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fromFortune
1 day ago

How the cofounder of Chess.com went from being a child prodigy in a religious cult to building a 225 million player empire | Fortune

Danny Rensch, raised in a cult, became a chess champion and co-founded Chess.com, growing it to 225M users and a $1B+ valuation through bootstrapping.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

The Many Lives of Danny Rensch

Danny Rensch rose from a poverty-stricken communal childhood to become a transformative public figure in chess culture.
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