A founder raised in Soviet turmoil after his father died fighting terrorism at age six explains how that loss shaped his mission to build companies that reduce suffering. He frames every business decision as a step toward a better world.
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It all started with an impulse to make the world a better place. I would probably start there. My father was killed when I was 6 years old. He died in the line of duty, a hero by all accounts. I was born actually in the Soviet Union, and it was a very dangerous time, and the city I was born in was a very volatile city. And he was fighting terrorism and organized crime in that city. But obviously that left a deep mark on me that, you know, world is not ideal. If I can make the world a better place so that things like that don't happen or happen less often, one way or the other, I think every improvement, every decision, every good enterprise takes us to a better world. And that's how I find my calling, and I wanna do a business that makes the world a better place.