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Modern Titans of Tech
Facebook, Twitter, Google, iPhone— they're the names of technologies so pervasive in our 21st century lives that we've started using them as verbs. Behind these technologies are individuals whose ingenuity and enterprising spirit have profoundly changed our lives. Far from being computer nerds, these tech geniuses are billionaire celebrities, household names and the subjects of hit movies. From Steve Jobs of Apple to Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook, here are the most famous modern titans of tech.
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Mark Zuckerberg
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Philanthropist / 1984 -
Web entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and CEO of the social networking site Facebook and one of the world's youngest billionaires.
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Bill Gates
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Bill Gates
Entrepreneur / 1955 -
Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen and became one of the richest men in the world.
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Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Inventor / 1955 - 2011
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak. Under his guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies including the iPhone and iPad.
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Sergey Brin
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Sergey Brin
Entrepreneur, Engineer / 1973 -
Sergey Brin created Google, the world's most popular search engine. Brin and Larry Page, Google's co-creator, still manage the company and are billionaires.
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Pierre Omidyar
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Pierre Omidyar
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist / 1967 -
Iranian-American economist Pierre Omidyar is best known as the founder and chairman of eBay, the online auction website.
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Jeff Bezos
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Jeff Bezos
Entrepreneur / 1964 -
Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com.
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