Jack Dorsey (born November 19, 1976) is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur widely known as a co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and as the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company. In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. For 2012, The Wall Street Journal gave him the "Innovator of the Year Award" for technology.
Early life:
Dorsey was born and raised in St. Louis, the son of Marcia (Smith) and Tim Dorsey. He is of part Italian descent. His father worked for a company that developed mass spectrometers and his mother was a homemaker. He was raised Catholic, and his uncle is a Catholic priest in Cincinnati. He went to Catholic high school, at Bishop DuBourg High School.
By age fourteen, Dorsey had become interested in dispatch routing. Some of the open source software he created in the area of dispatch logistics is still used by many taxi cab companies. Dorsey attended the Missouri University of Science and Technology before subsequently transferring to New York University, but he dropped out. He first came up with the idea that became Twitter at New York University. While working on dispatching as a programmer, he later moved to California.
In Oakland in 2000, Dorsey started his company to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the Web. His other projects and ideas at this time included networks of medical devices and a "frictionless service market". In July 2000, building on dispatching and inspired in part by LiveJournal and possibly by AOL Instant Messenger, he had the idea for a Web-based realtime status/short message communication service.
When he first saw implementations of instant messaging, Dorsey wondered whether the software's user status output could be shared among friends easily. He approached Odeo, which at the time happened to be interested in text messaging. Dorsey and Biz Stone decided that SMS text suited the status message idea, and built a prototype of Twitter in about two weeks. The idea attracted many users at Odeo and investment from Evan Williams who had left Google after selling Pyra Labs and Blogger.
Twitter:
Williams, Stone and Noah Glass co-founded Obvious Corporation, which then spun off Twitter Inc. with Dorsey as the CEO. As chief executive officer, Dorsey saw the startup through two rounds of funding by the venture capitalists who backed the company. He reportedly lost his position for leaving work early to enjoy other pursuits such as yoga and fashion design.
As the service began to grow in popularity, Dorsey chose the improvement of uptime as top priority, even over creating revenue – which, as of 2008, Twitter was not designed to earn. Dorsey described the commercial use of Twitter and its API as two things that could lead to paid features. He describes his three guiding principles, which he says are shared by the company, as simplicity, constraint and craftsmanship.
On October 16, 2008, Williams took over the role of CEO, while Dorsey became chairman of the board. On March 28, 2011, Dorsey returned to Twitter as Executive Chairman after Dick Costolo replaced Williams as the CEO. On June 10, 2015, Costolo announced that he was resigning as CEO of Twitter effective July 1, 2015. Dorsey would assume the post of Interim CEO upon Costolo's departure. He was named permanent CEO of Twitter on October 5, 2015. On the day after the controversy about Twitter's new algorithms for tweets, Dorsey responded to the trend saying it was only a hoax.
In May 2016, Dorsey announced that Twitter would not count photos and links in the 140-character limit to free up more space for text. This move was an attempt to entice new users since the number of tweets per day was at an all-time low of about 300 million in January 2016 compared to about 500 million in September 2013 and its peak of 661 million in August 2014.
Dorsey developed a small business platform to accept debit and credit card payments on a mobile device called Square, released in May 2010. The small, square-shaped device attaches to iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Android devices via the headphone jack, and as a mini card reader allows a person to swipe their card, choose an amount to transfer to the recipient and then sign their name for confirmation. Square is also a system for sending paperless receipts via text message or email, and is available as a free app for iOS and Android OS. The company grew from 10 employees in December 2009 to over a hundred employees by June 2011. Square's office is located on Market Street in San Francisco. In September 2012, Business Insider magazine valued Square Inc. at $3.2 billion. Dorsey is CEO of Square, Inc. On October 14, 2015, Square filed for an IPO to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Jack Patrick Dorsey is CEO of Twitter. He was born in November 19, 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the son of Tim and Marcia Dorsey. He is of English and Italian descent. While dealing with dispatching as a software engineer, Dorsey moved to California. In 2000, Dorsey began his organization in Oakland to dispatch messengers, taxicabs, and crisis administrations from the Web. In July 2000, expanding on dispatching and propelled partially by LiveJournal and by AOL Instant Messenger, he had the thought for a Web-based real time status/short message communication service.
His dad worked for an organization that created mass spectrometers and his mom was a homemaker. He was raised Catholic, and his uncle is a Catholic minister in Cincinnati. Dorsey enlisted at the University of Missouri–Rolla in 1995 and went to for two plus years prior to moving to New York University in 1997, however he exited two years after the fact, one semester short of graduating. He concocted the possibility that in the long run became Twitter while learning at NYU. In 2012, Dorsey moved to the Sea Cliff neighbourhood of San Francisco.
Williams, Stone and Noah Glass helped to establish Obvious Corporation, which then, at that point turned off Twitter, Inc., with Dorsey as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As CEO, Dorsey saw the start up through two rounds of financing by venture capitalists. He supposedly lost his position for going home ahead of schedule to appreciate different pursuits, for example, yoga and style plan. On 16th October, 2008, Williams took over as CEO, while Dorsey became executive of the board. In May 2016, Dorsey reported that Twitter would not include photographs and connections in the 140-character cutoff to let loose more space for text. This was an endeavor to allure new clients, since the quantity of tweets each day had dropped to around 300 million in January 2016 from around 500 million in September 2013 and its peak of 661 million in August 2014.
He is the founder of Enterprise Rent-a-Car Company. He used to be a fighter jet pilot in World War II. He is now involved in philanthropic work, making donations to institutions like the Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
James E. "Jim" Thompson, GBS (born January 14, 1940) is the founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group.
Early life and education:
Thompson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and raised in Bayonne. His father was in the United States Navy and Thompson visited and lived in many places during his childhood, including Guam. He eventually made his way to California and attended San Jose State University. While studying at San Jose State University, Thompson was a brother of Alpha Tau Omega (Epsilon Chi Chapter). After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, Thompson formed what is now known as The Crown Worldwide Group.
Career:
Thompson established Crown's first operation in 1965. Thompson was living in Japan at the time and recognized the need for an international moving service. With only US$1,000 in his bank account, he established Transport Services International in Yokohama. In 1970, the company expanded into Hong Kong and thereafter into other Asia Pacific locations. In 1975, Transport Services International became Crown Pacific, and by the early 1980s was established as the leading moving company in Asia. In later years, offices were established across America, Australasia and Europe, and the company was renamed Crown Worldwide Group.
Thompson was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, which is presented to eminent persons in Hong Kong who have given distinguished service to the community or who have rendered public or voluntary service of a very high degree of merit.
Organizations and charity work:
Lt. Gen Ma Chhoeun, adviser to the Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen; Thompson and his sister, Hazel Joyce, honoring their mother Sadie
Following the opening of Crown’s facility in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thompson and his wife Sally traveled to the region, where it was brought to their attention that the village of Proa Chum needed a school. Thompson contacted the Cambodian government and agreed to provide the funds for a school, requesting that it be named in his mother's honor. Early in 2008, Thompson announced the official opening of the Hun Sen Proa Chum Primary School in Phnom Penh.
Proa Chum Primary School:
Thompson is a member of the International Advisory Board of the San Jose State University Business School and serves as the chairman of HKTDC (Hong Kong Trade Development Council) Logistics Services Advisory Committee (where he also served as a council member from 2002 to 2004). He also served as a board member of Ocean Park Corporation for six years, a nature-themed amusement park with a mission to assist in the understanding and practice of wildlife conservation. Although Thompson retired from this post in June 2009, Crown continues to support Ocean Park through a variety of charitable activities and services.
Thompson is also a non-executive director of the board of The Wharf (Holdings), a member of the Investment Promotion Ambassador Scheme, as well as the Hong Kong Trade and Industry Advisory Board (TIAB) and the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) Advisory Committee on Corruption. He also served two terms as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong from 2002–2003.
Additionally, Thompson serves as a member of the Hong Kong Forum and Vision 2047 which are organizations that actively discuss Hong Kong issues with visiting politicians, journalists and academics. He is also a member of the board of the Hong Kong-America Centre and has been a delegate representing Hong Kong on numerous Hong Kong Trade Development Council trade missions around the world.
Thompson is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care, is an advisory board member of The Salvation Army and a trustee of Outward Bound Hong Kong. He currently chairs the annual Hike for Hospice charity event.
Thompson and his wife, Sally, are also very active in the Changing Young Lives Foundation and have chaired and organized several fund raising events. Formerly known as Save the Children Hong Kong, Changing Young Lives is a long-established charity organization based in Hong Kong, with a focus on helping children.
James Howard Goodnight (born January 6, 1943) is an American businessman and software programmer. He and several other faculty members of North Carolina State University left the university in 1976 to co-found SAS Institute. Since the first day of incorporation (July 1, 1976) he has served as the company's CEO. His leadership style and the work environment he created at SAS, now a multibillion-dollar company, have been studied by other businesses and by academics.
Early life and career:
Goodnight was born to Albert Goodnight and Dorothy Patterson in Salisbury, NC, on January 6, 1943. He lived in Greensboro, NC, until he was 12, when his family moved to Wilmington. In his youth, he often worked at his father's hardware store. Mathematics and chemistry were Goodnight's strongest subjects in school, thanks in part, he says, to a "wonderful chemistry teacher" at New Hanover High School.
Goodnight's career with computers began when he took a computer course his sophomore year at North Carolina State University. At the time, he said, “a light went on, and I fell in love with making machines do things for other people.” The following summer he got a job writing software programs for the agricultural economics department. With contributions from other alumni, Goodnight was responsible for the construction of a new fraternity house in 2002.
Goodnight received a Master's in statistics in 1968. While working on his Master's, his curiosity was piqued over the prospect of a man being sent to the moon. His programming skills helped him land a position at a company building electronic equipment for the ground stations that communicated with the Apollo space capsules. While working on the Apollo program, Goodnight experienced a work environment that had an annual turnover rate of approximately 50 percent. This shaped his views on corporate culture and his future role as an employer. Goodnight returned to North Carolina State University after working on the Apollo project. He earned a PhD in statistics with thesis titled Quadratic unbiased estimation of variance components in linear models with an emphasis on the one-way classification under the supervision of Robert James Monroe and became a faculty member from 1972 to 1976.
Career:
Goodnight joined another faculty at North Carolina State in a research project to create a general purpose statistical analysis system (SAS) for analyzing agricultural data. The project was operated by a consortium of eight land-grant universities and funded primarily by the USDA. Goodnight along with another faculty member Anthony James Barr became project leaders for the development of the early version of SAS. When the software had 100 customers in 1976, Goodnight and three others from the University left the college to form SAS Institute in an office across the street.
Goodnight remained CEO of SAS Institute for more than 35 years as the company grew from $138,000 its first year in business, to $420 million in 1993 and $2.43 billion by 2010. Under his leadership, the company grew each year. Goodnight became known for creating and defending SAS’ corporate culture, often described by the media as "utopian." He rejected acquisition offers and chose against going public to protect the company's work environment. Goodnight has maintained a flat organizational structure with about 27 people who report directly to him and three organizational layers.
Goodnight at the World Economic Forum in Cologny, Geneva.
HSM Global described Goodnight's leadership style in a framework of three pillars: "help employees do their best work by keeping them intellectually challenged and by removing distractions; Make managers responsible for sparking creativity; eliminate arbitrary distinctions between 'suits' and 'creatives'; Engage customers as creative partners to help deliver superior products."
In 2004, Goodnight was named a Great American Business Leader by Harvard; that same year he was named one of America's 25 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs by Inc. Magazine. He has also been a frequent speaker and participant at the World Economic Forum.
Personal:
Goodnight met his wife, Ann, while he was a senior at North Carolina State University and she was attending Meredith College. They have three children. Goodnight was America's 61st richest individual, with a net worth of approximately $7.3 billion, as of 2014.
Goodnight has an interest in improving the state of education, particularly elementary and secondary education. In 1996, Goodnight and his wife, along with his business partner, John Sall and his wife Ginger, founded an independent prep school Cary Academy. Both of the Goodnights are also involved in the local Cary, NC, community. He owns Prestonwood Country Club and The Umstead Hotel and Spa situated on the edge of the SAS campus. His wife also opened An Cuisines, an Asian fusion restaurant in Cary, NC.
James Michael Lafferty was born into the world in 1963. He is an American finance manager, speaker, advisor, clinician, and web-based media influencer. He is referred to for his account of beginning as a wellness coach in the Procter and Gamble Company in 1984 and advancing through showcasing to turn into a division CEO for P&G, Coca-Cola, and British American Tobacco. He is additionally an Olympic games mentor, featured subject matter expert and coach, journalist, and ladies' privileges advocate. Further, he is a long distance runner, a privileged mentor, and specialist at the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association, and on the leading group of the Medical Wellness Association. He upholds Filipino vagrants and ladies' strengthening programs all throughout the planet. He changed the Management Board of Fine Hygienic Holding, where he as of now fills in as the CEO, to incorporate 30% female individuals.
Lafferty moved on from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1981. He moved on from the University of Cincinnati with a four year certification in brain science and physiology (1985). James Michael Lafferty is hitched to Carol Lafferty and has five kids - Michael, Morgan, Kristen, John-Patrick, and Kenji. Kenji is Lafferty's just embraced youngster. Kenji was a neglected Filipino vagrant, and after a time of child care with the Lafferty family, was authoritatively received by them.
Lafferty got going his profession as a corporate wellness coach. As an expert olympic style sports mentor, he has trained Olympic-level olympic style sports competitors in the United States, Nigeria, and the Philippines for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. He likewise instructed the Nigerian long distance race group in the 2012 London Olympics.
He instructed 3-time Olympian long jumper, Marestella Sunang who got back from labor in 2014 to establish another public record in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and furnished her with a group specialist, strength mentor, masseuse, dietician and sports therapist, among others. Lafferty has likewise trained Ernest Obiena, Esther Obiekwe, and Kristy Abello - all public level competitors in their different countries. He has helped to establish a long distance race named, "The Bull Runner Dream Marathon" which happens each year.
James Michael Lafferty is right now the CEO of Fine Hygienic Holding. He joined the FHH Board of Directors and formally started his obligations as the CEO in April 2018.
Lafferty started his profession in 1985 with Procter and Gamble, running through different vital positions of authority that incorporate General Manager for the Near East locale, Chief Executive Officer of P&G for Poland and the Baltic States, Vice President of Paper in Western Europe, and CEO of the organization's activities in the Philippines.
After Procter and Gamble, Lafferty proceeded with his profession venture as the CEO of Coca-Cola Nigeria and as the CEO of British American Tobacco in the Philippines. He additionally functioned as an advisor for P&G, Coca-Cola, HP, Newell Rubbermaid, Nestlé, Microsoft, Intuit, L'Oreal, General Electric, Hershey, Wal-Mart and numerous other Fortune 500 organizations. Lafferty has been granted CEO of the year 8 separate occasions in his profession by different associations and government-partnered relationship, starting at 2021. Lafferty is the victor of the 2019 Burj CEO Of the year Middle East Award just as GCC 2019 CEO of the year, and Daman Corporate Health and Wellness Visionary 2019 Award. He has been recorded in the 2019 Top 50 International CEOs list by Forbes Middle East.
James P. Gorman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley. He was formerly Co-President and Co-Head of Strategic Planning at the firm.
Business career:
James P. Gorman joined Morgan Stanley in February 2006 as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Group (GWMG). In October 2007, Gorman took on the additional role of Co-Head of Strategic Planning with Chief Financial Officer Colm Kelleher. In December 2007, he was named Co-President of Morgan Stanley, along with Walid Chammah, with the day-to-day responsibility for Wealth Management and Asset Management. In September 2009, it was announced he would become CEO of Morgan Stanley in January 2010. He also assumed the title of Chairman in January 2012 following the retirement of John J. Mack. Press reports indicate his compensation as Chairman and CEO was $9.75 million for 2012, with the New York Times reporting an increase to $18 million in 2013.
In 2009, he helped create the largest wealth management platform globally when he led the merger and integration of Morgan Stanley’s wealth management business with Citi’s Smith Barney business. Structured as a staggered acquisition, Morgan Stanley purchased the remainder of the joint venture in June 2013, and is a global leader in wealth management with over 16,000 financial advisors and $1.8 trillion in client assets.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in February 2006, Gorman held a succession of executive positions at Merrill Lynch, including leading from 2001 to 2005 the company’s U.S. and, subsequently, global private client businesses. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1999 as Chief Marketing Officer, and also served as head of Strategy and Research. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Gorman served as a senior partner of McKinsey & Company, where he was a member of the financial services practice, and as an attorney in Melbourne.
In 2014 he was included in the 50 Most Influential ranking of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
Personal life:
A native of Australia, Gorman attended Xavier College, and earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, where he was a residential member and president of Newman College. In 1982 he joined law firm Phillips Fox and Masel (now DLA Phillips Fox) before heading to the United States to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. While at Columbia he was a resident at International House of New York.
Among his civic activities, Gorman serves on the Federal Advisory Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School, the Monetary Authority of Singapore International Advisory Panel, the Financial Services Forum, the Boards of the Partnership for New York City, and the Institute of International Finance. He formerly co-chaired the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and served on the board and as Chairman (2006) of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in Washington, D.C..
Gorman lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, with his wife of over 20 years, Penny, and their two children. His daughter Caroline Gorman is in the band Madness and the Film.
James Patrick Gorman was born in14 July 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Australian-American agent who is the administrator and CEO of Morgan Stanley. He was once Co-President and Co-Head of Strategic Planning at the firm. In 2014 he was remembered for the 50 Most Influential positioning of Bloomberg markets Magazine. In September 2009, it was declared he would become CEO of Morgan Stanley in January 2010.
He is one of 10 children. He was educate at Xavier College, and procured his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, where he was a private part and leader of Newman College. Gorman is a double resident of Australia and the United States and lives in Manhattan. He has two grown-up youngsters. Gorman procured $27 million out of 2019.
In 1982 he joined law office Phillips Fox and Masel (presently DLA Piper) prior to going to the United States to acquire a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. In 1999, he joined Merrill Lynch in the recently made part of head advertising official. He likewise joined the 19-part chief administration committee. Within two years, he was responsible for Merrill's financier business. Gorman left Merrill in February 2006 to join Morgan Stanley as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Group (GWMG). In 2009, he made the biggest abundance the executive’s stage around the world when he drove the consolidation and joining of Morgan Stanley's abundance the board business with Citi's Smith Barney business. Organized as an amazed procurement, Morgan Stanley bought the rest of the joint endeavor in June 2013, and is a worldwide forerunner in abundance the executives with more than 16,000 monetary consultants and $1.8 trillion in customer resources.
James Robert B. Quincey was born into the world in 8th January 1965 in London, England, and lived in Hanover, New Hampshire, US for a three years when his dad was a teacher in biochemistry at Dartmouth College. Is a British financial specialist situated in the United States? In the wake of beginning his profession at Bain and Co, he joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1996 and was subsequently named chief operating officer (COO). He is presently the administrator and (CEO) at the organization.
Quincey and his wife Jacqui have two youngsters child, they are live in Atlanta, Georgia. By age five, they had moved to Birmingham, England. He attended King Edward's School, Birmingham and has a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the University of Liverpool. He is fluent in Spanish.
Subsequent to working with Bain & Co and a small consultancy, he joined Coca-Cola in 1996.With Coke he has lived in Latin America and worked for Coke in Mexico, where he drove the procurement of Jugos del Valle. He was leader of the Northwest Europe and Nordics Business Unit from 2008 until 2012. In 2013, he became leader of Coca-Cola's Europe GroupWhen he was working with Coke from the beginning, Bloomberg says he was instrumental in getting the organization to sell smallest parts.
He is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund company. He is a trustee of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Institute for Advanced Study at Rockefeller University and the Mathematical Research Institute at Berkeley. He is also a board member at the MIT.