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/* Founder portrait as one continuous composition, rather than a framed profile. */
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/* The founder introduces the approach; give the following image section its own space. */
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/* Founder portrait becomes the About hero. */
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/* Full viewport founder hero; allow mobile content to grow instead of clipping. */
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/* A continuous editorial story beneath the portrait. */
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