I went to my thesaurus — all bloggers have thesaurii next to their laptops, behind the cheesy poofs — and looked up Maloofs, The and it was there that I found antonym: Vivek Ranadivé and Mark Mastrov and it was then that I smiled and closed my eyes and wished for a time machine that would take me to April 20, 2013.

Here's some required reading on Ranadivé.

HOW DAVID BEATS GOLIATH, Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 2009

The piece also includes must-read info on his innovations, ideas and relationship with Niner great Roger Craig, who is a high-level official in Vivek's software company. (Craig is in charge of business development.)

THE MAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING, Ryan D'Agostino, Esquire, 2012

This story also includes an amazing photo of Vivek floating in a pool.

Some more from this excellent piece:

Amazing.

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD, REALLY, Al Lewis, Marketwatch, 2012