[1] His parents worked in working-class jobs at casinos and restaurants to afford his tuition fees at Boston University.

In raising venture capital funding, the company has also performed well, reaching a valuation of $3.5 billion according to Fortune magazine.

[6] Although successful in finding investors, Lin has expressed a desire to avoid quickly taking the company public.

In a column penned for Fast Company he wrote about a litany of negatives associated with an IPO.

His column especially focused on the downsides of "quarterly scrutiny" endured by public companies which would get in the way of the "slow and steady implementation" he wanted.