UC Berkeley Class of 2029 Official Discussion Thread

sfogooner
Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:01:26 +0000

Apparently being a teacher and a billionaire are not mutually exclusive. Maybe there is something deeper in the article, but I did just some speed reading and this is all I got.

Forbes

How A Berkeley Professor Built Billion-Dollar Companies In His Lab

Tech giants including Google fund Ion Stoica's lab, from which he launched companies like $62 billion Databricks. Now he's helping fellow profs find private funding.