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About Dropbox

Dropbox was founded by Drew and Arash in 2007 and received seed funding from Y Combinator. Aston joined in December of last year, followed shortly by Jon and not much later by Rajiv who both joined this spring. Together, they face the challenge of simplifying file backup, sync, and sharing for the world.

Drew Houston

That smile never leaves his face. Really.
Drew's happy when the Dropbox apps for Windows and Mac are happy.
Or when five-starring songs on Rock Band.

Arash Ferdowsi

4am IHOP run. Nothin' new.
He's still awake because he's worrying about your data.
His departure from MIT with less than a year remaining arguably gives him the most startup cred of the group.

Aston Motes

Aston wonders what happened to his afro.
Turns out, the goodness of Dropbox's web interface is unaffected by his lack of hair.
We hope.

Jon Ying

Jon is currently the only non-MIT product on the team.
He's also the only one here who has a normal sleep schedule.
Coincidence?

Rajiv Eranki

Rajiv's the only one of us who almost got a Master's from MIT.
He's got a penchant for great food and great code.
Not to mention a great rendition of Roxanne.