After working for some of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley, Brian Acton finally struck gold as the Co-founder of the messaging startup WhatsApp. After college, Acton flitted between jobs in the tech industry as a systems administrator for Rockwell International and as a product tester for both Apple and Adobe Systems…
Known for his quirky bowtie and long lab coat, Bill Nye is one of America’s most famous science educators. Recognized by millions as “Bill Nye the Science Guy” from his 1990s PBS TV series, Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing Corporation in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes…
For economists, tackling major financial crises can be a landmark career event. For new Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the first female to serve in the role established by Alexander Hamilton, the coronavirus recovery is the second financial crisis in less than 15 years requiring her insight…
Toni Morrison was a prolific writer of novels, essays, and song lyrics, who first came to prominence in the early 1970s. Morrison’s narratives often focused particularly on the experience of women within the Black community, while weaving complex narratives from a patchwork of voices across time and space…
Steve Huffman is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reddit, a social news aggregation and discussion website. Claiming to be the “front page of the internet,” as of February 2021, Reddit ranks as the 18th-most-visited website in the world and 7th most-visited website in the U.S…
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Stanford Alumni in Technology of 2021. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University has long served as a hub Continue Reading
Alumni Spotlight is pleased to announce The Top 100 Stanford Alumni in Technology of 2021. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University has long served as a hub Continue Reading
Since beginning her professional journalism career in 1967, Andrea Mitchell has become an icon in the world of serious reporting, eventually rising to chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News. Domestically, the veteran correspondent has extensively covered every American president since Jimmy Carter…
As one of her generation’s top actresses, Angela Bassett has been seen in numerous stage productions, countless television shows, and iconic films. Bassett began her film career in the 1980s, after earning two degrees from Yale University…
Anthony Fauci is a nationally renowned immunologist who became one of the most trusted figures in American public health following the outbreak of the coronavirus. A longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), in 2020 Fauci joined the White House Coronavirus Task Force…
