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Future Business Success

Founders Talks: Join Joseph Quaderer ’21JN, CEO and Founder of StorySAvor and Quaderer Media Group, in conversation with Paul Maniaci, Assistant Director of Industry Relations and host of Rising to the Top: Lessons in Leadership podcast, on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 12:00pm — 1:00pm on Zoom. To RSVP, contact Ed Cangialosi at ec2731@columbia.edu by Friday, October 25.

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The Columbia Founders Society is a community of creators and innovators dedicated to making a lasting impact through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and philanthropy. Committed to the future of entrepreneurship, Founders align their passion for discovery with their desire to empower Columbia's students, faculty, and research to change the world. 

Members

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christine

Christine Alemany ’04BUS                
Chief Executive Officer                 
i2C

anish

Ashish Badjatia ’97SIPA               
CFO
Enjoy

vincent

Raj Bakhru ’06EN &                
Divya Rajasekaran, MD ’06CC

vincent

Dr. Vincent Carbonell, Esq.                 
President                 
United Reprographic Services

Manju

Manju Dawkins, MD '01CC & Armand Dawkins '00CC                
Founders                
Thimble

Gabby

Gabby Slome Gaddy ’15BUS                
Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer                 
Cooper

Steve Gerber           
COO and President           
Zeta Global

Hidayat Hamidov '23BUS
Co-founder and CEO
Tarmac     

Bill

Bill Irvine ‘18BUS                
Co-founder                
Kara Water

Liu

Guyan Liu '12SEAS                
Founder and Portfolio Manager                 
Miles GL Capital Management LLC

Jason Kang '16SEAS
Co-founder and COO 
Kinnos

Raphael Lyon ’13SOA         
Founder and CEO         
Enlightenment Wines & Honey’s Brooklyn

Michael Ma ’13BUS    
CEO    
NBA China

Uzay Macar ’21SEAS                
Co-founder and CTO                
Heba Care

Vineet

Vineet Madan '94SEAS, '00BUS                
Co-founder & CEO                
Junction Education

Luke Mairo ’22SPS               
Co-founder and COO               
Voltpost

Austin Menger '17SPS
Founder and Principal Scientist 
Menger Analytics
CEO and Co-founder 
Bridge Mental Inc.

Roya Moadel ’92BC ’93LW             
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
NYSERDA Program

Arif Padaria ’00BUS
Investor, Advisor, Mentor

Brian Pellegrini '04SEAS '16BUS        
Founder and Senior Analyst        
Intertemporal Economics

Jeff Prosserman ’22SPS   
Founder and CEO   
Voltpost

Joseph

Joseph Quaderer ’21JN                
Founder and CEO                
StorySavor

ludwig

Ludwig Schulze ’05BUS                
Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures                
116th St Ventures

Sandeep Tyagi '94BUS
Chairman and Managing Director
Estee Advisors

Shazi

Shazi Visram ’04BUS                 
Founder & ChairMom                 
Happy Family

Man Wu 23PH

Tong Yu ’28GS
Founder
Purrbyte Corp.


  

Contact Us 

For more information on Columbia’s Founders Society, please contact Ed Cangialosi, Gift Planning Officer, at ec2731@columbia.edu or (212) 851-7988.