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Ben Pasternak, the next Mark Zuckerberg?

Mathias StammJuly 5, 2016

16-year-old Ben Pasternak of Australia is the latest digital start-up whiz kid. He is often compared to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. In this interview, he tells how he feels about it.

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Ben Pasternak, inventor of Flogg
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Ben Pasternak has just raised several million euros in venture capital for his new app Flogg. It is both a sales platform and social network. Pasternak quit school to work full-time as the CEO of his own company based in New York City.