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Richard Humphries Saito Werbe

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Richard Humphries Saito Werbe
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Born (1993-05-21) May 21, 1993 (age 30)
Paris, France
💼 Occupation
Entrepreneur
CEO of StudyPool

Richard H. S. Werbe is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and startup CEO, best known for co-founding StudyPool.[1][2][3]

Early life[edit]

Werbe was born May 21, 1993 in Paris, France. He graduated from Tatnall High School in 2012. He then attended Emory University before dropping out in 2014.[4]

Career[edit]

Werbe is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Virgin providing insight into the world of entrepreneurship, startups, raising venture capital and team building. Werbe's first startup Stockniche was launched while he was in high school, before successfully being acquired.[5][6]

He is currently the Founder and CEO of StudyPool, which is backed by Sillicon Valley investors such as Dave McClure's 500 Fund and Fabrice Grinda, as well as Great Oaks Venture Capital and Lerer Hippeau Ventures.[1][7]

Richard Werbe also Co-founded Verma Media, a blockchain and sports marketing company in San Francisco.[8] He served as head of Global Community for IOST (Internet of Services) Foundations. Richard is an active angel investor between Silicon Valley and Asia. He has made several notable angel investments including IOST.[9][10]

Awards[edit]

In November, 2017 Richard (24) was recognized by Forbes's 30 under 30.[11][12]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Studypool's Microtutoring Is Flipping Education Upside Down: Here's How The Young Visionaries Did It". Forbes. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. "Is The EdTech Industry A Billion-Dollar Opportunity?". NASDAQ. 15 March 2018.
  3. "Richard Werbe on Forbes". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. "Executive Profile of Richard Werbe". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. "4 Startups Ran By Dropouts". Inc. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. "How San Francisco's Fastest Growing Blockchain Marketing Firm Is Going Big On Sports". Forbes. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. "Tutoring Marketplace Studypool Snags $1.2 Million". TechCrunch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. "4 Startups Revolutionizing the EdTech World". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  9. "IOST Weekly Update — Week of Jan 22nd, 2018". Medium (website). 26 January 2018.
  10. "StudyPool Provides A Marketplace For On-Demand Tutoring". TechCrunch.
  11. "Richard Werbe, 24 Cofounder, Studypool: 30 under 30". Forbes. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  12. "Forbes' 2018 '30 Under 30' Came Early This Year. Here's Who Made the Education List". EdSurge. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.


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