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« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2013, 02:09:30 AM »

12. Sabeer Bhatia - Hotmail.
 Sabeer Bhatia founded Hotmail in which the uppercase  letters spelling out HTM - the language used to write the base of a webpage. He got in the news when he sold the free e-mailing service, Hotmail to Microsoft, for $400 million. He was awarded the "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Draper Fisher Jurvertson in 1998 and was noted by TIME as one of the "People to Watch" in international business in 2002. His most exciting acquisition of 2009 was Jaxtyr which he
believes is set to overtake Skype in terms of free global calling.


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« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2013, 02:10:19 AM »

13. Matt Drudge - The Drudge Report.
Matt Drudge started the news aggregation website The Drudge Report. It gained popularity when he was the first outlet to break the news that later became the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2013, 02:11:17 AM »

14. Larry Page and Sergey Brin  - Google (wikipedia)
Larry Page and Sergey Brin changed the way we search and use the Internet. They worked as a seamless team at the top of the search giant. Their company grew rapidly every year since it began. Page and Brin started with their own funds, but, the site quickly outgrew their own existing resources. They later obtained private investments through Stanford. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and their company Google, continue to favor engineering over business.

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« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2013, 02:11:58 AM »

15. Bill Gates - Microsoft
Bill Gates founded the software company called "Micro-Soft," a combination of "microcomputer software." Later on, Bill Gates developed a new GUI (Graphical User Interface) for a disk operating system. He called this new style Windows. He has all but accomplished his famous mission statement, to put "a computer on every desk and  in every home," at least, in developed countries.

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« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2013, 02:12:31 AM »

16. Steve Jobs - Apple
Steve Jobs innovative idea of a personal computer led him into revolutionizing the computer hardware and software industry. The Apple founder changed the way we work, play and communicate. He made simple and uncluttered
web design stylish. The story of Apple and Steve Jobs is about determination, creative genius, pursuit of innovation with passion and purpose.

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« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2013, 02:13:19 AM »

17. Brad Fitzpatrick - LiveJournal
Brad Fitzpatrick created LiveJournal, one of the earliest blogging platforms. He is seen on the Internet under the nickname bradfitz. He is also the author of a variety of free software projects such as memcached, used on LiveJournal,
Facebook and YouTube. LiveJournal continues today as an online community where people can share updates on their lives via diaries and blogs.Members connect by creating a "friends list" that links to their pals' recent entries.



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