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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by oh_sigh on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:44PM (#13859505)
I'll assume you're talking about Brin when including Google in your post. He was 6 years old when he came to America. Maybe that is what is important. Did anyone pull stats on the value of companies started by immigrants who came to America already fully grown?
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by qaq on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:48PM (#13859563)
Right so if his parents did not move he would've entered US by himself at 6, same thing for Jobs.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by surfmike on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:13PM (#13859890)
Excellent point. If you include first generation immigrants I'm sure the impact of immigrants is even greater.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by Shubham28 on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:56PM (#13859677)
I think he is referring to Sundar Pichai
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by oh_sigh on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:41PM (#13860232)
Sundar is just an employee who worked his way up through the ranks...he was not involved in founding Google.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by Shubham28 on Saturday March 18, 2017 @06:38AM (#13900714)
But the poster never mentioned founders, he says leaders. Even when talking about Microsoft, I think he is referring to Satya Nadella since both Gates & Balmer were not immigrants.
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