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Bonnie Chiu : The social entrepreneur who changed the concept of women empowerment
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Bonnie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lensational, a company that uses photography to empower women. Bonnie has won awards for Lensational in social venture competitions all over the world, including in Amsterdam, Seoul, and Melbourne. She is also one of the 15 students endorsed by the London School of Economics for the Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa, which will allow her to bring her social enterprise, Lensational, to Europe. Bonnie's Lensational has been featured in the Guardian, TEDx, Mashable, and the South China Morning Post.
Vera Ellen Wang | The leading fashion designer who balances modern designs with traditional elegance
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Vera Ellen Wang was born in New York City, New York, on June 27, 1949. Wang was raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side as the daughter of affluent Chinese immigrants and had a privileged childhood. Her mother, Florence Wu, worked for the United Nations as a translator, and her father, Cheng Ching Wang, a graduate of Yanjing University and MIT, was the owner of a pharmaceutical company.
Ken Langone: From plumber's son to Home Depot co-founder
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In the year 2020, Homes Depot was ranked at 26th position among the list of Fortune 500. On the other hand, Ken Langone stood at 154th position in the list of Forbes 400 in the year 2020 and stands at 608 among the top Billionaires list of Forbes in 2021.
Kenny Troutt : The son of bartender who became self-made billionaire
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Troutt is the 13th Triple Crown winner, and has won the Kentucky Derby twice, the Preakness Stakes once, and the Belmont Stakes three times. He is the owner of Justify, the 13th Triple Crown champion. Troutt, a big Republican supporter, has contributed to American Crossroads which is a US Super PAC that raises funds from donors to advocate for certain candidates of the Republican Party. Preston Troutt, Troutt's son, has likewise donated to Republican candidates.
Savitri Jindal : Meet the richest Indian woman
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Savitri Jindal, the world's seventh-richest mother, is also a homemaker and the matriarch of the Jindal family, which controls the Jindal group. She is the mother of nine children. She has had a successful career both as a politician as well as a social activist.
Jeremy Lamri : The young entrepreneur who built an open human resource ecosystem
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Monkey tie takes into account the personality and interests of candidates to enable recruiters to identify people who share a genuine affinity with the culture of their organisation. Jeremy Lamri was born in 1983 and holds a BSc in applied physics from Oxford University and an MSc in sustainability management from HEC Paris Business School.
Stacey Boyed : The serial entrepreneur who founded philanthropic e-commerce platform Olivela
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Unlike many well-intentioned fashion and accessory firms that make significant contributions, Olivela was built to prioritise impact, which has expedited its growth. Stacey Boyd became a social entrepreneur after getting her MBA and master's in public policy from Harvard University in 1997. She founded a number of enterprises that merged her commercial abilities with social good.
Shiv Nadar: The tech billionaire who made HCL a globally recognised IT brand
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Nadar was born in 1945 in a small village called Moolaipozhi Village in Tamil Nadu. His mother, Vamasundari Devi, is the sister of S. P. Adithanar, founder of Daily Thanthi newspaper. His father, Sivasubramaniya Nadar, has several charitable trusts on his name, all opened by Shiv Nadar himself. Nadar studied in various schools during his teen years and went on to receive a pre-university degree in the American College, Madurai, and a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
Sheldon Adelson: Son of taxi driver who became leading business tycoon of US
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Adelson was born on 4th August 1933 to the Jewish couple Arthur Adelson and Sarah in Dorchester, a neighbourhood of Boston. He grew up under modest circumstances where his father worked as a taxi driver and mother used to run a knitting shop.
Rainier Mallol : The young entrepreneur who uses AI to predict disease outbreaks
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Rainier Mallol founded AIME during his graduate studies programme at NASA Singularity University, with the ambition of pioneering the use of AI in infectious disease surveillance. He has a strong professional background in telematics, computer engineering, and system management.
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