IBM tried an altogether different stunt in 2011, when Watson — a computer named after its founder — took on the best human champions in the US TV quiz show Jeopardy.
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba, is poised to expand his media holdings as his online finance company eyes a stake in Caixin, the business magazine.
Antonio Percassi, the company's founder and president, acknowledged the tricky nature of opening a coffee chain in his home market.
But founder Kavin Bharti Mittal says one new feature is proving popular with users across the developing world.
Xiaomi Inc launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Mi 5, on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing, with founder Lei Jun saying the company plans to focus this year on making "exciting" products and winning consumers' hearts and wallets.
Rupert Hoogewerf, the founder of Hurun, attributed China's explosive wealth creation to Chinese market regulators allowing a flood of new initial public offerings after holding back new IPOs for several years.
Nike founder Philip Knight has given $400m to Stanford University, equalling the largest individual donation to a US college, for an ambitious international programme to draw potential future world leaders to Silicon Valley.
Light Phone founder Joe Hollier falls into this camp.
The Microsoft founder took issue with Tim Cook's characterisation of the government's order that Apple help break open the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone as a demand for a "back door", denying that it would set a wider precedent.
Li Siguang and Geomechanics In the 1920s, Li Siguang, a geologist and founder of geological mechanics of China, set up the subject of geological mechanics and made great contribution to the geological theory.
"I just want to drive a stake through the heart of that myth," said George Hobica, the founder of the deal alert site Airfarewatchdog.
Foxconn chairman and founder Terry Gou also has a personal investment in one of Sharp's production facilities.
" Gates also spoke of his relationship with Apple founder Steve Jobs.
He Qiaonv, founder and chairman of Beijing Orient Landscape, topped the list after she promised to donate her company shares worth an estimated 2.
The takeover battle over troubled electronics maker Sharp has intensified after Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, made a personal appeal to the Japanese government and bank officials to take its $5.
"We don't pay much attention to industry-specific experience," says Kenneth Wisnefski, founder and CEO of WebiMax, a search-optimization company in Mount Laurel, N.
"The new SAT will align better with what kids are learning in school," said Ned Johnson, founder of PrepMatters, a test-preparation service in Bethesda, Md.
Hiring freezes at Alibaba and Baidu have signaled recent caution about spending, according to Mark Natkin, founder of the research firm Marbridge Consulting in Beijing.
The Facebook founder and CEO posted a new photo of his two month old baby girl serenely floating in what appears to be a lake as her billionaire daddy holds her lightly behind her head and looks adoringly into her eyes.
The rocket tipped over after one of its four landing legs failed to lock, said founder Elon Musk in a Tweet.
