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David Karp

[Photo via, via] Tumblr's CEO, David Karp, is also a native New Yorker. He attended Bronx Science for a year before he dropped out and began homeschooling. At age 11, he learned basic HTML and from there, he went on to become the CEO and founder of one of the largest blogging platforms in the world. He donated a signed Vespa helmet that sold for $260. He regards New York as one of the most creative cities in the world, saying,

"There’s amazing technology going on in New York but, at least for a little while longer, we’re still the underdogs. We have a tremendous amount of respect and validation from the media and other industries out here, but we’re still new, and we’re still small. As far as our ability to build an audience, New York is truly the most creative city in the world; that is so much of what Tumblr is: a media network, a home for tens of millions of creators."