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Steve Jobs

Entrepreneur · Apple Inc. · born February 24, 1955 · died 2011

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Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 21Founded Apple Inc.April 1, 1976
  2. 22Notable work: Apple IIJune 10, 1977
  3. 27Notable work: Apple LisaJanuary 19, 1983
  4. ~30Received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation1985
  5. 30Founded NeXTJune 20, 1985
  6. 42Became CEO of Apple Inc.September 1, 1997
  7. 46Notable work: Mac OS X 10.0March 24, 2001

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Phil Knight
billionaire

Phil Knight

Entrepreneur · Nike · entertainment

1938 · United States

$35.4Breported estimate as of October 2025 · Forbes

Philip Hampson Knight is an American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc., a global sports footwear, equipment and apparel company. He was previously its chairman and CEO.

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Jan Koum
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Jan Koum

Scientist

1976 · United States

$16.1Bolder estimate, as of 2024 · Forbes

Jan Borysovych Koum is an American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion.

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Brian Schmidt
scientist

Brian Schmidt

Scientist

1967 · United States

Brian Paul Schmidt is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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David J. Wineland
scientist

David J. Wineland

Scientist

1944 · United States

David Jeffery Wineland is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations.

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Billy Zane
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Billy Zane

Actor

1966 · United States

William George Zane Jr. is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film Dead Calm (1989), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor.

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