forbes. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b Maltais, Michelle (8 May 2012). "Out of the Box with CEO Aaron Levie". LA Times. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  6. ^ ""Box raises $125M for aggressive growth around the globe"".
  7. ^ Mangalindan, JP (17 July 2012). / "Is "Disruption" A Dirty Word". CNN Money. Retrieved 23 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  8. ^ a b Cassidy, Mike (21 February 2011). "Silicon valley Start-Ups Provide Their Own Education". Oakland Tribune via High Beam. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  9. ^ Holland, Joel (2010-07-16). "I'm an Entrepreneur; Get Me Out of Here!". Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  10. ^ a b "Bill Robinson: Aaron Levie and Box: Thinking Outside Of It". Huffingtonpost.com. 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  11. ^ Matt Rosoff (2011-10-11). "Box.net Just Scored $81 Million - Here's What They'll Spend It On". Business Insider. Retrieved 2012-04-07. {{cite web}}: Text "1" ignored (help); Text "2,440" ignored (help); Text "Oct. 11, 2011, 12:00 PM" ignored (help)
  12. ^ Rao, Leena (13 May 2012). "Box: The Path From Arrington's Backyard To A Billion Dollar Business". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  13. ^ "VatorNews - Box raises massive $81M Series D round". Vator.tv. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  14. ^ "Box.net closes extension round worth $81M". VentureBeat. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  15. ^ Matt Lynley (2011-11-01). "Hot Startup Box.net Is Burning $18 Million Annually On Revenues Of $25-40 Million". Business Insider. Retrieved 2012-04-07. {{cite web}}: Text "1" ignored (help); Text "3,745" ignored (help)
  16. ^ "Microsoft "not even relevant," says Box CEO Aaron Levie". VentureBeat. 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  17. ^ "Cloud storage provider Box.net spurns $500M offer (exclusive)". VentureBeat. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  18. ^ "A Visit With Box.net's Aaron Levie at His New Office (Video) - Arik Hesseldahl - Enterprise". AllThingsD. 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  19. ^ "Aaron Levie of Box on This Week in Startups #224 | ThisWeekIn". Thisweekin.com. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  20. ^ "Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner: Aaron Levie, Box.net - Delivering Innovation for the Enterprise [Entire Talk]". Ecorner.stanford.edu. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  21. ^ Aaron Levie (2011-12-02). "VatorNews - Aaron Levie on Box's competitive edge". Vator.tv. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  22. ^ Kym McNicholas (2011-05-08). "Why Box.net's CEO Aaron Levie's The Next David Copperfield". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  23. ^ Altizer, Drew (28 July 2010). "DocuSign Inc". Associated Press via High Beam. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  24. ^ "Twilio: Key New Hires and New Speakers at TwilioCon". Wireless News via High Beam. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  25. ^ Staff Writer (14 June 2012). "Keynotes, Agenda Set For Uplinq 2012 Conference". Computer Weekly News via High Beam. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  26. ^ "CTIA Updates on Boardroom Sessions Participants". Entertainment CloseUp via High Beam. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  27. ^ Levie, Aaron (2012). "From Swamp To Cloud". The Washington Post via High Beam. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  28. ^ Levie, Aaron (2012). "Box's CEO Aaron Levie on Product Decline". Fastcompany.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  29. ^ "Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, Box.net". Inc.com. 2008. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  30. ^ "30 Most Influential Under 30 CEOs of 2010". Under 30 CEO. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2012.


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