Meet Lady Gaga‘s former manager, Troy Carter, a West Philly High dropout turned tech investor and advisor. Carter, who lives in Los Angeles, has invested in more than 50 startups, including Uber, Dropbox and Warby Parker and some of which are valued at more than $1 billion each, FastCompany reports.
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