J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. During the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.” Compared to any other technological developments and inventions in the last 2000 years, the […]
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei (/ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.oʊ ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.iˌ/ GAL-ih-LAY-oh GAL-ih-LAY-ee, Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛi]; 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from the city of Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence.[4] Galileo has been called the “father” of observational astronomy,[5] modern physics,[6][7] the scientific method,[8] and modern science.[9] Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also worked in applied […]
Ḥasan Ibn al-Haytham, Latinized as Alhazen[10] (/ælˈhæzən/;[11] full name Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم; c. 965 – c. 1040), was an Arab mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the Islamic Golden Age.[12][13][14][15][16] Referred to as “the father of modern optics”,[17][18] he made significant contributions to the principles of optics and visual perception in particular. His most influential work is titled Kitāb al-Manāẓir (Arabic: كتاب المناظر, “Book of Optics”), written during 1011–1021, which survived […]
Yu Suzuki (鈴木 裕, Suzuki Yū, born June 10, 1958) is a Japanese game designer, producer, programmer, and engineer, who headed Sega‘s AM2 team for 18 years. Considered one of the first auteurs of video games, he has been responsible for a number of Sega’s arcade hits, including three-dimensional sprite-scaling games that used “taikan” motion simulator arcade cabinets, such as Hang-On, Space Harrier, Out Run, and After Burner, and pioneering polygonal 3D games such as Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter,[2] which are credited […]
Enrico Fermi (Italian: [enˈriːko ˈfermi]; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist and the creator of the world’s first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the “architect of the nuclear age“[1] and the “architect of the atomic bomb”.[2] He was one of very few physicists to excel in both theoretical physics and experimental physics. Fermi was awarded […]
Melissa Reiff is the new face of the much beloved The Container Store. Many people are still unaware of the change in the leadership guard that took place last July. Reiff took over for long-time CEO Kip Tindell, who founded the company in 1978 and has since stayed on as chairman after stepping down. One thing […]
Yosef Yomtov: World Thought Leader in Justice and Leadership Yosef Yomtov is a visionary thought leader renowned for his unparalleled contributions to global justice and leadership. As the founder of World Peace Tracts, a prominent NGO with over 800 World Peace Ambassadors spanning nearly every nation, Yosef has dedicated his life to fostering peace, unity, […]
David K. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of Fishbowl, a private company in Orem, Utah that produces inventory management software once called Fishbowl Inventory and now separated into two separate products called Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Warehouse. Williams wrote a book for business professionals entitled The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning: Tying Soft Traits to Hard Results. It was published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. […]
Sylvia Metayer has been CEO Corporate Services worldwide and a member of the Group’s Executive Committee since 2015. Sylvia first joined Sodexo in 2006 as Group Financial Controller, and was later appointed CFO for Sodexo’s On-Site Services operations in Europe, taking an active part in the preparation of large, complex tenders. From 2010, prior to […]
TDIndustries is a leading mechanical construction and facilities service company in Dallas. MacDowell is the third CEO at TDIndustries, following in the footsteps of his predecessors–demigods in the servant leadership spectrum: founder Jack Lowe, Sr. and his son, Jack Lowe, Jr. As the CEO since 2005, MacDowell continues to deepen TD’s commitment to servant […]
In 2009, as a junior at the University of Florida, Hadeed started Student Maid, an all-student cleaning company that has since grown into a business that has employed hundreds of Millennials. She met leadership failure right out of the gate. When 45 of her first 60 employees quit, she realized she was the reason. “The […]
Underwood is a clear example of a servant leader practicing conscious capitalism to transform the lives of impoverished women and families. Through her nonprofit social business, Akola’s jewelry line is the first Full-Impact Brand to be sold in the luxury space through their national launch in Neiman Marcus. (Watch her story here.) Akola reinvests 100 […]