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Amol Sarva
Amol Sarva is an American entrepreneur, professor, and technology and policy advocate.
Background.
Born and raised in New York City, Amol Sarva attended Stuyvesant High School where he was a national, state, and city champion debater and captain of the Stuyvesant team. In debate, he was known for philosophical style of argument, particularly John Rawls' theory of justice.
He double-majored in philosophy and economics at Columbia University in New York, where he also founded his first startup (a
Peek (mobile Internet device)
Peek Inc. was a mobile technology company headquartered in New York, NY. The company's roots were with its mobile Internet device, an ultra low-cost smartphone that was an email-only mobile handheld device launched in September 2008.
Company.
Peek was founded in 2007 by three of the first four employees at Virgin Mobile USA – Rob Gray (Virgin's first head of product marketing), CEO Dr. Amol Sarva (Virgin's first head of non-voice applications and