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Founded by David Rogier in 2015.1
Private company
Logo: MasterClass, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American online education company
Yanka Industries, Inc., doing business as MasterClass, is an American online education subscription platform on which students can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by experts in various fields. The concept for MasterClass was conceived by David Rogier and developed with Aaron Rasmussen.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Yanka Industries, Inc., doing business as MasterClass, is an American online education subscription platform on which students can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by experts in various fields. The concept for MasterClass was conceived by David Rogier and developed with Aaron Rasmussen.2
Founded by David Rogier in 2015.1
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