Will Pearson

William E. Pearson (born 1979) is the co-founder of mental floss, a bi-monthly magazine, which he started with Mangesh Hattikudur when both were students at Duke University. Pearson graduated from Duke in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Describing himself, Pearson noted his penchant for eating two M&M's at the same time, on different sides of the mouth, "making both sides of the mouth equally happy".[1] Will Pearson and Mangesh Hattikudur met as freshmen at Duke University and in their senior year parlayed their cafeteria conversations into the first issue of mental_floss magazine.[2] In addition to the magazine, a board game, a weekly CNN Headline News segment and a daily updated website, the two have collaborated on seven mental_floss books. Pearson and Hattikidur were named two of thirty promising 2007 entrepreneurs in business magazine Inc..[3]

References

  1. ↑ "About mental_floss: Staff Biographies". mental_floss Magazine. Glam Publisher Network. 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Making knowledge fun: a look inside the pages of Mental Flossmagazine". Trivia Hall of Fame. Cornerstone Word Company. 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Fenn, Donna (2007). "30 under 30: America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs". Inc. Magazine. Mansueto Ventures. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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