Gabriel Schillinger (born July 21, 1989) is an entrepreneur from

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. He was the co-founder and executive director of For Darfur. In 2009 he founded Decade Worldwide and BIM Networks. He worked with Lars Rasmussen, the visionary co-creator of

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, at Weav Music. In July 2017, he co-founded. Gamma Innovations was acquired by

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in July 2019.

Early childhood and education

Schillinger was born on July 21, 1989, in

. His mother, Mary Lou Schillinger, worked as an occupational therapist. His father Brent Schillinger, is a Board Certified Dermatologist in

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. His brother is Raymond Schillinger,

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Head of Video Strategy and host o
You Can't Unhear This
a YouTube channel about The Beatles. He attended Saint Andrew's School in

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. At the age of 16, Schillinger co-founded For Darfur. He spent his summers traveling South America learning Spanish. Schillinger attended

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and

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For Darfur

Schillinger produced and promoted

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's Glow in The Dark Tour at the

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. The concert was an awareness and fundraising show. The concert was a success with a sellout crowd of 12,000 people and raised over $1,000,000 that went directly to

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efforts in

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Career

Decade Worldwide

Schillinger co-founded Decade Worldwide. Schillinger was instrumental in pioneering the concept of a mixtape portal, allowing artists to release their mixtapes through a central branded website. Past releases for Decade, under Schillinger's leadership, include Wale's More About Nothing Mixtape and

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early mixtapes in 2009 and 2010.

BIM Networks

Schillinger co-founded Buy It Mobility Networks, Inc in 2009, wit
Benjamin Bronfman

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is the Chairman on the company and board members include

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, Stephen Sadove, Tom Neff, Arthur Martinez. BIM is mobile payments platform that offers a decoupled debit and rewards product to quick service retailers and gas stations. Schillinger successfully sold his stake and exited BIM in 2013. BIM currently has major United States gas stations as partners including Philip's 76

Weav

Schillinger worked with Lars Rasmussen for the launch of Weav Music in 2016 and was an advisor to Weav until June 2017. Weav is an adaptive music technology app that automatically matches songs to users cadence while running. Schillinger helped bring investors and partners to Weav, opening up the company to the music and sports industries.

Gamma Innovations

Schillinger co-founded Gamma Innovations with Samuel Snyder and Zhi Huang in July 2017. Gamma's investors included

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, Lars Rasmussen, Gree, Razer and others. Gamma launched GammaNow a distributed compute application inspired by

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in February 2018. Gamma announced on December 2, 2018, a strategic partnership with Razer to release Softminer, a white labeled version of GammaNow, to the Razer community globally. Gamma has users in over forty countries. It was announced in July 2019, that Gamma would be acquired by Animoca Brands.

PowerUp Acquisition Corp.

Schillinger was President of PowerUp Acquisition Corp., a

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(SPAC), focused on the global video games industry. PowerUp raised $287 million via an initial public offering on the Nasdaq on Feb 18th, 2022.Schillinger started PowerUp with

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, the former

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and

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(SCEA) and Bruce Hack, the former Vice Chairman of the Board of

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and CEO of

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. SRIRAMA Associates acquired a majority interest in PowerUp Acquisition Corp. on July 14th, 2023.

Personal life

Schillinger married Anastasiia Sapozhnikova, a Russian born fashion model, in 2021.

References

External links

For Darfur Inc.Decade WorldwideDiggy "Airborne"Wale "More About Nothing""bimnetworks"
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