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Khan began his career at WildBlue, a Denver-based satellite-broadband startup. Shortly after, he joined ING Barings in New York then, when its banking business was sold to ABN Amro, Khan joined
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in its annual Adweek 50 List. Adweek noted that it chose Khan due to his work growing
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