When the creator of the World Wide Web Sir
Timothy John Berners-Lee created this great information system that one can
classify as a great invention, did he actually envisage the possibilities of
other inventors utilizing his creation?
Today on Da Stitch we briefly take a look at inventors who have embraced
and harnessed the wonders of the World Wide Web. Through their creations they
have emerged as leaders of the information technology and communication
industry.
Jeff
Bezos
After graduating at Princeton University
Bezos landed a job as computer scientist at Wall Street and later led a Hedge
Fund firm. The experience gained while working at the Wall Street gifted the
ambitious Bezos with an opportunity to play an important in the e-commerce
industry as founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, an online
merchant for books and later to sell a variety of products online. Under his leadership Amazon.com become the
largest retailer on the World Wide Web and top model for internet sales. To
further add on his entrepreneur edge he recently acquired media publication The
Washington Post from The Washington Post Company for a reported estimate of
$250 million (R2.5bn).
Larry
Page and Sergey Brin
Stanford University graduates Larry Page
and Sergey Brin co-founded Google Inc. in 1998 with the vision of creating an
easily accessible and informative search engine platform. Together they
invented a champion tool that would influence how people search for information
on the net. After firmly positioning their idea to number one spot, Page and
co-partner Brin expanded their invention and added products such as Gmail,
Youtube, Blogger, Google+, Google Earth and mobile device operating system
Android to mention a few.
Mark
Zuckerberg
The co-founder of the world’s most popular
social networking site Facebook and Harvard University dropout Mark Zuckerberg
founded the site with his friend Eduardo Saverin. From making a presence on
Harvard, Facebook spread across the US and then took the world by surprise
being the most used platform to share one’s life and daily experiences with
friends online. Not only did Facebook earn Mark Zuckerberg global recognition,
but it also bank rolled his finances making him the youngest billionaire.
Pete
Cashmore
Scotsman Pete Cashmore is founder and Chief
Executive Officer of popular technology and social media blog Mashable which is
based in New York City. Cashmore founded Mashable at the age of 19 and his
creation rewarded him dearly with millions and landed up with a weekly column
on CNN writing on technology and social media developments.
The mentioned and many other dot com
inventors turned entrepreneurs have put together reliable products that have
one way or the other required the influence of Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee’s
World Wide Web invention.
Ashley
Mokwena
@ashfonik
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