Disobedient children
only amount to anything
Protagonist of the story is Jim Clark,Jim Clark 1944 was born in Texas in Pu Lanwei. Born in poverty were not enough, there is a rough on the family, alcoholics, deadbeat dad, mom to work in a doctor's office, but also earn pitiful, when Clark was so poor that a juvenile himself favorite instrument can not afford, but fantasy has a cool sports car.
Clark now there are 4 yacht:
A McDonnell Douglas helicopter, Gulfstream aircraft:
The total value of over 100 million dollars in luxury real estate:
40,000 bottles of wine, young model wife and numerous priceless art collection:
So, guys, young and love to dream is not a bad thing ...
Jack Ma said well, if the dream to achieve one day?
Pulling away, pulling myself back ...
14 years old, Jim Clark parents divorced, His mom give Clark and his sister monthly $ 225 to maintain life, family poverty and the lack of a father, so Clark has become a typical unruly teenager.
Clark often quiet drink beer, at Fifth Avenue loitering, truancy absenteeism and so on, and once he made his own smoke bombs on the school bus to do the experiment, a good sun drying their own inventions, boo~boo~, were successful detonation!
The result was almost arrested as a terrorist, however, these amazing feat and did not let Clark expelled from school.
Until one English class, English teacher said Clark not read aloud, Clark directly to the teacher, and said: "Go to hell!", The school had fed up, let Clark get out to the school.
(At school, and English teacher finds Clark is a useless man, do not harm society are good, but killed would not think Clark would become billionaires; when I see such a piece, feel particularly pleased ...)
At this time, Clark high school before graduation, was a 17 year-old young boy, the idle, then idle for some time, he decided to join the army, in September 1961, Clark went to New Orleans to become a Navy soldier.
After joining the Navy, Clark rebellious aggressive foul temper still does not change, and bullied by superiors or veterans are commonplace: there is a boss of the meal down to the ground, allowing Clark clean up. Another time, Clark was accused of black test computer scoring system, however, at that time, Clark even long-sawed have never seen a computer.
Clark described how 3 years later to join the army life: "No one can trust, I felt a lump of feces this world is, and I was sitting in the center of this lump of feces"
In order to change the "feces" life , Clark start try hard to all things.
3 Navy life, Clark taught himself all the high school curriculum, and achieved the equivalent of high school, in 1970, Clark bachelor's degree in mathematics Louis Messina State University, in 1971, Louis Messina State University, a master's degree in 1974, from the University of Utah computer science doctorate.
Before had been expelled from school as like unruly teenager, now is the one such as "invincible genius."
After graduation, Clark left the university to work, pretending to be from this life and can sit idle university teacher look. . .
However, Clarke still does not change the wild, unruly Clark, 1978 Clark lifted the New York Institute of Technology professor positions ....
The reason, in fact,the same as contradict the teacher in high school ,but this time contradict the school's boss ...
That same year, his second wife left him, his wife and work instantly gone~
This time Clark has been 34 years, but have nothing relationship with billionaires, better more like the one stricken middle-aged uncle ...
Clark bitter experience, a full six months behind closed doors, early in 1979, Clark came to Silicon Valley, decided to rebirth, in Silicon Valley, he developed the world's fastest running "geometry engine" computer chip - the size of a fingernail, can be neatly arranged on a silicon wafer, a few years ago, with the same computing power of the chip, I am afraid that an acre of the house can hold.
Clark invented the thing, is that must be knowing around the world, like while a child, do experiment in school bus .
The invention, Clark prepared to authorize these famous computer company --IBM, HP, Apollo, DEC, so that the entire world is a computer chip with Clark, Clark be famous!!!
Unfortunately, these companies did not look, all rejected Clark.
So Clark make up his mind on their own computer.
In 1982, Clark and several Stanford University professor,at a friend finance founded the visual graphics workstation SGI-- super computing power visual graphics workstations.
Graphics workstation using the "geometry engine" computer chip,"Geometry Engine" chip allows very realistic three-dimensional computer-generated picture.Clark was using a three-dimensional computer Snoop Doggy synthesis, and it flew in the doghouse,This was simply a miracle at that time.
Hollywood's biggest names Steven Jobs immediately took aim at SGI,At that time Steven Jobs is directed "Jurassic Park".The movie contains a lot of special effects shots Virtual Reality. SGI first perfect realization of the "Jurassic Park" realistic 3D effect.
The huge success of the film, so that SGI has become the most famous in the world of computer graphics workstation manufacturer.
"Star Wars," "Toy Story," "Jurassic Park," "Titanic," "Lord of the Rings", "Emergency landing"It is all formed on the SGI graphics workstations out.
Only "Titanic" on the use of more than 300 super SGI workstations, 50 special effects, 24 hours around the clock continuously produced more than 500 days to complete.No super SGI graphics workstations, there is no "Titanic" realistic special effects scenes.
Yet in 1994, 50-year-old Clark was fired by his own company SGI. the reason still because of his bad temper, This time the object of quarrel is SGI's CEO - Ed McCracken. Clark undisciplined character, often quarrel and CEO,that occurred Clark influence declined, and finally forced to leave the SGI……
After leaving the SGI, Clark met the genius Mark Anderson.
Young Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Now
How much intensely does this guy? Mark Anderson in 1993 led the team that developed the first browser to browse picture Mosaic at the National Supercomputer Center, when he was just a college student.
Mosaic suddenly let Internet users rose to 10 million or more, since the network has changed the way of life of millions of people. For this reason the National Supercomputer Center, as Mark Anderson established a monument.
Clark first saw Anderson after Mosaic design, intuition told him that this might be another Bill Gates, immediately gave Anderson sent a letter inviting him to work together.
Anderson was working in Silicon Valley is a small company, see Clark's letter, Crazy happy!
So Silicon Valley wunderkind seniors + technology cooperation officially began in 1994, Clark-of-pocket $ 4,000,000, with Anderson co-founded the "Netscape."
Clark left and right for Anderson
Netscape's initial team
Clark founded Netscape intention is to make a fool web browser, so the Internet becomes as easy as reading a newspaper, just enter the URL of the page you want to see in front of.At that time, the situation is: you want to send e-mails must have professional knowledge, not to mention the various web browsing.
After the successful development of the Netscape browser, Clark next biggest bet ever: "The Netscape browser is free for users to download," this approach is significant, Netscape quickly occupied the entire browser over 80% share.
August 9, 1995, the company was founded just 16 months, has not earned a dime, Netscape listed on Nasdaq, the world's first publicly traded Internet company, also did not make a dime money dare listed Internet companies.
The first day, the stock went from $ 12 went to the $ 48 listed, click to refresh the first publicly traded US stocks recorded history, Clark became a $ 1 billion overnight millionaires, while a year ago Anderson dug nothing life there is $ 100 million pot of gold!
To October 1996, there are 45 million people have downloaded Netscape, everyone's home is Netscape
Netscape let Clark fame and fortune, and since then, business has become his inner irrepressible "addiction."
There are times to play Clark aircraft broke his leg, to the hospital to see a doctor, the results fill in a lot of forms, waited a long time before they spotted a doctor, which makes Clark was annoyed, he figured out how to put that big between doctor and patient paperwork pile removed, and finally founded Healtheon.
Healtheon later became the Nasdaq everyone sought after a star stocks, February 1999 NASDAQ rose 400% the same day, is still one of the most successful IPO.
In this way, Clark became the first in the history founded three technology companies worth billions of dollars, he also is Apple, Facebook and Twitter shareholder, Youtube he did not vote, but Clark later became father in law of the founder of Youtube.
Clark's daughter married Youtube founder Chad Hurley
Basically, the US Internet company all have a direct or indirect relationship with Clark.
Is feel that how people start so easily?
Clark once said a word paranoid: Only to discover new things people are eligible to be successful, those who reap the profits of bankers, investment people is not the slightest credit.
So, fighting !!!
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