Engineering and technology

Mitch Kapor

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

Mitchell David “Mitch” Kapor (Listeni/ˈkeɪ.pʊər/ kay-poor),[1] born November 1, 1950,[2][3] is an entrepreneur best known for promoting the first spreadsheet VisiCalc, and later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He left Lotus in 1986. In 1990 with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until 1994. Kapor has been an investor in the personal computing industry, and supporter of social causes, like the Hidden Genius Project, The College Bound Brotherhood, and Advancement Project. As Partner at Kapor Capital and the Kapor Center for Social Impact, Mitch, along with his wife Freada Kapor Klein, invests in social impact tech startups that seek to narrow gaps in opportunity and access for underrepresented communities and attempt to eliminate barriers to full participation across the tech ecosystem.

Source: Mitch Kapor – Wikipedia

Chris Espinosa

Jovan Stosic February 23, 2017

Chris Espinosa is a senior employee of Apple Inc., officially employee number 8.[1] Having joined the company at the age of fourteen in 1976 when it was still housed in Steve Jobs’ parents’ garage, writing software manuals and coding after school, he is the company’s current and all-time longest-serving employee.

Source: Chris Espinosa – Wikipedia