Success is a very relative term for all of us but there are certain names who are not only influential all around the globe but are also famous for the struggle for being what they are. Every big name has a story attached with his name and has something different to offer. These names keep on shifting with passage of time but they sure do stuff that leaves their name in history books for years to come. This is a brief introduction to few of such personalities. 1. Steve Jobs Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields, transforming “one industry after another, from computers and smart phones to music and movies Unfortunately this man is no more among us and died recently after leaving the post of CEO of Apple Company. His early death and retirement made him the front cover of so many magazines but his contributions were far above this fiasco. He launched Macintosh in 1984 through the plate form of Apple Inc.
In the same era he gave the world concept of ‘desktop publishing’ along with laser printer and personal computer networking. He gave new concepts in computer animated films after he was fired from apple at the age of 33. This gave him a new direction and ambition and his comeback was even a greater success story to go down in books. He returned to apple in 1997 and changed the dynamics of company. He made sure that music, Hollywood, TV are all combined together in one iTunes Music Store which was the main focus of his work. With the huge success of pple store he also stepped into the world of cellular telephone with introducing iPhone which is the symbol of style and excellence in modern world. 2. Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian American media mogul. Murdoch became managing director of Australia’s News, inherited from his father, in 1952. He is the founder, Chairman and CEO of global media holding company News Corporation, the world’s second-largest media conglomerate. Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and CEO of News Corp. a global force in print media, television, film making and even online with their own website, My space.
Rupert Murdoch wanted success and he wanted it real bad. He started his carrier in 1953 with the control of 2 newspapers in Australia. Murdoch expanded to Britain in 1960’s, USA in 70’s and conquered Asian market in 1990’s. In Britain he own the biggest newspaper, the sun and New York Post and Fox News come under his wings in USA. This surely makes him one of the most important people in these countries not just for the investment but for the power of press he holds in his hands. Today he is in his late 70’s and is at height of his power.
Want he wants to achieve next is something that would put him the big boss of news world media around the world. He intends to create globe-spanning financial news powerhouse. This stimulates so many people from his opposition but the big question would still remain that if he would be able to have final high score. 3. Lloyd Blankfein Lloyd Craig Blankfein (born September 20, 1954) is an American business executive. He is the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs. He has been in this position since the May 31, 2006 nomination of former CEO Henry Paulson as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President George.
Wall Street firms have been falling all over in recent times. This have not been so well for some of the biggest tycoons around but there is one person who has been making money throughout this period, the smart Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs. According to the current statistics, his earnings per share almost doubled from the prior year, and return on equity was 36. 6%. Its has not been long since he took over the bank but has managed to pull out the firm from thick and thin that had been created in recent times.
As results of his effort and brilliance, Goldman stays to be the smartest and most highly earning bank around the street 4. Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin Eric Emerson Schmidt Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American software engineer, businessman, and the Executive Chairman of Google. In 2012, Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 138th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $7. 5 billion. Early in his career, Schmidt co-authored the lex analysis software program for the Unix computer operating system.
From 1997 to 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of Novell. From 2001 to 2011, he served as the CEO of Google. Schmidt served on the board of directors of Apple Inc. He also sat on the boards of trustees for both Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University. Lawrence “Larry” Page Lawrence “Larry” Page (born March 26, 1973) is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google. On April 4, 2011, he took on the role of chief executive officer of Google, replacing Eric Schmidt.
As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20. 3 billion, ranking him #13 on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He is the inventor of PageRank, which became the foundation of Google’s search ranking algorithm. Together, Brin and Page own about 16 percent of the company’s stock. Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (born August 21, 1973) is a Russian-born American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the most profitable Internet companies. As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20. 3 billion.
Together, Brin and Page own about 16 percent of the company. Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from the Soviet Union at the age of six. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps by studying mathematics, as well as computer science. After graduation, he moved to Stanford to acquire a Ph. D. in computer science. There he met Larry Page, with whom he later became friends. They crammed their dormitory room with inexpensive computers and applied Brin’s data mining system to build a superior search engine.
The program became popular at Stanford and they suspended their PhD studies to start up Google in a rented garage. The Economist magazine referred to Brin as an “Enlightenment Man”, and someone who believes that “knowledge is always good, and certainly always better than ignorance”, a philosophy that is summed up by Google’s motto “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful and “Don’t be evil” It was widely said that Google’s 34 year old CEO’s won’t be able to resist the pressure that it takes to run such a huge company.
Well the critics would have fallen flat on their face once they would have seen the success combined with management skills from CEO and President of Google. They are not just stopping at billionaires. They have set the aims and targets high to make a bigger changes and influence more people around the globe for what they have been doing. They have set their aims at working of mobile phones, locating people, fixing climate change and making us realize the importance of all these changes, something that holds the very basic fabric around us.
They have built Ad Words and they have even bought Youtube which shows their long term plan to take over the internet world. 5. BILL GATES William Henry “Bill” Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American programmer, inventor, business magnate and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.
He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6. 4 percent of the common stock. He has also authored and co-authored several books. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution.
Gates has been criticized for his business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts. In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000. Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect.
In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates’s last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman. Bill gates is Founder, chairman of Microsoft; founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation but more importantly he is an iconic person in the field of technology and business leadership.
World would never be able to thank him for his work on development of software, PC industry and transforming people communication with multiple features and transformations in Windows. He is a self made person who started from scratch and turned out to be one of the biggest giants ever. He has donated an endowment of $33 billion towards his foundations and is expected to get even more to work against poverty and hunger around the globe making him different among the top Businessmen.
