28  Nov
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc, which is famous for its macintosh computers, OS X operating system, and consumer and professional applications software, digital music revolution and iPhone. Steve Jobs innovative idea of a personal computer led him into revolutionizing the computer hardware and software industry. With Steve Wozniak- co founder of Apple, he created one of the first commercially personal computer. After struggle with the directors of Apple, he resigned from Apple and started NeXT computer platform development company. Later, the apple brought by NeXT company and make Steve as CEO of that company. He was also former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, which has created eight of the most successful and beloved animated films and largest individual shareholder of Walt Disney company. He is considered as the most remarkable person in computer and entertainment industries. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Justin and Clara. After school, Jobs attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard electronics firm in California. He also worked as a technician at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games. He creates a circuit board for the game breakout in Atari. In 1976, he founded Apple with Steve Wozniak. He is also a devotee of Beatles, pop and rock band troupe from Liverpool. He was listed as the most powerful business man of 2007 by Fortune Magazine. Steve grew up in Silicon Valley, and still lives there with his wife and three children.

Posted by bindu, filed under Famous personalities. Date: November 28, 2008, 1:21 am | 2 Comments »

27  Nov
Wen Jiabao

Wen Jiabao is the Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. He is also the secretary of the financial work committee of the CPC central committee. His populist approach to policy and his visible public masks has made him a very popular figure within China. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1965 and start his work in this party. He is a postgraduate and an Engineer. After gaining graduation in geomechanics in Beijing, he began his career in the Gansu geology bureau. He became the chief of that bureau and Vice-minister of Geology and Mineral Resources. He is the only Director of the Party’s General Office to have served under three general secretaries. When Wen was the head assistant to General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, he made the most significant recovery as a politician. He accompanied Zhao to see demonstrating students in Tiananmen Square. During 1965, he was a strong administrator and technocrat, has earned a reputation for meticulousness, competence, and a focus on tangible results. As premier, Wen gives importance to China’s economic reforms, public health and education. He is a good communicator and is known as a “man of the people.” His popularly increased when he visited the disaster area of Sichuan Earthquake just few hours after the disaster, and he became the executive director of the earthquake relief effort’s committee immediately following the disaster. He also has a face book profile in which he gathered more popular support than any other non-American leader on the social networking site.

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