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Steve Jobs, Apple Maverick entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs
is the current grandmaster of technology. Business savvy and a risk taker, Jobs
is the visionary who redefined technology with world changing products like the
Personal Computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Whizkid Zuckerberg almost single handedly transformed
the Internet from a place people went to get information to a place they went to
meet each other. Facebook gave the virtual world a patina of humanity, the real
world a new medium of interpersonal relationships, and made Zuckerberg not only
this generation's phenomenon, but also the second youngest billionaire in the
world. Interesting fact: The youngest billionaire is Dustin Moskovitz co-founder
of Facebook and 8 days younger than Zuckerberg, his Harvard roommate
Bill Gates, Microsoft The Microsoft founder has passed the legion of supergeeks
into the pantheon of technological demi-gods. The richest man in the world from
1995 to 2007 is currently the second richest. He holds 8 percent of Microsoft
stock and now functions as the non-executive chairman of the company. Over the
years, Gates and wife Melinda have made philanthropy their primary concern and
recently pledged to give away at least half their fortune to charity with time.
Linus Torvalds, Linux This Finnish engineer is virtually unknown outside the
inner circles of technology, yet he is among the most influential figures in
software development. A believer in open source software, Torvalds initiated
thedevelopment of the Linux Kernel. He now acts as the coordinator of the
project. The Linux operating system runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the
world and a diverse range of hardware including the smallest of devices. A
modified version of the Linux kernel powers the ubiqitous Android OS
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google Co-founders of internet behemoth Google,
Larry Page and Sergey Brin ran Google from a rented garage in 1998. Twelve years
later, Google has left it's Silicon Valley startup past way behind to become the
world's largest media corporation.
Evan Williams, Twitter Blogger Virtually unknown in the real world, this college
drop-out created two key communication technologies that shaped the Internet
Blogger and Twitter. He no longer works at Twitter but he's left an indelible
handprint on the cyberworld.
Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo Even if you've never played a video game, chances are
you've heard of Super Mario Bros. Shigeru Miyamoto is the Japanese game designer
behind popular Nintendo titles like Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and
the grand old man of gaming, Mario.
Jeffrey Bezos, Amazon In 1994, this Princeton graduate started Amazon.com from
his garage in Seattle and changed the face of online retail forever. He began
with selling books online but soon diversified into, well, almost everything.
Amazon made him a billionaire as well as Time magazine's person of the year in
1999.
Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web 20 years ago British physicist and computer
scientist Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, the first web browser and the
first web server. This man is the reason we can access webpages and surf the
Internet using browsers today. (Photo: AP)
Akio Morita, Sony Former naval officer Akio Morita left his family business of
sake, miso and soy sauce to co-found Sony Corporation in 1946. Most of Sony's
path-breaking products like magnetic tapes, tape recorders, pocket-sized radios,
the Walkman and the Discman were developed under his leadership. (Photo: AP)
11th Man: Woz The other Steve who founded Apple with Steve Jobs was Steve
Wozniak. Affectionately called Woz, he has been credited with developing the
Apple I and Apple II computers in the 1970s. He no longer works full time with
Apple, but is still a shareholder and employee of the company.
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