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A billionaire is born, but Shutterstock founder Jonathan Oringer says more money doesn't change a thing. On Friday, Shutterstock founder and CEO Jonathan Oringer became the first billionaire to emerge from New York's fast-growing tech start-up scene. Oringer founded the company in 2003, using 30,000 of his own photos to launch the stock image service. Today, the company, which went public last year, has about 30 million licensed photos and illustrations and has over 200 employees.
Inc. talked with Oringer about joining the billionaire's club, starting a tech company in New York, and what's next for the stock photo company.