The Richest Person in Park City, Utah

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The rich are getting richer.

Forbes published its annual list of the richest people on the planet with its billionaire's list. These billionaires are worth $4.5 trillion, and the cutoff to make the list stands at a record-tying $2.9 billion.

According to Forbes Magazine, only one billionaire on the Forbes 400 considers Utah home. However, more billionaires live in Utah but lost their place on the list. For example, Matthew Prince. His net worth exceeds $2 billion.

Who is Matthew Prince?

Matthew Prince is an entrepreneur, former ski instructor, recovering lawyer, co-founder, and CEO of Cloudflare. Cloudflare is a web infrastructure and website security company that wants to help build a better Internet. Its headquarters are in San Francisco.

Mathew Prince is a man of diverse interests.

In 1996, Prince received his bachelor's degree from Trinity College. After graduating, he earned his law degree from the University of Chicago and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

He started his career as a ski instructor before working as an adjunct law professor at John Marshall Law School. Then, in 2001, he founded Unspam, which ignited his passion for protecting users online.

He started to track spammers and evolved to stop them.

In 2004, Mathew Prince and Lee Holloway wanted to answer a simple question, "Where does email spam come from?" So, they created Project Honey Pot which allowed anyone with a website to track how spammers harvest people's emails.

In 2007, Mathew Prince took a sabbatical to earn his MBA from Harvard Business School. In one of his classes, he met Michelle Zatlyn, who later became Cloudflare's Chief Operating Officer. During one of their conversations, Michelle Zatlyn convinced Prince to work together to expand Project Honey Pot from tracking internet threats to stopping them.

A Few months later, Mathew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn created Cloudflare. Today, the company serves data from 250 cities in over 100 countries. According to Forbes, Prince owns 13% of the company, making him one of the wealthiest people in the country.

If you had his money, what causes would you support?