Sentences with phrase «first tech billionaire»

Zuckerberg's commencement address to the Harvard class of 2017 will come exactly a decade after that given by Bill Gates, the first tech billionaire that dropped out of Harvard before returning to address the new graduates and receive an honorary degree from his former university.

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That puts China well ahead of the U.S. in launching CRISPR trials; the first one in America, which will be conducted at the University of Pennsylvania and is being funded by tech billionaire Sean Parker, isn't set to begin until early 2017.
Regardless, the study has begun well ahead of the first planned American CRISPR trials, which won regulatory clearance earlier this year (and are being funded by tech billionaire Sean Parker) but are unlikely to begin until 2017 at the University of Pennsylvania.
At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in May, the self - made billionaire said he didn't appreciate the value of tech stocks at first.
Post, of MosaMeat, who created the first hamburger from cultured animal cells in 2013 with backing from Google billionaire Brin, believes some of his competitors have set unrealistic timelines to market in part because that's what tech investors want to hear.
The collective wealth of the world's richest tech billionaires has surpassed an astonishing $ 1 trillion for the first -LSB-...]
The collective wealth of the world's richest tech billionaires has surpassed an astonishing $ 1 trillion for the first time, new figures reveal.
Finally, he lost his semi-official title as L.A. richest person to Elon Musk, as the tech entrepreneur took first place on this year's Forbes billionaire bingo sheet.
The first decade of the 21st century, however, would bear witness to a spectacular turning point in the private launch timeline: the arrival on the scene of disruptive billionaire tech entrepreneurs with some truly ostentatious rocket - powered ambitions.
CANADA JOURNAL - Jan 13 - Beijing Kunlun Tech, which is run by billionaire Zhou Yahui, paid $ 93M for a 60 % controlling stake in the company — a significant sum for what is Grindr's first outside investment.
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