Scott Banister

'angel investor' and entrepeneur

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'Angel investor' in about 50 technology companies (including Uber, Paypal, and Facebook); former entrepreneur who cofounded IronPort

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Mark Zuckerberg, who founded Facebook at age 23, famously told an audience, " Young people are just smarter ."

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