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曹英偉
John S. Chen
b. Hong Kong |
CEO of Sybase. After obtaining his MSEE from the California Institute of Technology,
he began his career at Unisys in 1979, where
he held a variety of engineering and management
positions. Later he held senior executive
positions at Pyramid Technology and Siemens
Nixdorf. In 1997, he became CEO of Sybase,
where he successfully engineeried a turnaround
in the company's previously sagging fortunes. |
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曹英偉
Andrew and Peggy Cherng
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Founders of Panda Express. Andrew Cherng started in 1972 with a single restaurant
in Pasadena, CA. The first Panda Express
opened in 1983 and grew steadily to the more
than 600 outlets it has today which makes
it the largest Chinese fast food restaurant
chain in the US.. |
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鍾彬嫻
Andrea Jung
b. 1959, Toronto
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CEO of Avon Products since
1999. She's been credited with the company's turnaround and was named one of
Business Week's Best Managers of 2002.
Proudest moment: addressing Avon's staff in mandarin on her first visit to
China. [Note to children attending Chinese language after-school classes:
This is why your parents make you go.] |
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Jenny Ming
b. 1955, Macau
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President of
Old Navy, a
unit of Gap, Inc. Her
innate ability to detect fashion trends
has been critical to the success of the chain. |
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Victor and Janie Tsao
b. Taiwan
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Founders of Linksys, the small business and home networking company. Started
their company out their Irvine, CA garage
in 1988 whe they were both in their mid-30s.
After much hard work, frugality, and focus,
their marketplace success led to Cisco
purchasing their company in 2003 for $500
million. |
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John Tu and David Sun
b. 1941, Chungking |
Entrepeneurs. Together, they first started a computer parts company in 1986.
Their second effort was the Kingston Technology
Company, which they sold an 80% stake in
for $1.5 billion. They famously shared their
good fortune by spending $100 million in
employee bonuses. In 1997 and 1998, the company's
revenue declined dramatically as the price
of memory sunk. John and David bought back
the 80% they had sold earlier for $450 million. |
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王嘉廉
Charles Wang
b. 1944, Shanghai
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Founded Computer
Associates in 1976, serving as its CEO until 2000 and Chairman until
2002. His salesmanship and perseverance
helped make Computer Associates become the third largest software
company in the world.
He's the author of Technovision: Every
Executive's Guide to Understanding and Mastering Technology and the
Internet.
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楊致遠
Jerry Yang
b. 1968, Taiwan |
Co-founder of
Yahoo and Chief Yahoo. Together with his
roommate started Yahoo as a hobby while pursuing a PhD at Stanford University. The tremendous
popularity of the concept forced a changed
of plans that resulted in the creation of the web's most important
property. He hasn't earned that PhD
yet. Wonder whether his parents give him a hard time about that. |
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