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From illegal migrant to one of Italy’s most successful software developers

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Uljan Sharka
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TIRANA, July 4 – Eight years ago Uljan Sharka was only a minor illegal   Albanian immigrant who had reached Italy through a speedboat in search of a better life and risked deportation by the authorities in the neighboring country across the Adriatic. Now at 24, he has turned into one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in Italy, running an IT and programming company worth about Euro 25 million. The self-taught Albanian programmer has come up with a discovery that could revolutionize digital marketing. “The software reads all big data on social networks in real time, processes them and…

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  • "You can improve your online marketing in only one click. Consultancy with others will be needless because with this software you can do it on your own based on the data produced by the software," says 24-year-old Uljan Sharka who has turned into one of Italy's best software developers

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