Who is Ruban?
Born in war-ravaged Northern Sri Lanka, Ruban lived in many continents before migrating to the USA for his higher studies. Finally, Ruban settled down in the entrepreneurial capital Silicon Valley after completing his degrees in Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University. Ruban had lost his father at a very young age and lost his high school and the country due to civil war, before settling down in the USA after a brief stay in Botswana, Africa. Ruban narrates his journey through all the places and situations which makes him reflect if all his experiences were just coincidences or setting him up for a very successful entrepreneur life in the Silicon Valley where he was part of two successful companies with an enterprise value of more than one billion dollars. Ruban also holds more than thirty patents in the core of internet and communication technologies. In addition to being an angel investor, Ruban spends time mentoring and advising youngsters in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and Sri Lanka. Ruban lives with his wife who he had met at kindergarten and three children in the San Francisco Bay area.
Objective
Based on my real-life experiences/examples, I want to motivate up and coming entrepreneurs by paying it forward.
