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RATAN TATA
The man with steely resolve
"his current lifestyle is almost spartan"
"He is not where he is by design. Having studied architecture at Cornell University and management at Harvard, he may have remained an architect, regardless of his surname. But his grandmother fell very ill and he kept coming back to India to see her. One thing led to another and he stayed back."
"t's tempting to forget that Tata is the same man who had been written off after he supervised the wind-up of Nelco, the radio making company of the group. He was not given a chance in hell when he took over as the chairman of Tata Sons in 1991, when the likes of Russi Mody and Ajit B Kerkar ran their own fiefdoms"
CARLOS SLIM HELU
When is enough, enough?
"On 8th August 2007, Fortune magazine reported that Carlos Slim had overtaken Bill Gates as the world's richest man. Carlos Slim's estimated fortune soared to US$59 billion, based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July. Microsoft founder Bill Gates' net worth was estimated to be at least US$58 billion.
On 4th August 2007, The Wall Street Journal ran a cover story profiling Slim. The article said, "While the market value of his stake in publicly traded companies could decline at any time, at the moment he is probably wealthier than Bill Gates"
"Slim's critics claim that he is a monopolist, noting that his company Telmex controls 90% of the Mexican landline telephone market (the other 10% is controlled by TELNOR, which only serves on the Northwest part of Mexico). The contrast between Slim's wealth and the poverty of much of Mexico's population is also troubling to critics. Slim's wealth is equal to roughly 7% of Mexico's annual economic output, an astronomical figure compared to that of America's top billionaires. At the height of John D. Rockefeller's wealth his income only totalled 2.5% of America's economic output. Over the last two years Slim has made an average of $27 million per day."
ZHANG YIN
Richest woman becomes richer
"Zhang, the 49-year-old founder and chairwoman of the paper company, was reported to be the mainland's richest person with a fortune of 27 billion yuan (3.4 billion U.S. dollars)."
"Zhang is believed to be the wealthiest self-made woman in the world. According to Rupert Hoogewerf, who set up the Huran Report in 1999 which lists wealthy people in China. She is richer than the U.S. television host Oprah Winfrey and author of the Harry Potter series JK Rowling."
"Born in a soldier's family in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Zhang was the eldest sister to seven children. She went to Hong Kong in 1985 and started her career in waste paper trading with 30,000 yuan."
References
Ratan Tata : The man with steely resolve
Suveen K Sinha | February 05, 2007
http://ia.rediff.com/money/2007/feb/05tata.htm
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Carlos Slim Helú
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim_Helú
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Richest woman becomes richer
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-13 10:35
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-10/13/content_707587.htm
Monday, September 10, 2007
EXPLANATION OF SPACES
If anyone knew the life of Steven Hawking, the one value concerned with life that stands out the most would be the falsity of perfection. Nothing in life is or will ever be perfect. We are thrown obstacles in which to overcome everyday, no matter the level of difficulty. This is represented by the use of symmetry to suggest perfection, however there are multiple aspects that enforce the opposite. The final result conveys that perfection isn’t an aim in life, but to aim for personal best and a result your proud of.
Like a parasite that latches itself onto the branch of a tree, the external structure is responsive to the structure required to withstand the forces of gravity, and hence deal with the concept of change. This space is dedicated to Charles Darwin as it represents a structure that is required to respond to an unusual situation in regard to the needs for structural support. This is similar to those in life who respond to change effectively, therefore getting further ahead in life. The use of natural materials such as timber, and marble, and natural deterioration processes such as oxidisation enforce the relationship between how a building operates in comparison to our lives.
The way the external structure seems to effortlessly hang from the main load wall conveys not only the possibilities within design today, but the lengths some architects are willing to go to to in which to achieve certain emotional responses... The negative side of such, is of course emphasised when your character falls to his/her death
Sunday, September 9, 2007
ELECTRO-LIQUID AGGREGATION
from the qoutes of;
Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.
Steven Hawking
I have noticed even when people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
We gain:
Even the strongest of people get hit while crossing the road, it is those who accept and aknowledge this fact that get furthest in life.
Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change.
Steven Hawking
I have noticed even when people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
We gain:
Even the strongest of people get hit while crossing the road, it is those who accept and aknowledge this fact that get furthest in life.
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