
Was he lucky to have found that one great, big, right idea at such a young age? Not really. In his 2013 commencement speech at MIT, Houston credited his closest influencers as key to his success, telling the audience, “They say that you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with…. If I hadn’t come here, I wouldn’t have met Adam, I wouldn’t have met my amazing co-founder, Arash, and there would be no Dropbox. One thing I’ve learned is surrounding yourself withinspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.”