2016 Heroes
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Martin J. Fisher
Martin J. Fisher co-founded KickStart International, an award-winning non-profit social enterprise that develops appropriate technologies to improve lives and lift people out of poverty. More
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Reed Hastings
Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997. In 1991, he founded Pure Software, which made tools for software developers. More
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Perry L. McCarty
Perry L. McCarty joined Stanford University in 1962 to develop the environmental engineering and science program. More