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Education. University of Tartu (BSc) Occupation (s) programmer, investor, philanthropist. Known for. Kazaa. Skype. Existential risk. Jaan Tallinn (born 14 February 1972) is an Estonian billionaire computer programmer and investor [2][3] known for his participation in the development of Skype and file-sharing application FastTrack / Kazaa.
Copenhagen, Denmark. Occupation. Entrepreneur. Known for. Co-founder of Skype, KaZaA, and Rdio. Janus Friis (Danish: [ˈjɛːnus ˈfʁiˀs]; born 26 June 1976) [1] is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa, and the peer-to-peer telephony application Skype. In September 2005, he and his business ...
Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, from Sweden, and Janus Friis, from Denmark. [ 18 ] The software was created by Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn, and Toivo Annus. [ 19 ] Friis and Annus are credited with the idea of reducing the cost of voice calls by using a P2P protocol like that of Kazaa. [ 20 ]
He also co-founded Altnet, another peer-to-peer network. Zennström is best known for founding Skype Technologies, a telecommunications company. In October 2005, Skype was acquired by eBay for €2.1 billion ($2.6 billion) with the potential to earn further performance-based bonuses up to €1.2bn. Zennström was CEO of Skype from its inception ...
The " PayPal Mafia " is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in Silicon Valley, [1] such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Affirm, Slide, Kiva, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. [2] Most of the members attended Stanford University or ...
Gustave Vincent Curcio was born in Bridgeport, CT on January 30, 1951. He legally changed his name to Gus Curcio in 1980. He is the youngest of three children born to Gustave Curcio a/k/a "Red Buff", an Italian immigrant, and Enrica Rita Lucifora, a Sicilian immigrant whose father started the first privately owned bank in Bridgeport.
Skype Technologies (also known as Skype Software , Skype Communications , Skype Inc., and Skype Limited) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, whose chief business is the manufacturing and marketing of the video chat and instant messaging computer software program Skype, and various Internet telephony services associated with it. [1]
The American Mafia,[23][24][25]commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob,[23][24][25]is a highly organized Italian Americancriminal societyand organized crimegroup. In North America, the organization is often colloquially referred to as the Italian Mafiaor Italian Mob, though these terms may also ...