Mark Zuckerberg
Together with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, Zuckerberg launched Facebook from Harvard's dormitory rooms.[8] The group then introduced Facebook onto other campuses nationwide and moved to Palo Alto, California shortly afterwards. In 2007, at the age of 23, Zuckerberg became a billionaire as a result of Facebook's success. The number of Facebook users worldwide reached a total of one billion in 2012. Zuckerberg was involved in various legal disputes that were initiated by others in the group, who claimed a share of the company based upon their involvement during the development phase of Facebook. Early life At Ardsley High School, Zuckerberg excelled in classics. Software developer Early years According to writer Jose Antonio Vargas, "some kids played computer games. College years We had books called Face Books, which included the names and pictures of everyone who lived in the student dorms.
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Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (Swedish: [ˈliːn.ɵs ˈtuːr.valds] ( Biography[edit] Early years[edit] Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland. Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki between 1988 and 1996, graduating with a master's degree in computer science from NODES research group.[8] His academic career was interrupted after his first year of study when he joined the Finnish Army, selecting the 11-month officer training program to fulfill the mandatory military service of Finland. His interest in computers began with a Commodore VIC-20.[12] After the VIC-20 he purchased a Sinclair QL, which he modified extensively, especially its operating system. Later years[edit] After a visit to Transmeta in late 1996,[3] Torvalds accepted a position at the company in California, where he would work from February 1997 until June 2003. From 1997 to 1999 he was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix. The Linus/Linux connection[edit] Authority and trademark[edit]
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]
Joshua Benton » Blog Archive » TEA: Agency officials got friends contracts; Exclusive: Neeley’s likely successor, foundation adviser are named
By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A An internal investigation has found that top officials at the Texas Education Agency improperly steered state work to their friends. The report from the agency’s inspector general says that the problems lead all the way up to TEA’s deputy commissioner, Robert Scott, the likely choice to succeed Shirley Neeley as education commissioner. Investigators also found that a consultant for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation had an unusual influence over how grant money was divvied up. “These contracts were not competitively bid,” the report states. Mr. “I did not tell anyone to hire anyone,” Mr. The report’s timing is awkward for the agency. Unless Mr. A TEA spokeswoman said a number of agency officials shared Mr. “There are staff named in this report who believe there are factual inaccuracies in it,” spokeswoman Debbie Graves Ratcliffe said. The 23-page report details problems in six grant programs run by the agency. Mr. Mr. For the past several years, Mr. Mr.
Steve Jobs
American business magnate (1955–2011) Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. He is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs was born in San Francisco to a Syrian father and German-American mother. In 1985, Jobs was forced out of Apple after a long power struggle with the company's board and its then-CEO, John Sculley. Background Family Abdulfattah "John" Jandali was born and raised in an Arab Muslim household in Homs, Syria. Early life —Steve Jobs, 1995[12] Childhood —Steve Jobs Homestead High Reed College Pre-Apple
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