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Guy Kawasaki

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Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born August 30, 1954) is an American marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. He popularized the word evangelist in marketing the Macintosh as an "Apple evangelist" and the concepts of evangelism marketing and technology evangelism/platform evangelism in general. From March 2015 until December 2016, Kawasaki sat on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit operating entity of Wikipedia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Kawasaki is the 524th most popular businessperson, the 7,150th most popular biography from United States and the 170th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Guy Kawasaki ranks 524 out of 847Before him are Lee Jae-yong, William Henry Vanderbilt, Sheryl Sandberg, Isabella Beeton, Leo Burnett, and David Baszucki. After him are Gautam Adani, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Steve Forbes, Boris Hagelin, Jamie Dimon, and Ben Bradlee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Guy Kawasaki ranks 349Before him are Zdeněk Pecka, Ash Carter, Mark Herman, Robert Carradine, Rahim Ademi, and Michael Badalucco. After him are Alex Salmond, Graziano Rossi, Bob Menendez, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Medha Patkar, and Piero Gros.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guy Kawasaki ranks 7,150 out of 20,380Before him are Michael Badalucco (1954), Mick Thomson (1973), Michael Cristofer (1945), Bobby Vee (1943), Barbara Hale (1922), and Roy Cochran (1919). After him are Robert Hays (1947), James Foley (1973), Stephen Hunter (1946), Ed Hamm (1906), Jean Parker (1915), and Mr. Lawrence (1969).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Guy Kawasaki ranks 170Before him are Sam Altman (1985), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Irene Rosenfeld (1953), William Henry Vanderbilt (1821), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), and Leo Burnett (1891). After him are Steve Forbes (1947), Jamie Dimon (1956), Ben Bradlee (1921), James Smith McDonnell (1899), Joe Sutter (1921), and Richard Hilton (1955).