Goldman Sachs Places Zipwhip CEO Among 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs.

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2019 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is recognizing Zipwhip CEO and co-founder John Lauer as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2019 at its Builders + Innovators Summit in Santa Barbara, California, the company said.

Goldman Sachs selected Lauer as one of 100 entrepreneurs from multiple industries to be honored at the three-day event. Lauer's entrepreneurial spirit was ignited as a child, to the launch of his first company, Rootlevel, at just 21 before jumping head-first into SMS.

Co-founded by Lauer as a consumer product in 2007, Zipwhip pioneered business-texting technology in 2014, becoming the first company to text enable an existing landline phone number. Once Zipwhip established the business-texting industry, traditional business-to-consumer...

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