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Yasantha Rajakarunanayake
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<p>Yasantha Rajakarunanayake is a <a href="/facts/Sri_Lankan_Americans/moxocepY">Sri Lankan American</a> <a href="/facts/Physicist/cQcgvSIm">physicist</a>, computer scientist, researcher, professor, and data scientist. He is best known for befriending future <a href="/facts/Amazon_(company)/YzUTUVE8">Amazon</a> CEO <a href="/facts/Jeff_Bezos/VV9IzSa3">Jeff Bezos</a>, a classmate at <a href="/facts/Princeton_University/n3EPGHBM">Princeton University</a>. He received social media fame and attention for having assisted Bezos on a homework assignment by solving a mathematical problem. </p>