Luis Von Ahn
Luis von Ahn is an entrepreneur and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University considered one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing. He is known for inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur Fellow and selling 2 companies to Google in his 20s.
He has been named one of the 10 Most Brilliant Scientists by Popular Science Magazine, one of the 50 Best Brains in Science by Discover, one of the Top Young Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review, and one of the 100 Most Innovative People in Business by FastCompany Magazine.
Luis is currently the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo, a language learning platform created to bring free language education to the world. With over 100 million users, it is now the most popular language learning platform and the most downloaded app in the Education category on both iTunes and Google Play, worldwide.
Watch Luis Von Ahn 's talk, "Luis von Ahn | Duolingo: A Language Learning Platform For All ".