Founder of Shark TankbackedstartupScholly sueshis acquirerSallie Mae | TechCrunch

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  • Chris Gray sold his scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023.
  • Now he's suing the student loan giant for wrongful termination and alleging that it’s selling the data his app collected, which includes personal info on minors.
  • Gray co-founded the company a decade prior with the hope of helping students more easily find college scholarships that were going untapped.
  • He claims the company fired him a year after the acquisition when he tried to raise concerns about data privacy issues.
When Chris Gray sold his Shark Tankbacked scholarship search startup Scholly to Sallie Mae in 2023, he thought he had it all. Now hes suing the student loan giant for wrongful termination and allegi [+9793 chars]

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