Eric Pulier

He majored in English and American literature, was an editor and wrote a column for The Harvard Crimson, and took classes at neighboring school MIT.

[3][4] Pulier moved to Los Angeles in 1991, where he founded People Doing Things (PDT), a company that addressed health care, education, and other issues through the use of technology.

[3] Pulier led the effort to build Starbright World, a private social network for chronically ill children where they can chat, blog, post content and meet others who share similar experiences.

[7] Pulier founded numerous other ventures, including Vatom, Desktone, Media Platform, Akana, and others.

Although criminal charges were dismissed with prejudice,[10] in a related 2021 civil complaint filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Pulier consented to a judgment of $4.8 million in penalties.