5 people you will definitely need to know in the tech industry



Kevin Systrom Co-founder instagram
With only 13 employees in two years he was able to achieve a great thing, he transformed instagram a photo sharing app for the iPhone, from unknown startup to one with 35 million users and a $1 billion dollar purchase price from Facebook.



 
Salman Khan Founder Khan Academy
Since this online academy started on YouTube in 2006, the virtual school’s 3,200 tutorials have been treated as a revolutionary on e-learning. Bill Gates us among the great fan of him. More are still learning through videos posted from his site on YouTube.

  
Tim Berners Lee Inventor of the Web
He is the inventor of the World Wide Web, in 1990 this British computer scientist made the first successful communication between a client and a server computer. In the whirlwind since, Berners Lee has joined the faculty of MIT and been knighted. His passion remains a free and open internet.



 Julian Assange founder WikiLeaks
He used is hacking ability into a deadly movement of revealing classified documents on government corruption and scandals. He has exposed several governments’ dirty projects and even individuals. He released Sarah Palin’s emails, the U.S political contender.

Jimmy Wales Cofounder Wikipedia
To protest antipiracy laws, wales blacked out Wikipedia for 24 hours in January reminding Web users just how dependent on the site they have become. Take your time and imagine your college life without Wikipedia.