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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
American businessman
Ellison, Larry
Larry Ellison
American business executive
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Bill Gates
American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist
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Jony Ive
British designer and executive
Steve Wozniak in 2014
Steve Wozniak
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