Discovery orders Steve Jobs documentary with 'Mythbusters' hosts Discovery has ordered a documentary on the life of the late Steve Jobs, with the Mythbusters duo on board to host. The network is teaming with NBC’s Peacock Productions for iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World, a one-hour special. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who celebrate the spirit of innovation on Discovery’s hit Mythbusters, will host the show. “Someone once said that to follow the path that others have laid before you is a very reasonable course of action, therefore all progress is made by unreasonable men,” Savage said. The special has already lined up interviews with several key names to talk about the Apple co-founder and CEO, including: Lee Felsenstein, founding member of the Homebrew Computer Club, Daniel Kottke, who traveled to India with Jobs and who later become an early Apple employee, and John Draper, an engineer who gave Jobs his start.
Michael Dell Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is known as the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers (PCs). He was ranked the 41st richest person in the world on 2012 Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth of US$15.9 billion as of March 2012.[1] In 2011, his 243.35 million shares of Dell stock were worth $3.5 billion, giving him 12% ownership of the company.[2] His remaining wealth of roughly $10 billion is invested in other companies and is managed by a firm whose name, MSD Capital, incorporates Dell's initials.[3] On January 5, 2013 it was announced that Michael Dell had bid to take Dell Inc. private for $24.4 billion in the biggest leveraged buyout since the Great Recession. Early life[edit] Business career[edit] A PC's Limited Turbo PC signed by Dell In 1998, Dell founded MSD Capital L.P. to manage his family's investments. Penalty[edit] Accolades[edit]
Steve Jobs dies; Apple's co-founder transformed computers and culture Steven P. Jobs, the charismatic technology pioneer who co-founded and transformed one industry after another, from computers and smartphones to music and movies, has died. He was 56. Apple announced the death of Jobs — whose legacy included the Apple II, Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," Apple said. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives.
Eugène Schueller Eugène Paul Louis Schueller (20 March 1881 Paris – 23 August 1957) was the founder of L'Oréal, the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty. He was one of the founders of modern advertising. Career with L'Oréal[edit] As a young French chemist and 1904 graduate of the Institut de Chimie Appliquée de Paris (now Chimie ParisTech), Eugene Schueller developed in 1907 an innovative hair-color formula. He called his dye Oréale. In 1909, he registered his company, the "Société Française de Teintures Inoffensives pour Cheveux", the future L'Oréal. Controversy[edit] During the early twentieth century, Schueller provided financial support and held meetings for La Cagoule at L'Oréal headquarters. Family[edit] Schueller's daughter, Liliane Bettencourt, is the widow of André Bettencourt with whom she had one daughter, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, a member of L'Oréal's board of directors. Legacy[edit] The head office of L'Oréal in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine is named Centre Eugène Schueller.[3]
Steve Jobs 'Died Peacefully,' His Family Says On Wednesday, Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs died at 56 after years of failing health. His family issued a statement in the afternoon, saying, "Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths "In his public life, Steve was known as visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. "We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. PHOTOS: 9 Highest Paid Entertainment CEOs Jobs, who formed Apple Inc. with Steve Wozniak, stepped down earlier this year, with Tim Cook taking over as CEO. Apple's official statement on its website read: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.
Hasmukhbhai Parekh Hasmukhbhai Parekh (born March 10, 1911) (died 1994) was an Indian financial entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the finance industry in India. The London School of Economics also conferred on him an honorary fellowship. Hasmukhbhai Parekh belonged to a Gujarati vaishnav-Bania family from Surat, Gujarat. At 68, when he had already received many honours and was stepping down from ICICI, he started a new institution, the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), the first of its kind for housing finance in India. Apple says founder, ex-CEO Steve Jobs has died - Business CUPERTINO, Calif. — Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them. Jobs, who founded and ran Apple, told us what we needed before we wanted it. "To some people, this is like Elvis Presley or John Lennon. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. Story: The Jobs legacy: Ease, elegance in technology "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple's board said in a statement. President Barack Obama — who described the musical contents of his iPod to Rolling Stone in 2008 and famously gave one of the gadgets to Queen Elizabeth II as a gift the following year — said in a statement that Jobs "exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity." Share your thoughts on Jobs' legacy Video: Jobs and Apple 'changed the world' (on this page)
Herb Kelleher Herbert "Herb" David Kelleher (born March 12, 1931) is the co-founder, Chairman Emeritus, and former CEO of Southwest Airlines (based in the United States). Early life and career[edit] Kelleher was born in Camden, New Jersey on March 12, 1931 and raised in Audubon, New Jersey, where he graduated from Haddon Heights High School.[1] He has a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University where he was an Olin Scholar and where his major was English and his minor Philosophy, and a Juris Doctor from New York University where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar.[2] At Wesleyan he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He is married to the former Joan Negley and they have four children. Career[edit] The Kellehers moved to Texas intending to start a law firm or a business. In July 2010 Kelleher was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors for 2011.[5] Kelleher's term will expire in 2013. Awards[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies Jobs had battled cancer for yearsJobs founded Apple when he was 21He developed the concept of the personal computer and mouseHe oversaw the launch of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad (CNN) -- Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. The hard-driving executive pioneered the concept of the personal computer and of navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse. In more recent years, he introduced the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet -- all of which changed how we consume content in the digital age. Fortune: Ten ways Steve Jobs changed the world His friends and Apple fans on Wednesday night mourned the passing of a tech titan. See reactions from Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and many others How Steve Jobs grew up Jobs 'set the agenda' for tech industry
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Early life and education[edit] Political career[edit] Moynihan's political career started in the 1950s when he served as a member of New York governor Averell Harriman's staff, a stint which ended following Harriman's loss to Nelson Rockefeller in the 1958 general election. Two years later, Moynihan was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention as part of John F. Assistant Secretary of Labor; controversy over the War on Poverty[edit] Moynihan was an Assistant Secretary of Labor for policy in the Kennedy Administration and in the early part of the Lyndon Johnson Administration. They took inspiration from the book Slavery written by Stanley Elkins. Moynihan issued his research under the title The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, now commonly known as The Moynihan Report. Local New York City politics and academic career[edit] By the 1964 election, Moynihan was politically supporting Robert F. Nixon Administration[edit] US Ambassador[edit] Career in the Senate[edit]
What we really owe to Steve Jobs Apple Computer co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs introduces the all-new flat-panel iMac computer during his keynote speech at the MacWorld Expo in January 2002. Simon Garfield: New iPhone was introduced without Steve Jobs He says one of Jobs' great accomplishments was popularization of typefacesSuddenly consumers could express themselves through choice of fonts, he saysGarfield: Jobs has been an enduring tech inspiration Editor's note: Simon Garfield is the author of "JUST MY TYPE: A Book About Fonts", published by Gotham Books, a member of Penguin Group USA. London (CNN) -- With all the tributes to Steve Jobs, one thing tends to get forgotten: the man helped us write. Jobs was the first to give us a real choice of fonts, and thus the ability to express ourselves digitally with emotion, clarity and variety. He made Type Gods of us all. Simon Garfield And who did Jobs himself thank for this advance? Friends, colleagues remember Steve Jobs Jobs: 'You've got to find what you love'