Spotify is a Swedish music streaming platform and is currently owned by its founders,Daniel EKandMartin Lorentzon, along with some institutional investors, including Baillie Gifford & Co. and Morgan Stanley. After Spotify was launched, there weren’t any major changes in the ownership of the comp...
Entrepreneur and former AOL executive Amit Shafrir thinks the biggest challenge for the social network is to figure out what people need, not what they think they want In its current implementation, Facebook has done a phenomenal job of connecting people who know each other, people who may know...
I can’t help thinking of the tales of privation and unnervingly great risk to life and health that were imposed by the conditions in certain places in the world for a significant number of people during the last world war. That was years. We face no such somewhat indeterminate prolongation...
When the idea for Vaute was materializing, much of the residual childhood fear of rejection still lingered. Leanne felt she had to reserve some of her views, hide the aspects of herself that she thought were too controversial. Now she’s found her people. “When I moved to New York and ...
Who Owns Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is the largest shareholder in the company. Zuckerberg retains ownership and control of the company. LikeGoogle, Facebook has issued two common stocks, Class A and Class B. The holders of Class B common stocks are entitled to ten votes per share, and holders...
When the CEO of Pornhub’s mega-mansion mysteriously burned to the ground, there was no shortage of possible suspects. Now, for the first time, the site’s shadowy founders tell their story.
Even though it hasn't been around as long as Xerox,Adobe Systemshas seen a few changes in its logo. Like in many start-ups, the original logo was created by someone near and dear to one of the co-founders. "The first Adobe logo was created by Marva Warnock, [Adobe co-founder] John...
the collective had developed two very sophisticated pieces of software for their planned public network, that were also at the cutting edge of the beginnings of the commercial computer business. When I went to work there, too, I had already been publishing, as part of a different collective,Pr...
Of the three types of info, borrowers exposed to the actual dollar cost of apaydayloan were favorably influenced (‘nudged’). The time it would take to repay also had an effect. The crazy-high APR information? It actually hadlittle to no effect. ...
Biggest strength: The leader of the nation’s biggest city will be able to cite accomplishments such as expanding full-day prekindergarten citywide and curtailing police tactics that critics said were discriminatory, while presiding over continued drops in violent crime. Biggest weakness: He faces ske...