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Embark Ryan Boyko Forbes Magazine

A dog lover who studied computer science and biology at Harvard, Ryan Boyko, 33, is the cofounder and CEO of Embark, a Boston-based company that tests dog DNA. He launched Embark two years ago with his brother Adam, a Cornell University genetics professor who specializes in canines. 

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