Mark Zuckerberg
The 2010 film The Social Network showed Mark Zuckerberg’s compelling journey from Harvard student to revolutionizing world communication in his establishment of Facebook. While a student he designed a program for Harvard students where they could vote on fellow student’s attractiveness. It was called FaceMash and was the seed of a platform that would change and revolutionize social interactions globally.
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Mark dropped out of Harvard and Facebook went on to grow into a social network that has over 2 billion people. His personal net worth is over 34 billion dollars. Facebook is valued at over $200 billion, making Mark one of the youngest billionaires in the world.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple. In this current high tech age the iPhones, iPad, Mac computers and all other Apple products are synonymous with the latest in cutting edge technology when it comes to digital devices. The late entrepreneur left Reed College to start a small company in his garage, along with partner Steve Wozniak.
The Apple brand was born and prospered from its early days making Apple Macintosh computers to becoming a leader in the communications industry. Notably, Steve Jobs’ ambitions never included seeking personal riches but to work towards increasing the greater good in society.
Larry Ellison
You may not have heard of Larry Ellison but there is a good chance that you have heard of a computer program called Oracle. Born in the Bronx, New York, to single parent Florence, Larry was shipped off to go and live with an aunt and uncle when he was a child.
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Larry’s mother passed away when he was a student and he enrolled at the University of Chicago but dropped out after a semester. He went on to work from job to job before becoming a computer programmer and developing the Oracle software program. In 2014 Larry was listed as the 5th richest person in the world. His net worth is estimated to be over $50 billion.
