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Jawed Karim was born on October 28, 1979, in Merseburg, East Germany, to a Bangladeshi father and a German mother. [3] His father Naimul Karim (Bengali: নাইমুল করিম) is a Bangladeshi who is a researcher at 3M, and his mother, Christine, is a German biochemistry scientist at the University of Minnesota. [4]
In October 2018 Lime announced the release of a new model e-scooter with larger wheels, built-in suspension and an aluminum frame to combat vandalism and extend vehicle life. [21] In May 2019, co-founder and chief executive officer Toby Sun stepped down reportedly to focus on R&D while Brad Bao, a Lime co-founder, took his place as CEO. [22]
Marc S. Seriff (born May 5, 1948 in Austin, Texas) is best known as the CTO and co-founder of America Online, [1] along with Jim Kimsey (CEO), Steve Case, and William von Meister (as Control Video Corporation).
Ernest Garcia III, CEO and co-founder of Carvana. Carvana was founded by Ernest Garcia III, Ryan Keeton and Ben Huston in 2012. The company's initial funding round came from the used car retailer and finance company DriveTime. [4] A year later Carvana opened its first iteration of a car vending machine.
Zoom initially raised capital from individual investors including Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, [15] Chair of the UK Institute of Directors Lady Barbara Judge, [16] Vice-Dean of International Legal Studies at Harvard Law School William P. Alford, [17] Wharton Statistics Chair Edward George, [18] and the former Director of the Cambridge Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies Shai ...
In July 2019, Madras High Court banned Rapido's operations across Tamil Nadu, [21] while Rapido iOS application was removed from the App Store for violating local laws. [22] In August 2019, the court lifted the ban and allowed the company to resume services in the state until the state government framed new regulations for bike taxi services. [23]
The company was founded by John Carmack, [3] co-founder and former chief technical officer of id Software. On October 24, 2008, Armadillo won $350,000 by succeeding in the Level 1 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. On September 12, 2009, Armadillo won $500,000 by succeeding in Level 2 of the same challenge. [4] [5] [6]
Martin Eberhard (/ ˈ ɛ b ər h ɑːr d /; born 1960) [1] is an American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Tesla, Inc. (then Tesla Motors) with Marc Tarpenning in 2003, where Eberhard was its original CEO serving until late 2007.