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There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

Aaron Levie

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Aaron Levie
Age: 38
Born: 1985
Born: December 27
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