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The worlds first web site http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html
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10 smartest kids in the world and the crazy math problem they can solve http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-smartest-kids-in-the-world-2013-4#15-year-old-phoebe-cai-of-the-usa-is-working-on-data-analysis-for-u-penns-medical-school-1
THE WORLDS MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES 2013
Nike: The No 1 Most innovative company of 2013: Nike’s broke out into technology, data and services with Sensors in Shoes and developing Software apps. In 2012 Nike developed the most famous Fuelband a $150 Electronic bracelet that measures your movements throughout the day whether you play tennis, jog or just walk to work. It helps in monitoring how many calories you burnt. The other innovation is “Flyknit Racer” , feather light shoes that feel more like a sock atop a sole. Nike’s CEO is Mark Parker and has 44000 employees with worldwide revenue at $24 billion
Amazon: It is the E-Commerce giant of the world. It is known for delivery of goods and services at an outstanding speed that rivals like FEDEX, UPS, USPS envy. They have to work hard to keep up with Amazon’s speed of service to their customers. It diversified into Software hosting services (Cloud computing) and giving sleepless nights to tech giants like Google, Ebay, IBM and retailer like Walmart.
Square: This Company is famous for spreading Mobile payments revolution across the world. It processes $10 billion worth of mobile payments annually.
Splunk: Every click on any website data, every customer call and every credit card transaction, every tweet on twitter and every work on Facebook post. All these data is monitored, collected and indexed in real time creating opportunities for its clients to improve business. That is what Splunk does which enabled them to make $70 million in 2012.
Fab: It makes sales to dozens of online boutiques of design centric clothing’s with a $150 Million revenue in 2012. International sales went from zero to 30% in 2012.
The World’s most powerful people
There are nearly 7.1 billion people on the planet. But 71 among them matters the most. The top 12 are as follows
- Barrack Obama President of United states
- Angela Merkel Chancellor, Germany
- Vladimir Putin President, Russia.
- Bill Gates Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Pope Benedict XVI Pope, Roman Catholic Church
- Ben Bernanke Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve
- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud King, Saudi Arabia
- Mario Draghi President, European Central Bank
- Xi Jinping General Secretary, Communist Party Of China
- David Cameron Prime Minister, United Kingdom.
- Carlos Slim Helu Chairman, Carlos Slim Foundation
- Sonia Gandhi President, Indian National Congress
World Youngest but powerful people of the planet
- Mark Zuckerberg, 28 CEO, Facebook
- Kim Jong-Un, 29 Supreme Leader, North Korea
- Larry Page & Sergey Brin, 39 Cofounders, Google
- Elon Musk, 41 CEO, SpaceX, Tesla Motors
- Robin Li, 44 Cofounder and CEO, Baidu
- Reid Hoffman, 45 Venture capitalist
- David Cameron, 46 British Prime Minister
- Enrique Pena Nieto, 46 President-elect of Mexico
- Dmitry Medvedev, 47 Russian Prime Minister
- Jeff Bezos, 48 Amazon CEO
2013 Richest people on the planet
- Carlos Slim Helu Net worth: $73 billion Country: Mexico Source of wealth: Telecom
- Bill Gates Net worth: $67 billion Country: U.S. Source of wealth: Microsoft
- Amancio Ortega Net worth: $57 billion Country: Spain Source of wealth: Zara
- Warren Buffet Net worth: $53.5 billion Country: U.S. Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway
- Larry Ellison Net worth: $43 billion Country: U.S.Source of wealth: Oracle
- Charles Koch Net worth: $34 billion Source: U.S. Source of wealth: Diversified
- David Koch Net worth: $34 billion Country: U.S. Source of wealth: Diversified
- Li Ka-shing Net worth: $31 billion Country: Hong Kong Source of wealth: Diversified
- Liliane Bettencourt & family Net worth: $30 billion Country: France
- Bernard Arnault Net worth: $29 billion Country: France Source of wealth: LVMH
Top 10 richest Indians
- Mukesh ambani
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Azim Premzi
- Pallonji Mistry
- Dilip Shanghvi
- Adi Godrej
- Savitri Jindal
- Shashi and Ravi Ruia of Essar group
- Hinduja brothers Prakash, Srichand, Gopichand and Ashok
- Kumar Mangalam Birla
Top 10 Women Billionaires
- Rosalia Mera $6.1 billion SPAIN, ZARA
- Wu Yajun $4.3 billion CHINA, REAL ESTATE
- Chan Laiwa $4.1 billion CHINA, REAL ESTATE
- Diane Hendricks $3.8 billionUS, ROOFING
- Zhang Xin $3.6 billion CHINA, REAL ESTATE
- Doris Fisher $2.8 billion US, GAP
- Oprah Winfrey $2.8 billion US, MEDIA
- Marion Ilitch $2.7 billion US, PIZZA
- Lynda Resnick $2.2 billion US, DIVERSIFIED
- Giuliana Benetton $2 billion ITALY, FASHION
Forbes Largest Indian companies
Top 10 Innovative companies in India
- Mahindra Reva
- Selco
- GVK-EMRI
- IndiGo
- Micromax
- Sarvajal
- Attero Recycling
- Vaatsalya
- Skymet
- UFO Moviez
Top 10 Innovative companies in Mobile
- Uber
- Evernote
- Kiip
- Azumio
- Square
- SwiftKey
- eBay
- Voxer
- Gigwalk
- Apptopia
Top 10 Innovative companies in Robotics
- iRobot
- Recon Robotics
- Google
- Mazor Robotics
- SpaceX
- Lockheed Martin
- PV-Kraftwerker
- Boston Dynamics
- Ekso Bionics
- Seegrid
The top 10 Architecture companies of the world
1. Aecom (USA. 1,370 architects employed. Over $400m Fee Income)
2. Gensler (USA. 1,346. Over $400m)
3. IBI Group (Canada. 1,129. $160-169m)
4. Nikken Sekkei (Japan. 1,109. Over $400m)
5. Aedas (China/UK. 1, 078. $200-209m)
6. Perkins & Will (USA. 771. $220-229m)
7. DP Architects (Singapore. 736. $70-79m)
8. HOK (USA. 715. $240-249m)
9. Samoo Architects & Engineers (South Korea. 712. $250-259m)
10. Foster & Partners (UK. 646. $200-209m)
Architect Hafeez Contractor (India. 200. $30-39m) of India ranks 52nd , CP Kukreja (India. 130. $5-9m) ranks 81st Morphogenesis (India. 110. $5-9m) ranks 92nd.
The top 10 Indian infrastructure construction companies in India
- Larsen & Toubro ,
- Lanco Simplex
- GMR
- DLF
- Tata Projects
- Gammon India
- Hindustan Construction Company
- Unitech
- Punj Lloyd
- Nagarjuna Construction
The top 10 online Education companies of the world.
- Coursera
- Udacity
- Edx
- Rio Salado
- Amplify
- Gamedesk
- Duolingo
- InsideTrack
- FunDza
- ClassDojo
Worlds top 10 Energy companies
- ExxonMobil
- Royal Dutch Shell
- Chevron
- BP
- Gazprom
- Statoil
- Total
- ConocoPhillips
- PetroChina
- Rosneft
Top 10 Mechanical Engineering companies of the world
- Aviadvigatel
- Bystronic
- chemtech
- Design Continuum
- E.C.H. Will
- HAWE Hydraulik SE
- Kirov Plant
- Körber PaperLink
- Mechon
- Meyer Burger Technology
Top 10 wind manufacturing companies of the world
- Vestas
- Sinovel
- Goldwind
- Gamesa
- Enercon
- GE Energy
- Suzlon Group (India)
- Guodian
- Siemens Wind Power
- Ming Yang
Top 10 Indian electrical engineering firms
- Bajaj International Private Ltd
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Crompton Greaves Limited (CGL)
- Dev Denso Power Ltd
- Info Edge (India) Ltd
- Penguin Engineering Ltd
- Bristol Fire Engineering
- Kelvin Electrical
- Siemens Ltd
- Wipro Lighting.
Top Technology companies
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Rank
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Company
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Industry
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Revenue
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FY
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Employees
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Market cap
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Headquarters
|
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1
|
Samsung Electronics
|
Electronics
|
$188.1
|
2012
|
371,726
|
$227.58
|
Seoul, South Korea
|
|
|
2
|
Apple
|
Electronics
|
$156.5
|
2012
|
76,100
|
$427.62
|
Cupertino, CA, USA
|
|
|
3
|
HP
|
Hardware
|
$120.3
|
2012
|
331,800
|
$32.46
|
Palo Alto, CA, USA
|
|
4
|
Foxconn
|
Electronics
|
$119
|
2011
|
1,230,000
|
$27.2
|
New Taipei, Taiwan
|
|
5
|
IBM
|
Computer services
|
$104.5
|
2012
|
433,362
|
$229.45
|
Armonk, NY, USA
|
|
6
|
Panasonic
|
Electronics
|
$99.65
|
2012
|
327,512
|
$22.7
|
Osaka, Japan
|
|
7
|
Microsoft
|
Hardware/Software
|
$73.72
|
2012
|
94,000
|
$224.8
|
Redmond, WA, USA
|
|
8
|
Dell
|
Hardware
|
$62.07
|
2012
|
106,700
|
$22.97
|
Austin, TX, USA
|
|
9
|
Amazon.com
|
Internet
|
$61.09
|
2012
|
88,400
|
$120.03
|
Seattle, WA, USA
|
|
10
|
Fujitsu
|
Hardware/Software
|
$54.46
|
2012
|
173,155
|
$125.83
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
|
11
|
Intel
|
Semiconductor
|
$53.34
|
2012
|
104,700
|
$105.26
|
Santa Clara, CA, USA
|
|
12
|
Google
|
Internet
|
$50.17
|
2012
|
53,546
|
$248.31
|
Mountain View, CA, USA
|
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Forbes 2013 Global list of companies
