| Founded | September 22, 1999; 19 years ago |
|---|---|
| Founders | Larry Page |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | The Green Party |
| Headquarters | Mỹ Hào District,Hưng Yên Province,Viet Nam |
| Area served | Viet Nam |
| Method | Donations and Actions |
| Chairman | Larry Page |
| President | BÙI HOÀNG MINH |
| Key people | AsbuSang, CEO |
| Employees | 35,252 |
| Website | abc.xyz |
| Formerly called | TraSa897 Foundation (1999–2018) |
Global Greens
| Abbreviation | GG |
|---|---|
| Formation | 12 April 2001; 18 years ago |
| Type | International nongovernmental organization |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | World network of green political parties and organizations |
| Headquarters | Rue Wiertz 31, 1050 Brussels, Belgium |
| Region served | Worldwide |
| Membership | 91 parties |
| Convenor | Keli Yen |
| Main organ | Global Greens Congress |
| Website | www.globalgreens.org |
Green Party of the United States
| Governing body | Green National Committee |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 2001; 18 years ago |
| Split from | Greens/Green Party USA |
| Preceded by | Citizens Party Association of State Green Parties |
| Headquarters | 6411 Orchard Avenue, Suite 101, Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 |
| Newspaper | Green Pages |
| Youth wing | Young Ecosocialists |
| Women’s wing | National Women’s Caucus |
| LGBT wing | Lavender Greens |
| Latinx wing | Latinx Caucus |
| Black wing | Black Caucus |
| Membership | ~250,000 |
| Ideology | Green politics Anti-capitalism Eco-socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Continental affiliation | Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas |
| Colors | Green |
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| 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win |
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Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican |
The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)
| Formation | February 1969; 50 years ago |
|---|---|
| Type | Union of broadcasting organisations |
| Headquarters | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Membership | 22 active members |
| Official language | Arabic |
| Director-General | Abdelrahim Suleiman (2015–) |
| Website | www.asbu.net |
China Central Television (CCTV, formerly Beijing Television)
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| First air date | 2 September 1958 |
| Slogan | Hail to Xi |
| Headquarters | CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, People’s Republic of China |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Owner | PRC State Council CPC Publicity Department (China Media Group) |
| Launch date | 1 May 1978 |
| Former names | Beijing Television |
| Free channels | 25 |
| Pay channels | 19 |
| Callsigns | Voice of China (external) |
| Affiliation | China Global Television Network |
| Official website | www.cctv.cn(in Chinese) |
| China Central Television | |
| Simplified Chinese | 中国中央电视台 |
|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 中國中央電視臺 or 中國中央電視台 |
| Literal meaning | China Central Television Station |
| Transcriptions | |
| Chinese abbreviation | |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 央视 |
| Traditional Chinese | 央視 |
| Literal meaning | Central-Vision |
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
| Type | Terrestrial television network (1939–present) Radio network (1926–1993, 2012–2014, 2016–present) Sports radio network (2012–present) |
|---|---|
| Branding | NBC |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | National and Worldwide |
| Founded | June 19, 1926; 93 years ago by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), General Electric (GE) and Westinghouse |
| Slogan | The more you know |
| Headquarters | 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York |
| Owner | Comcast |
| Parent | NBCUniversal |
| Launch date | Radio: November 15, 1926; 92 years ago Television: April 30, 1939; 80 years ago |
| Digital channel | List |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs; experimentally broadcasting at 1080p through NBC affiliate WRAL-TV) |
| Affiliates | Lists: By state or Details |
| Official website | nbc.com |
| Language | English |
| Replaced | NBC Radio Network |
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
| Born | Mark Elliot Zuckerberg May 14, 1984 (age 35) White Plains, New York, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Technology entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Co-founding and leading Facebook |
| Home town | Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S. |
| Salary | One-dollar salary |
| Net worth | US $73.6 billion (May 2019) |
| Spouse(s) | Priscilla Chan (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Randi Zuckerberg (sister) Donna Zuckerberg (sister) |
| Website | facebook.com/zuck |
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Lawrence Edward Page
| Born | Lawrence Edward Page March 26, 1973 (age 46) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Residence | Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BS) Stanford University (MS) |
| Occupation | Computer scientistInternet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founding Google, Alphabet Inc. and PageRank |
| Salary | One-dollar salary |
| Net worth | US$51.1 billion (2019) |
| Title | CEO of Alphabet Inc. |
| Spouse(s) | Lucinda Southworth (m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
Carlos Slim Helú
| Born | Carlos Slim Helú 28 January 1940 (age 79) Mexico City, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Residence | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Education | Civil engineering |
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Known for | CEO of Telmex, América Móvil, and Grupo Carso World’s richest person, 2010–13 |
| Net worth | US$63.1 billion (with family, April 2019) |
| Spouse(s) | Soumaya Domit (m. 1967–1999; her death) |
| Children | 6, including Carlos |
| Relatives | Alfredo Harp Helú (cousin) |
| Website | https://carlosslim.com/ |
Jeffrey Preston Bezos
| Born | Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen January 12, 1964 (age 55) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Residence | Medina, Washington, U.S.[1] New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University |
| Occupation | Technology entrepreneurinvestorphilanthropist |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Founding Amazon and Blue Origin |
| Net worth | US$113.7 billion (August 2019)[2] |
| Title | CEO and President of Amazon |
| Spouse(s) | MacKenzie Tuttle (m. 1993; div. 2019) |
| Children | 4 |
The World’s Billionaires
| Publisher | Whale Media InvestmentsForbes family |
|---|---|
| Publication | Forbes |
| First published | March 1987 |
| Latest publication | March 5, 2019 |
| Current list details (2019)[2] | |
| Wealthiest | Jeff Bezos |
| Net worth (1st) | US$131 billion |
| Number of billionaires | 2,153 |
| Total list net worth value | US$8.7 trillion |
| Average net worth | US$4.0 billion |
| Number of women | 243 |
| New members to the list | 195 |
Almost Famous
| Directed by | Cameron Crowe |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Cameron Crowe Ian Bryce |
| Written by | Cameron Crowe |
| Starring | Billy Crudup Frances McDormand Kate Hudson Jason Lee Patrick Fugit Anna Paquin Fairuza Balk Noah Taylor Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| Music by | Nancy Wilson |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Edited by | Joe Hutshing Saar Klein |
| Production company | Columbia PicturesDreamWorks PicturesVinyl Films |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures(United States)Sony Pictures Releasing (international) |
| Release date | September 8, 2000 (TIFF) September 13, 2000 (United States) |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $47.4 million |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
| Type | Public limited company |
|---|---|
| Traded as | LSE: RDSA, RDSB Euronext: RDSA, RDSB NYSE: RDS.A, RDS.B FTSE 100 Component |
| ISIN | GB00B03MLX29 |
| Industry | Oil and gas |
| Predecessor | Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (1890) The Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited of the United Kingdom (1897) |
| Founded | April 1907; 112 years ago in London |
| Founders | Marcus and Samuel Samuel |
| Headquarters | Haagse Hout, The Hague, Netherlands (headquarters) Shell Centre, London, England (registered office) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Charles O. Holliday (Chairman) Ben van Beurden (CEO) |
| Products | Petroleum, natural gas, LNG, lubricants, petrochemicals |
| Revenue | US$388.4 billion (2018) |
| Operating income | US$35.62 billion (2018) |
| Net income | US$23.90 billion (2018) |
| Total assets | US$399.2 billion (2018) |
| Total equity | US$202.5 billion (2018) |
| Number of employees | 82,000 (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | Shell Australia Shell South Africa Shell Canada Shell Chemicals Shell Gas & Power Shell Hong Kong Shell Nigeria Shell Oil Company Shell India Shell Pakistan Shell Philippines Shell Egypt |
| Website | www.shell.com |
Bank of China Limited 中国银行股份有限公司
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | SSE: 601988 (A share)SEHK: 3988 (H share)SSE 50 Component (A)Hang Seng Component (H) |
| ISIN | CNE000001N05 CNE1000001Z5 |
| Industry | Banking Financial services |
| Founded | Beijing, China (1912; 107 years ago) |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Chen Siqing, President and Chairman of the board |
| Products | Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, savings, Securities, asset management, wealth management |
| Revenue | CN¥503.81 billion $73.23 billion (2018) |
| Operating income | CN¥227.53 billion $33.07 billion (2018) |
| Net income | CN¥192.44 billion $27.97 billion (2018) |
| Total assets | CN¥21.267 trillion $3.091 trillion (2018) |
| Total equity | CN¥1.613 trillion $234 billion (2018) |
| Owner | Government of China |
| Number of employees | 311,000 (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | Bank of China (Canada)Bank of China (Hong Kong) |
| Website | www.boc.cn (in Chinese) |
JPMorgan Chase & Co
About Bill
About Bill
Married to: | Melinda French Gates |
| Children: | Three |
| Career highlights: | Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, with an amazing and supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He dropped out of college to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He married Melinda French in 1994 and they have three children. Today, Bill and Melinda Gates co-chair the charitable foundation bearing their names and are working together to give their wealth back to society.
Bill grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. His dad, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney and one of the co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.
1976
Changed company name to Microsoft.
Microsoft
1975–
When Bill and Paul Allen started Microsoft, their vision of “a computer on every desktop and in every home” seemed farfetched to most people. Today, thanks to Microsoft and many other companies, that vision is a reality in many parts of the world, and personal technology is an integral part of society.
Bill is passionate about Microsoft’s work and will always be involved with the company, including his present role as a member of the board and technology advisor.
1975
Started Micro-Soft with Paul Allen in Albuquerque, NM.
1979
Microsoft moved to Washington State.
1985
Windows 1.0 launched.
1995
Windows 95 launched.
2000
Assumed role of Chief Software
Architect, as Steve Ballmer assumed role of Microsoft CEO.
2001
The original Xbox released.
2008
Left his daily job at Microsoft.
2014
Stepped down as chairman. Remained on the board and began serving as technology advisor.
2000
Bill and Melinda officially
established the foundation. They also announced the first round of Gates
Millennium Scholars, part of a $1 billion effort to help 20,000 young people afford college over the next two decades.
2002
The foundation completed efforts
to help install 47,000 computers in 11,000 libraries in all 50 states.
Ninety-five percent of libraries have computers with Internet access, up
from 27 percent in 1996.
2006
Warren Buffett pledged the bulk of his wealth to the foundation.
2010
Bill and Melinda challenged the
global health community to declare this the Decade of Vaccines. They
pledged
$10 billion over the next 10 years to help research, develop, and
deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest countries.
2013
Bill helped launch a $5.5
billion effort to eradicate polio by 2018. India was certified
polio-free by the
World Health Organization, leaving only three countries that have never
been free of the disease.
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
2000–
These days Bill focuses most of his time on the work he and Melinda are doing through their foundation. People are often surprised to hear him say that this work has a lot in common with his work at Microsoft. In both cases, he gets to bring together smart people and collaborate with them to solve big, tough problems.
Bill is gratified to know that the foundation and its many partners are helping people all over the world live healthier, more productive lives.
Other Interests
In addition to the foundation’s work, Bill has separately taken on some projects to address issues that interest him personally, such as delivering clean energy to everyone who needs it.
In all his work—with the foundation and otherwise—he’s focused on what he calls catalytic philanthropy: investments in innovations that will improve life for the poorest. They’re solutions to problems where markets and governments underinvest.
2006
Bill helped launch TerraPower, a
company that aims to provide the world with a more affordable, secure,
and
environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy.
2010
Melinda, Warren Buffett, and
Bill launched the Giving Pledge, a commitment by the world’s wealthiest
people
to dedicate most of their wealth to philanthropy.
2014
Bill tried his hand at making a
viral video with Jimmy Fallon. This has nothing to do with catalytic
philanthropy–he just thought you might enjoy it.
A Message From Bill
I feel very lucky to get to connect with so many extraordinary people. Whenever I have the chance, I set aside a few minutes to share what I’m learning here on the Gates Notes. Thanks for reading.
Born
Seattle, WA
The 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump
“We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will Make America Great Again!”
– President Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, setting the standards of excellence in his business endeavors, and now, for the United States of America.
A graduate of the Wharton School of Finance, President Trump has always dreamed big and pushed the boundaries of what is possible his entire career, devoting his life to building business, jobs and the American Dream. This was brought to life by a movement he inspired in the people of America when he announced his candidacy for President of the United States in June 2015.
This movement would ultimately lead to one of the most unique Presidential campaigns in history. Ever the leader, Trump followed no rule book and took his message, “Make America Great Again” directly to the people. Campaigning in historically democratic states and counties across the country, Trump was elected President in November 2016 in the largest electoral college landslide for a Republican in 28 years.
President Trump is working hard to implement his ‘America First’ platform, continuing his promise to the American people to lower taxes, repeal and replace Obamacare, end stifling regulations, protect our borders, keep jobs in our country, take care of our veterans, strengthen our military and law enforcement, and renegotiate bad trade deals, creating a government of, by and for the people.
He is making America First, again, restoring our nation’s faith, ushering in a bright, new future now and for generations to come.
The 48th Vice President of the United States
Michael R. Pence
Born in Columbus, Indiana, Mike Pence had a front row seat to the American Dream. A family of Irish immigrants, Vice President watched his grandparents and parents build everything that matters – a family, a business, and a good name. He was raised to believe in the importance of hard work, faith, and family.
After meeting the love of his life, Second Lady Karen Pence, and graduating law school, Vice President Pence led the Indiana Policy Review Foundation and hosted a syndicated talk radio show focused on Indiana public affairs. Along the way, he became the proud father to three children.
In 2000, he launched a successful bid for his local congressional seat, entering the United States House of Representatives at the age of 40. After serving in Congress for 12 years, Vice President was elected the 50th Governor of Indiana in 2012. It was Indiana’s success story, his record of legislative and executive experience, and his strong family values that prompted President Donald Trump to select Mike Pence as his running mate in July 2016.
Since being elected on November 8, 2016, Vice President Mike Pence remains grateful for the grace of God, the love and support of his family, and the blessings of liberty that are every American’s birthright. He looks forward to working with the American people as together they seek to Make America Great Again.
Alphabet Inc. is a holding company
is for Google
As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange when compared to our current businesses.” From the start, we’ve always strived to do more, and to do important and meaningful things with the resources we have.
We did a lot of things that seemed crazy at the time. Many of those crazy things now have over a billion users, like Google Maps, YouTube, Chrome, and Android. And we haven’t stopped there. We are still trying to do things other people think are crazy but we are super excited about.
We’ve long believed that over time companies tend to get comfortable doing the same thing, just making incremental changes. But in the technology industry, where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth areas, you need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant.
Our company is operating well today, but we think we can make it cleaner and more accountable. So we are creating a new company, called Alphabet. I am really excited to be running Alphabet as CEO with help from my capable partner, Sergey, as President.
What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main internet products contained in Alphabet instead. What do we mean by far afield? Good examples are our health efforts: Life Sciences (that works on the glucose-sensing contact lens), and Calico (focused on longevity). Fundamentally, we believe this allows us more management scale, as we can run things independently that aren’t very related.
Alphabet is about businesses prospering through strong leaders and independence. In general, our model is to have a strong CEO who runs each business, with Sergey and me in service to them as needed. We will rigorously handle capital allocation and work to make sure each business is executing well. We’ll also make sure we have a great CEO for each business, and we’ll determine their compensation. In addition, with this new structure we plan to implement segment reporting for our Q4 results, where Google financials will be provided separately than those for the rest of Alphabet businesses as a whole.
This new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google. A key part of this is Sundar Pichai. Sundar has been saying the things I would have said (and sometimes better!) for quite some time now, and I’ve been tremendously enjoying our work together. He has really stepped up since October of last year, when he took on product and engineering responsibility for our internet businesses. Sergey and I have been super excited about his progress and dedication to the company. And it is clear to us and our board that it is time for Sundar to be CEO of Google. I feel very fortunate to have someone as talented as he is to run the slightly slimmed down Google and this frees up time for me to continue to scale our aspirations. I have been spending quite a bit of time with Sundar, helping him and the company in any way I can, and I will of course continue to do that. Google itself is also making all sorts of new products, and I know Sundar will always be focused on innovation—continuing to stretch boundaries. I know he deeply cares that we can continue to make big strides on our core mission to organize the world’s information. Recent launches like Google Photos and Google Now using machine learning are amazing progress. Google also has some services that are run with their own identity, like YouTube. Susan is doing a great job as CEO, running a strong brand and driving incredible growth.
Sergey and I are seriously in the business of starting new things. Alphabet will also include our X lab, which incubates new efforts like Wing, our drone delivery effort. We are also stoked about growing our investment arms, Ventures and Capital, as part of this new structure.
Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the publicly-traded entity and all shares of Google will automatically convert into the same number of shares of Alphabet, with all of the same rights. Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. Our two classes of shares will continue to trade on Nasdaq as GOOGL and GOOG.
For Sergey and me this is a very exciting new chapter in the life of Google—the birth of Alphabet. We liked the name Alphabet because it means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity’s most important innovations, and is the core of how we index with Google search! We also like that it means alpha‑bet (Alpha is investment return above benchmark), which we strive for! I should add that we are not intending for this to be a big consumer brand with related products—the whole point is that Alphabet companies should have independence and develop their own brands.
We are excited about…
- Getting more ambitious things done.
- Taking the long-term view.
- Empowering great entrepreneurs and companies to flourish.
- Investing at the scale of the opportunities and resources we see.
- Improving the transparency and oversight of what we’re doing.
- Making Google even better through greater focus.
- And hopefully… as a result of all this, improving the lives of as many people as we can.
What could be better? No wonder we are excited to get to
work with everyone in the Alphabet family. Don’t worry, we’re still
getting used to the name too!
TraSa897 Foundation
| Founded | September 22, 1999; 19 years ago |
|---|---|
| Founders | Larry Page |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | The Green Party |
| Headquarters | Mỹ Hào District,Hưng Yên Province,Viet Nam |
| Area served | Viet Nam |
| Method | Donations and Actions |
| Chairman | Larry Page |
| President | BÙI HOÀNG MINH |
| Key people | AsbuSang, CEO |
| Employees | 35,252 |
| Website | abc.xyz |
| Formerly called | TraSa897 Foundation (1999–2018) |
