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Rudy Gadre is a Seattle, Washington-based angel investor and the current Co-Founder and Chairman of Denkyem Coop. He previously served as Vice President and General Counsel at Facebook from 2006 to 2008, overseeing the technology company's legal operations during its early expansion. Prior to that role, Gadre spent seven years at Amazon as Vice President and Associate General Counsel between 1999 and 2006. He began his professional legal career at Perkins Coie LLP after earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 1994. Transitioning from corporate law to venture capital, he returned to the Pacific Northwest to join Evri and Founders Co-Op, eventually bankrolling more than a dozen early-stage companies. Gadre currently focuses his personal investments and advisory efforts on supporting emerging technology startups within the broader Seattle ecosystem.