Early Life and Education
Matthew Browning Prince was born on November 13, 1974, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in Park City. He developed an early interest in computer science. Prince graduated from Trinity College in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and a minor in computer science. He later earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 2000 and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 2009.
Rise to Success
Prince began his career working at Latham & Watkins and then at the online insurance company GroupWorks. He taught cyberlaw at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in 2003. In 2009, Prince co-founded Cloudflare with Lee Holloway and Michelle Zatlyn. Cloudflare began as a project inspired by Project Honey Pot, an open-source data collection software designed to track online fraud. The company went public in 2019.
Key Business Strategies
Cloudflare's success is attributed to its freemium model, which offers basic services for free, attracting a large user base and providing unique data advantages. Cloudflare expanded by offering free Universal SSL, and the company has been at the forefront of cloud computing, edge computing, and AI. In 2024, Cloudflare's revenue was $1.67 billion.
Philanthropy
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