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George Soros [a] HonFBA (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is a Hungarian-American [b] businessman, investor, and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, [11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.
Barton, raised in New Canaan, Connecticut, is the son of a teacher and mechanical engineer. [7] He graduated from Stanford University in 1989 with a degree in engineering. He first worked for Alliance Consulting Group, and in 1991, began working for Microsoft as product manager for MS-DOS 5.0.
Ray sold the company to Microsoft in December 2015 with the intent to bring Talko's novel voice and productivity features to Microsoft's Skype. [6] In 2013, Ozzie joined the board of directors at Hewlett-Packard, and continues to serve as a director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. He joined the board of Safecast in 2017.
J Allard (born James Allard, on January 12, 1969 in Glens Falls, New York) [1] is an American businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Project 529, [2] a company that builds software for cyclists and law enforcement.
The following year, his net worth increased by 66.66% to $2.5 billion. [200] From 2005 to 2007, he quadrupled his net worth to $8.7 billion. [201] After the financial crisis and succeeding economic recession, his net worth would decrease to $6.8 billion—a 17.7% drop. [202] [203] His wealth rose by 85.2% in 2010, leaving him with $12.6 billion ...
Shirley started 25-year tenure at Radio Shack as a store department manager [1] in Boston before the company's acquisition by the Tandy Corporation in 1963. [2] Tandy Corporation founder Charles Tandy sent Shirley to open the first Radio Shack stores in California, then later sent him to Brussels, Belgium, to open the first European stores [3] as merchandising vice president. [1]
Altman was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, [7] [8] into a Jewish family, [9] and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.His mother is a dermatologist, while his father was a real estate broker.
Until early 2008, Raikes was the president of the Microsoft Business Division and oversaw the Information Worker, Server & Tools Business and Microsoft Business Solutions Groups. [7] He joined Microsoft in 1981 as a product manager. [7] He retired from Microsoft in September 2008, after a transitional period, to join the Gates Foundation. [8]