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11 Facts About Andrew Mason

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Andrew D Mason was born on 1981 and is an American businessman and entrepreneur.

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Andrew Mason is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses and scholarships.

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Andrew Mason is the founder and CEO of Descript, an audio and video editing tool powered by machine learning.

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Andrew Mason stopped working with Lefkofsky to attend the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy after he was awarded a scholarship.

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Andrew Mason interned and worked at prominent Chicago recording studio, Electrical Audio, under recording engineer Steve Albini, whom Andrew Mason cited as an inspiration on his subsequent work ethic.

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Andrew Mason was employed as a developer at InnerWorkings, a company founded by Lefkofsky, in 2006.

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In 2010, Andrew Mason's salary was $180,000; "at his own recommendation" it was reduced to $756.72 effective January 1,2011, according to the company's SEC filings.

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On December 18,2012, Andrew Mason was named "Worst CEO of the Year" by Herb Greenberg of CNBC.

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Andrew Mason was dismissed as Groupon's CEO on February 28,2013, the day after the company missed analysts' expectations for sales, and fell far short of the mark when it came to profit.

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Andrew Mason released a motivational rock album entitled Hardly Workin' in July 2013 through iTunes and Spotify.

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In February 2015, Andrew Mason released an iPhone app, Detour, selling unconventional audio tours of major cities.