Sean Glass
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| Sean Glass | |
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| Born | October 05, 1979 (age 27) Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, RSA |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Spouse | Kellee Williams |
| Parents | Peter S. A. Glass, Sabrina Ursula Glass |
Sean Peter Glass (born October 05, 1979) is an American entrepreneur known for co-founding theYale Entrepreneurial Society, Yale's entrepreneurship related organization, and Higher One, a company that provides financial services to ~600,000 students at 67 colleges and universities with the help of Yale friends Mark Volchek and Miles Lasater.
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[edit] Early life
Sean was born in Johannesburg, South Africa to Dr. Peter and Sabrina Glass. When Sean was 4 and a half, his family moved to North Carolina where his father took a position at Duke University.
[edit] College years
Sean entered Yale University in 1998. There he majored in Electrical Engineering and worked in Mark Reed's lab. Following his freshman year, Sean examined leaving Yale to pursue and online venture. After a meeting with Chris Evans, the founder of Accipiter, Sean decided to return to Yale and to found an entrepreneur related organization. The meeting and decision process was documented in an article in the Wall Street Journal.
