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MasterClass

Yanka Industries, Inc., doing business as MasterClass, is an American online education subscription platform on which students can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by experts in various fields. The concept for MasterClass was conceived by David Rogier and developed with Aaron Rasmussen.

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Founded
October 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10) (as Yanka Industries)
Founders
David Rogier · Aaron Rasmussen
Industry
Online education
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Employees
480 (2022)
Key people
David Rogier (CEO) Valen Tong (CFO) David Schriber (CMO) Len Amato (CCO)

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MasterClass

Nodes118
Edges117
Triples48
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016949
Components1

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MasterClass

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related to history · 17
MasterClass → Aaron Rasmussen, April, By, CEO, David Rogier, David Schriber, In, January, June, Kevin Spacey, May, Rasmussen, Rogier, Stanford University, Support, The, Yanka Industries
related to Reception · 12
MasterClass → Dominique Ansel's MasterClass, Exposure, Fixed Location, French, In, Instructional, James Beard Foundation Broadcast, Media Award, Online Video, Reviewers, The, The Verge
related to Classes · 5
MasterClass → As, Classes, Many, Skype, The
related to Funding · 5
MasterClass → CNBC, Fidelity Investments, In May, Series, This
Founders · 2
MasterClass → Aaron Rasmussen, David Rogier
Employees · 1
MasterClass → 480 (2022)
Founded · 1
MasterClass → October 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10) (as Yanka Industries)
Headquarters · 1
MasterClass → San Francisco, California, U.S.
Industry · 1
MasterClass → Online education
Key people · 1
MasterClass → David Rogier (CEO) Valen Tong (CFO) David Schriber (CMO) Len Amato (CCO)

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classes david online students instructors also rogier aaron funding yanka industries education rasmussen company 2017 courses million noted may 2018

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MasterClassEmployees480 (2022)1.00infobox
MasterClassFoundedOctober 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10) (as Yanka Industries)1.00infobox
MasterClassFoundersDavid Rogier1.00infobox
MasterClassFoundersAaron Rasmussen1.00infobox
MasterClassHeadquartersSan Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
MasterClassIndustryOnline education1.00infobox
MasterClassKey peopleDavid Rogier (CEO) Valen Tong (CFO) David Schriber (CMO) Len Amato (CCO)1.00infobox
MasterClassType of sitePrivate1.00infobox
MasterClassURLmasterclass.com1.00infobox
MasterClassrelated to ClassesClasses0.60section
MasterClassrelated to ClassesAs0.60section
MasterClassrelated to ClassesMany0.60section

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