George Eastman
George Eastman (1854–1932) was an American entrepreneur and inventor who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and pioneered the popularization of photography through roll film and affordable cameras. He is best known for introducing the Kodak camera in 1888, which made amateur photography accessible to the general public, and for his major philanthropic contributions totaling over $100 million to educational, medical, and arts institutions. He died by suicide on March 14, 1932, after being diagnosed with a progressive spinal disease.
“Stan Shih (Acer), Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Larry Hillblom (DHL), George Eastman (Kodak), Fred Smith (FedEx), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Carlos Slim (América Móvil), Jorge Paulo Lemann (3G Capital), Aristotle Onassis (Olympic Maritime), Harland David Sanders (KFC), James Dyson, Lorenzo Zambrano (CEMEX), Jim Casey (UPS), Li Ka-Shing (CK Hutchison), Frank Lowy (Westfield), Alfred Krupp all lost parents in childhood or adolescence.”
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