James McClain In case you hadn’t heard, social media is now big business — top influencers can pull down six figures for a single sponsored post or brand deal, while Facebook is one of the world’s biggest companies — and few know that market better than tech mogul Justyn Howard.
The Chicago-based Sprout Social founder and CEO has made a proverbial killing banking on social media management, and the sector’s boom has transformed Howard’s once-humble startup, founded in 2010, into a $1.9 billion juggernaut that went public late last year.
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