Chief technology officers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Chapters: Aneesh Chopra, Barrett Lyon, Chief technology officer, Chuck Pagano (ESPN), Dave Bennett (software), Elon Musk, Greg Papadopoulos, Harry Labana, James Alexander Gardner, John A. Swanson, John O. Merritt, Justin Rattner, Kristofer Pister, Marc Frons, Mark Weiser, Mary Lou Jepsen, Mike Linksvayer, Nathan Myhrvold, Omar Ahmad (American politician), Padmasree Warrior, Ray O. Johnson, Richard Green (technologist), Robert Iannucci, Ronald V. Schmidt, Todd Park, Tufele Liamatua, Vishal Sikka, Werner Vogels. Excerpt: Elon Musk (born 28 June 1971) is a South African-born American entrepreneur. He is best known for founding SpaceX, and co-founding Tesla Motors and PayPal (initially known as X.com). He is currently the CEO and Chief Designer of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity. Musk holds a bachelor's degree in Business from the The Wharton School, and a second bachelor's degree in Physics from University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences. Musk was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa, the son of a Canadian mother, Maye (née Haldeman), and a South African father, Errol Musk. His mother's heritage includes Pennsylvania Dutch; Musk was given his first computer by his father at the age of 10, an IBM XTA, an early personal desktop computer, and he taught himself how to program; by the age of 12 he sold his first commercial software for about $500, a space game called Blastar. After spending 2 years (Grades 8 and 9) at Bryanston High School, Musk matriculated at Pretoria Boys High School. He left home in 1988 at the age of 17, with financial support and encouragement from his father, to tour Canada and the USA on his own. He had previously been to the USA with his father, visiting some ten states. He did not leave to avoid military service in the South African military but serving in defense of Apartheid was a concern: "I don't have an issue with serving in the military per se, but serving in the South African army suppressing black people just didn't seem like a really good way to spend time". He wanted to move to the US, saying: "It is where great things are possible". In 1992, after spending two years at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Elon left Canada, pursuing business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Choosing to major at the The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he received an undergraduate degree in Business, and from University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences, he received