SCOUT· 43%1h 06m·2026-11-01·BusinessHigh School Dropout to Multi-Billionaire: The Relentless Drive of Rafael Vivas
Rafael “Raf” Vivas is a founding team member of AppLovin, the digital advertising and marketing company led by Adam Foroughi, where he has worked since 2011 in roles spanning business development, eCommerce and growth marketing, and co-founded the game publisher Lion Studios. He started in performance marketing at 14…
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“Raf starting with the tasks nobody else wanted, then using that work to understand the whole business, is a useful part of this story. Curiosity turned an entry-level role into an education. That is something a young person can put into pra…”
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