Got Facebook or Twitter?
your friends updated with all your activity on FanBox.
It's free and takes less than 10 seconds!
Your post has been published.
Now, create a free Shout-Out to share your blog with thousands of users. It's simple and quick to create.
|
Got Facebook or Twitter?
Got Facebook or Twitter?your friends updated with all your activity on FanBox. It's free and takes less than 10 seconds! |
||
About this Author
You have rated this blog:
You have not yet rated this blog.
Rate it: Rate 1 Star Rate 2 Stars Rate 3 Stars Rate 4 Stars Rate 5 Stars
Click a
to change your rating
Tell others why you gave this rating (optional):
Tell others why you gave this rating (optional):
Tell others why you gave this rating (optional):
By Seth Rosenblatt
The Internet companies that power your online life know that data equals money, and they're becoming bolder about using that data to track you. If they get their way, your every online step would be not only irrevocable, but traceable back to you. Fortunately, there are some positive steps you can take to reclaim your online history for yourself.
The online privacy software company Abine, which makes Do Not Track Plus, also offers a service called DeleteMe, which removes your data from numerous tracking sites and keeps it from coming back. In an unusual gesture, though, they've made public how to do for yourself everything that DeleteMe does. Here's my take on their advice.
Be warned, though. The following are not easy instructions, and it's not because they're technically complex. They require a tenacity and wherewithal that is likely to either exhaust you, drive you borderline bonkers, or both. (And no, I haven't followed the instructions to remove myself because it's essential to my job that I can be found by strangers.)
Step 1: Prepare yourself: You're going to have to be polite.
These instructions require patience for the antics of others and determination to get the job done. It's not a bad idea to get something inanimate to take your frustrations out on, because often getting your data successfully removed or changed will require the good faith of the person you're dealing with. Things are not likely to go your way the first time around.
FRUIT SALAD TREE
The world’s richest chief executives have all either founded or built companies from the ground up, in many cases transforming their industries. While some of them inherited wealth, most came from modest beginnings. One started as a newspaper boy, another as an insurance salesman, a third as a mortgage broker. Our list of the 10 richest CEOs spans across four generations; the youngest CEO on the list was born in 1984, the oldest in 1930. The ranking is based on net worth figures from Wealth-X, a research firm that provides information on ultra high net worth individuals to private banks and consulting firms. Each chief executive's net worth was calculated as of March 16, 2012 and consists of public and private holdings, estimated cash salaries, dividends, and all other investible assets. Their wealth is so large that it makes the earnings of the average CEO — with their stock options, pension plans and bonuses — look like pocket change. But the recession in 2008 and a slowdown in global growth in recent years have dented the wealth of some of them. So, who are the world’s billionaire-CEOs? Click ahead to find out.
10. Aliko Dangote, 55
Company: Dangote Group
Net worth: $11.2 billion
Compensation: $16, 510*
Billionaire Aliko Dangote is the richest man in Africa, according to Forbes. He is also the founder and CEO of Dangote Group, which owns Nigeria’s largest listed company by market cap — Dangote Cement. Dangote founded the group in 1977 as a rice, sugar and cement trading company before it grew into a full-scale manufacturing firm and one of Africa’s largest conglomerates. The group now has 13 subsidiaries in sectors like real estate, telecommunications and oil and gas. It operates in 14 African countries and recorded revenue of more than $3 billion in 2010, according to its website.
Known as Africa's "cement king," Dangote consolidated cement interests spread throughout the continent in 2010 under parent company, Dangote Cement, which was then listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. In February, Dangote Cement opened a $1 billion manufacturing plant in the southeastern Nigerian state of Ogun, boosting the country’s cement production capacity by more than 40 percent. Earlier this month, Dangote announced plans to list the company on the London Stock Exchange in 2013 and free-float a 20 percent stake in the firm to finance its rapid expansion.
The majority of Dangote’s wealth comes from his stake in Dangote Cement, which is estimated to be at least $9.6 billion, according to Wealth-X. His second biggest asset is his holding in Dangote Group, which is valued at over $450 million.
9. Mark Zuckerberg, 27
Company: Facebook
Net worth: $18.1 billion
2011 compensation: $1.49 million
At 27-years-old, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest CEO on the list. As the founder and CEO of the world’s largest social networking website with 845 million monthly users, Zuckerberg is likely to leap up the rankings once Facebook goes public this year. His roughly 28 percent stake in the company is valued at $17.9 billion, according to Wealth-X. The tech giant’s highly-anticipated $5 billion IPO could value the company at $100 billion and push Zuckerberg’s net worth up to $28 billion.
Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook with friends in his Harvard University dorm in 2004 as a way to connect the university’s students. He dropped out of Harvard to expand the social networking site globally. Facebook’s growth has catapulted the company’s revenue to $3.71 billion in 2011 and its workforce has grown to 3,200. Worldwide, users spend about six hours a month on Facebook, and a recent survey revealed that long-time users are not tiring of posting personal details on the social media site.
Despite plans to take the company public this year, Zuckerberg will keep almost complete control over the social media enterprise. Its IPO prospectus states that Zuckerberg will “control all matters” submitted to stockholders for vote, along with the overall management and direction of the firm. Zuckerberg has struck deals with several Facebook investors that grant him voting rights over their shares.
The Philippines’ entry to the BBC World Challenge 2010 – an indigenous hydraulic ram pump – has been voted as one of the top three projects among 12 finalists worldwide.
Auke Idzenga, the founder and executive director of the Negros-based Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI), broke the news in an email to the Manila Bulletin, disclosing that the Philippine invention received over 167,000 votes from all over the world to earn a spot in the top three projects.
“We thank all the people who cast their vote for AIDFI, the only Philippine entry in the Challenge and the support given during the campaign,” Idzenga wrote.
The hydraulic ram pump project, called “The Only Way is Up,” does not use fuel to spur it into action but uses instead the kinetic energy of the river. Custom-made from door hinges, car tires, pipes, and steel, the AIDFI pump model which was invented by Idzenga could raise 20 to 40 liters of water directly to elevated communities. The pump can last up to three years if properly maintained.
The pump, according to Idzenga, has already supplied water to about 170 villages, giving relief to some 50,000 beneficiaries all over the country.
A Dutchman who has made Negros Occidental his home for 25 years now, Idzenga, 42, said he invented the pump out of necessity seeing that the province lacked water supply.
“Before we introduced the pump, people in our community were only getting 20 to 40 liters of water. Now, they receive about 500 to 1,000 liters a day,” Idzenga told Manila Bulletin in an earlier interview.
While the hydraulic ram pump already existed in the 1700’s, Idzenga explains their model was cheaper by P300 to P500 compared to commercial brands, but still works as efficient.
“Our models are much sexier looking,” Idzenga said, comparing his invention to the bulky types of imported pumps. “It is also made from local materials so communities will be able to maintain it,” he added.
Idzenga’s invention earlier won an Ashden award for Sustainable Energy in London. Since then, AIDFI has received inquiries on the application of their technology for irrigation in other countries like Afghanistan, Cambodia, and Columbia.
Asked why he chose to help the local provincial communities and represent the Philippines, Idezenga cited the determination and passion of Filipinos which he admired.
“We are on the top of the world in this kind of low-cost technologies. Let us show the world what the Filipinos can do,” Idzenga said. (Story courtesyThe Philippines’ entry to the BBC World Challenge 2010 – an indigenous hydraulic ram pump – has been voted as one of the top three projects among 12 finalists worldwide.
Auke Idzenga, the founder and executive director of the Negros-based Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI), broke the news in an email to the Manila Bulletin, disclosing that the Philippine invention received over 167,000 votes from all over the world to earn a spot in the top three projects.
“We thank all the people who cast their vote for AIDFI, the only Philippine entry in the Challenge and the support given during the campaign,” Idzenga wrote.
The awarding ceremony for the winner and two runners-up of the BBC World Challenge 2010 will be held in Amsterdam on November 29.
The awards ceremony will be broadcast on December 4 on BBC World News and announced on the website on the same day and profiled in Newsweek magazine in the December 21 issue which will be on sale starting December 14, 2010.
The hydraulic ram pump project, called “The Only Way is Up,” does not use fuel to spur it into action but uses instead the kinetic energy of the river. Custom-made from door hinges, car tires, pipes, and steel, the AIDFI pump model which was invented by Idzenga could raise 20 to 40 liters of water directly to elevated communities. The pump can last up to three years if properly maintained.
The pump, according to Idzenga, has already supplied water to about 170 villages, giving relief to some 50,000 beneficiaries all over the country.
A Dutchman who has made Negros Occidental his home for 25 years now, Idzenga, 42, said he invented the pump out of necessity seeing that the province lacked water supply.
“Before we introduced’sYou are now following this blog.
Adult content and certain language are not permitted in premium blog posts.
Why? In order to fulfill our objective of helping you earn money, we have to abide by mobile carrier regulations.
In order to publish this post, please remove all offensive language and adult references, by modifying any yellow highlighted text. We apologize if our automated system flagged something it really shouldn’t have.
|
Share
Believe it or not, there are no posts about:Why not create one yourself?
What are you passionate about?
You cannot enter offensive language.
|
||
|
Success!
|
||
