Technology - Changing the Face of Big Business CEOs

Mark Zuckerberg, 22 years old, computer programmer, Psychology major at Harvard University-Drop out, spends most of his time computer programming, David Sze, venture capitalist who led the investment for Greylock, is quoted as saying, "Mark is the kind of guy you worry needs to get other things in his life."

Chad Hurley, 29 years old, BA in Design from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, previously employed by PayPal.com, Spent 2 years in between jobs working in his garage on digital videos.

Steve Chen & Jawed Karim, both 27 years old, studied computer science together at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, previously employed by Paypal.com, spend their time watching, developing and distributing digital videos.

Tom Anderson, 31 years old, BA in English and Rhetoric from University of California, Berkley, and Masters Degree in Film –Critical studies, musician, and his interests include: the Internet, movies, Karaoke, music and building alternate communities.

What do all of these “kids” have in common? Besides the obvious obsession with computers and the internet, they all own successful, powerful, multi-million dollar internet companies.

The internet has developed into an entirely different type of battle field for businesses, where twenty something computer nerds hold the highest stakes. With the ease & ability to innovate change using this new medium, everyone has grasped onto the idea and is slowly becoming affluent in what was once a foreign language to those living before the Bill Gates revolution. But, although everyone is slowly growing more familiar with technology’s forefront, the younger generation seems to think of internet uses that are “outside of the box,” developing businesses that are transforming the world.