JayWalker founded Priceline in 1998 and jumped to a billion dollars net worth just one year later.
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It moves at what JayWalker called "med speed, " not tech speed.
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The record we have for fastest-to-a-billion (cash or illiquid equity) is JayWalker of Priceline, who did it in July 1999, within one year of founding Priceline.
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