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Line 1: ~~{{Notability\|Biographies\|date=May 2010}}~~ {{Infobox person \| name = Milun Tesovic Line 7 ⟶ 5: \| caption = Milun Tesovic 2008 \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|mf=yes\|1985\|08\|06}} \| birth_place = [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina\|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia\|SFR Yugoslavia]] (now [[Bosnia]]) \| education = [[Simon Fraser University]] ([[Bachelor of Business Administration\|BBA]]) \| ~~occupation~~known_for = {{ubl\|Founder, of [[MetroLyrics.com]]; \|Co-founder of [[MetroLeap Media\|MetroLeap Media Inc.]];\| Partner Expa;\| Founder [[cmd.com]];\| Founder [[gitalytics.com]]}} }} '''Milun Tesovic''' (born August 6, 1985) is a Canadian computer engineer, entrepreneur and ~~was~~investor. ~~one~~He ofis ~~the~~best ~~youngest~~known ~~Internet~~for ~~entrepreneurs~~creating tothe [[Metrolyrics]] ~~sell~~website, ~~his~~which ~~company~~he sold to a[[Paramount Streaming\|CBS ~~major~~Interactive ~~American~~Music ~~media~~Group]] ~~conglomerate~~in 2011.<ref name="Burnaby">{{cite ~~http://audio4cast.com/2011/10/11/cbs-interactive-music-group-buys-one-of-the-biggest-music-sites-on-the-web/</ref><ref>http~~news \|last1=Zinn \|first1=Jacob \|title=How MetroLyrics made a millionaire \|url=https://www.~~allaccess~~burnabynow.com/~~net~~local-news/~~archive/story/97365/cbs-interactive-adds~~how-metrolyrics~~</ref><ref>http://www.radioworld.com/article/cbs~~-~~interactive~~made-~~works~~a-~~with~~millionaire-~~metrolyrics/24538~~2979285 \|work=Burnaby Now \|date=30 May 2014}}</ref> ==Early life and education== ~~Born~~Milun Tesovic was born on August 6, 1985 in [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina\|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], one of the constituent republics of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia~~\|SFR~~]]. ~~Yugoslavia~~In 1994, during the [[Bosnian War]], Tesovic emigrated to Canada with his father, mother and sister ~~in 1994 during the [[Bosnian War]]~~. He has cited his immigrant background for making him a self-motivated and hard working person.<ref name="Burnaby" /><ref name="Vancouver Sun">{{cite ~~http~~news \|last1=Shaw \|first1=Gillian \|title=MetroLyrics acquisition by CBS Interactive a high note for Canada's new media \|url=https://~~blogs.~~vancouversun.com/~~2011~~news/~~10/11~~staff-blogs/metrolyrics-acquisition-by-cbs-interactive-a-high-note-for-canadas-new-media/ \|work=Vancouver Sun \|date=11 October 2011}}</ref> ▼ ~~Milun~~Tesovic ~~finished his degree at~~attended [[Simon Fraser University]], ~~completing~~where ~~his~~he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in [[Entrepreneurship]] in 2012.<ref name="Burnaby" /><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://business.sfu.ca/news/post.php?id=395\|title=Internet Tycoon Pursues SFU Degree\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005162944/http://business.sfu.ca/news/post.php?id=395\|archivedate=2009-10-05}}</ref> He completed his studies while running Metrolyrics.▼ ==Career== At age 16, Milun created the online [[music]] website [[Metrolyrics]] with his partner Alan Juristovski. The website grew to become the "most comprehensive database of legal music lyrics in the world" and in 2011, it was sold to [[Paramount Streaming\|CBS Interactive Music Group]] in a reported eight-figure deal.<ref name="Burnaby" /><ref name="Vancouver Sun" /> In 2011, it stored more than 700,00 song lyrics and was receiving traffic of 45 million visitors a month according to [[Google Analytics]].<ref name="Vancouver Sun" /> Following his music endeavor, he joined up with [[Garrett Camp]], co-founder of [[Uber]] at Expa in 2016 to fund and build alongside other founders.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Isaac \|first1=Mike \|title=Expa Labs Will Nurture Tech Start-Ups a Few at a Time \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/technology/silicon-valley-entrepreneurs-set-up-hands-on-incubator.html \|work=The New York Times \|date=30 March 2016}}</ref> Gitalytics is another company started by Milun which was acquired by Microsoft in 2019, and now part of the [[GitHub]] Enterprise suite.<ref name="BIV">{{cite web \|last1=Orton \|first1=Tyler \|title='Gangbuster' year for tech tapping U.S. resources \|url=https://biv.com/article/2021/11/gangbuster-year-tech-tapping-us-resources \|website=Business in Vancouver \|date=12 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last1=Tesic \|first1=Milun \|title=Gitalytics joins Github \|url=https://www.expa.com/news/gitalytics-joins-github \|access-date=2023-08-16 \|website=www.expa.com \|language=en}}</ref> His latest endeavor was cmd.com, a cybersecurity company focused on real time kernel authentication of events, which processed TBs of data for large organizations in sensitive environments and was acquired by [[Elasticsearch\|ElasticSearch]] in 2021. cmd.com raised $21.6M total from VCs such as [[GV (company)\|Google Ventures]] and Expa.<ref name="BIV" /><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Kerner \|first=Sean Michael \|date=2021-08-25 \|title=Elastic acquisition spree continues as it acquires security startup CMD \|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/elastic-acquisition-spree-continues-as-it-acquires-security-startup-cmd/ \|access-date=2023-08-16 \|website=TechCrunch \|language=en-US}}</ref> ~~==Life==~~ ▲Born in [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina\|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia\|SFR Yugoslavia]], Tesovic emigrated to Canada with his father, mother and sister in 1994 during the [[Bosnian War]]. He has cited his immigrant background for making him self-motivated and hard working person.<ref> Vancouver Sun http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/10/11/metrolyrics-acquisition-by-cbs-interactive-a-high-note-for-canadas-new-media/</ref> Milun is also involved in other endeavors such as aero.com and such projects originating out of Expa. <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Expa · Studio \|url=https://www.expa.com/studio \|access-date=2024-07-15 \|website=www.expa.com \|language=en}}</ref> At age 16, Milun created the online [[music]] website [[Metrolyrics]] which years later was sold to CBS in 2011.<ref>Vancouver Sun October 2011 http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2011/10/11/metrolyrics-acquisition-by-cbs-interactive-a-high-note-for-canadas-new-media/</ref> MetroLyrics was ranked the largest lyric website with more than 50 million unique visitors every month. ==~~Schooling~~Personal life== In 2021, Tesovic reportedly purchased [[Scooter Braun]]'s old home in Wet Hollywood for $9.6 million and in 2022 purchased a home in [[Beverly Hills]], [[California]] from tennis player [[Naomi Osaka]] for $8.7 million.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Gaines \|first1=Cork \|title=Take a tour of $8.7 million Beverly Hills house that Naomi Osaka sold to a former tech prodigy \|url=https://www.insider.com/naomi-osaka-beverly-hills-house-photos-milun-tesovic-2022-9 \|website=Insider \|date=18 September 2022}}</ref> ▲Milun finished his degree at [[Simon Fraser University]] completing his Bachelor of Business Administration in [[Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://business.sfu.ca/news/post.php?id=395\|title=Internet Tycoon Pursues SFU Degree\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005162944/http://business.sfu.ca/news/post.php?id=395\|archivedate=2009-10-05}}</ref> ==Honors ~~and awards~~== * Billboard Top 30 Under 30<ref>{{~~cite~~Cite web\|url=~~http~~https://illroots.com/~~2009/08/24~~read/billboards-30-under-30-for-2009/\|title=Billboard's ~~Top~~ "30 Under 30~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite~~" For ~~web~~2009\|~~url~~website=~~http://www.techvibes.com/blog/vancouver-entrepreneur-named-to-billboards-top-30-under-30\|title=Vancouver Entrepreneur Named To Billboard's Top 30 Under 30~~ILLROOTS}}</ref> * Student Entrepreneur National Champion, proudly presented by CIBC and operated by national charitable organization ACE (Canada)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.sfu.ca/archive-pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/media_11200902.html\|title=SFU's Milun Tesovic named world's top student entrepreneur}}</ref> * Winner of the 2009 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in Kansas City<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://metroleap.com/news.php?id=8\|title=Milun Tesovic named #1 in world at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127003400/http://metroleap.com/news.php?id=8\|archivedate=2010-11-27}}</ref> ==References== Line 30 ⟶ 38: ==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130115121818/http://www.acecanada.ca/news/newsItem.cfm?cms_news_id=346 Canadian Champion to compete at Global Student Entrepreneur Awards 11.11.2009] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091208124316/http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/news/milun-tesovic-music-mogul/ Milun Tesovic music mogul] * [http://www.teenbusinessforum.com/interviews/milun-tesovic-on-how-metrolyrics-gets-48-million-unique-visitors-per-month-interivew Milun Tesovic on how metrolyrics gets 48 million unique visitors per month interivew]{{Dead link\|date=August 2023 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tesovic, Milun}} [[Category:1985 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Businesspeople from ~~Vancouver~~Sarajevo]] [[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Canada]] [[Category:Canadian computer programmers]]