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| Website: | \n\t\trupture.com | \n\t
| Location: | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Acquired: | \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \t\tOn May 8, 2008 by\n\t\t\t \t\n\t\t\t\t\tElectronic Arts\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t \t\tfor $30M\n\t\t\t \t\t\n\t\t\t \t\n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t
Rupture is a new company started by power entrepreneur Shawn Fanning and investor Ron Conway. After working together with the original Napster and then with music distributor Snocap, the two have begun work on… Learn More
\n\n \t| Birthplace: | \n \t\t\tBrockton, MA | \n \t\t
| Companies: | \n \t \t\n \t \t\n \t Snocap, Rupture, Napster, SuperFan\n \t | \n \t
Shawn Fanning created Napster in 1998 while attending Northeastern University.
\n\nFanning has since founded SNOCAP, a B2B Music Distributor, in 2002, and… Learn More
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