"When I was a kid, my father would have guests over, and would point to me and say, 'Chris is going to sing now.’”

Chris Lema quit a once in a lifetime academic opportunity in bioengineering to study social welfare. He become the “data guy” at Berkeley labs where he worked at the forefront of the Internet, then sold his first company for $10 million before he turned 30, and spent several years as an executive at an enterprise software company. Now he's the CTO of Crowd Favorite, one of the oldest agencies in the WordPress ecosystem, and a popular proponent of WordPress and its community. How did that happen?

Maybe you know Chris for his rousing talks - what Jake Goldman calls his "sermons on the camp". Maybe you've stumbled upon his prolific blog, where he's managed to pump out content every single day for the last couple of years. You might admire his influence, and you might wonder, well, what’s in all of this for Chris? Why dedicate so much time and energy, and so many resources to the WordPress community?

Jake Goldman, President & Founder of 10up, finishes up Prestige with an intimate interview with Chris Lema, exploring where he’s been, where he’s going, and why he’s betting on WordPress.