Thursday, February 4, 2010
The Master Minds
Internet has become a main part of lives it plays a major role in todays world. it seems that without internet we can't live this can be an exaggeration but Internet has evolved gradually in past few decades. in day to day life in cyberspace we use Google, Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Blogger, Wordpress etc..but how many times do we think about the masterminds behind those unbelievable products. here's a brief summary of few of those masterminds :
Facebook : Mark Zukerburg
Becoming the world youngest Billionaire in January 2010 Zukerburg celebrates the 6th anniversary of Facebook today (Facebook was founded in 4th February 2004). He was one of the most influenced people in 2008 but still he is 25 years old, born in May 14, 1984. the idea Facebook came to him when he was in Harvard the idea was to publish an annual student directory with headshot photos of all students from then onwards it grows and grows now it has more than 350 millions of registered users.!!
Google :Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Google, the search engine giant and rankas the most visited web site in alexa, has been a changer of the world wide web. Larry Page(born in March 26, 1973) and Sergey Brin(born in August 21, 1973) founded it while they were in Stanford University. their goal was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful".
Apple : Steve Jobs
Without any doubt he is one of the best and greatest entrepreneurs in the world. he was born in 24 february 1955 and was able to create the first commercially successful personal computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. he was the most powerful business man in 2007 according to Fortune's magazine.
Microsoft : Bill Gates
there is no need to introduce this man because is one of the most famous people in the industry being the world richest person for long time he has shown his excellences. he dropped out from Harvard University and then founded Microsoft. now he has left Microsoft and founded Gates foundation with his wife and has become a philanthropist.he was named as one of the 100 most influenced people in 20th century.
Dell : Michael Dell
Dell is one of the largest PC vendors in the world, he first encountered with a computer when he was 15 when he broke down a PC and rebuild it. he dropped out from University of Texas at Austin when he was 19 to run PC's limited which later became the famous Dell Inc.
these are a handful of masterminds of the IT world there are a lot... but these people changed the world and made our lives easier...
Kesh,
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