Business @ the Speed of Thought
So where do you want to go tomorrow? That’s the question Bill Gates tries to answer in Business @ the Speed of Thought. Gates offers a 12-step program for companies wanting to do business in the next millennium. The book’s premise: Thanks to technology, the speed of business is accelerating at an ever-increasing rate, and to […]
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on January 12, 1964. Jeff’s father, Ted Jorgensen, was a unicyclist who had moved to Albuquerque from Colorado. Jeff’s mother, Jacklyn Gise Jorgensen, was an aspiring writer who stayed at home to raise Jeff and his younger brother Mark. Jeff showed an early interest in computers and […]
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison, October 2009 Born Lawrence Joseph Ellison August 17, 1944 (age 67) New York City, New York, U.S. Residence Woodside, California, U.S. Nationality American Alma mater University of Illinois at Urbana (Dropout) University of Chicago (Dropout) Occupation CEO of Oracle Corporation Known for Co-founder of Oracle Corporation Salary $73.2 M (2009) Net worth US$33 billion (2011) Religion […]
Elon Musk
Elon Musk was born on June 28, 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His father, Errol Musk, is a South African electromechanical engineer, pilot, and sailor. His mother, Maye Musk (née Haldeman), is a Canadian-born model and dietitian. He has a younger brother, Kimbal, and a younger sister, Tosca. Musk’s paternal grandfather was British, and he […]
Larry Page
Lawrence Edward Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist and internet entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. Page was the chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 (stepping down in favor of Eric Schmidt) then from April 2011 until July 2015 when he moved to become CEO of Alphabet Inc. (created to deliver “major […]
Bill Gates
Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Founder of Breakthrough Energy. Co-founder of Microsoft. Voracious reader. Avid traveler. Active blogger.