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==External links== |
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* [http://www.idealab.com/about_idealab/management/bill_gross.html Idealab Biography] |
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* [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail304.html Bill Gross talking about Snap.com] October 2004, Web 2.0 |
* [http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail304.html Bill Gross talking about Snap.com] October 2004, Web 2.0 |
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* [http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_bill_gross_idealab/s-0009489.html Bill Gross talks about his clean technology efforts] June 2007, socalTECH.com |
* [http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_bill_gross_idealab/s-0009489.html Bill Gross talks about his clean technology efforts] June 2007, socalTECH.com |
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William T. "Bill" Gross (born 1958) is an American businessman. Gross grew up in Encino, California and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.[1]
He founded GNP Loudspeakers (now GNP Audio Video), an audio equipment manufacturer; GNP Development Inc., acquired by Lotus Software; Knowledge Adventure, an educational software company, later acquired by Cendant; and the business incubator Idealab in March, 1996, of which he serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
Gross serves on the boards of numerous companies. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology and of the Art Center College of Design.[citation needed]
Internet and technology
One company founded by Gross, GoTo.com, Inc., provided an Internet search engine which relied upon sponsored search results and pay-per-click advertisements.[citation needed] GoTo.com was later renamed Overture Services Inc. and was then acquired by Yahoo! to provide their Yahoo! Search Marketing products.
In 1996, Gross purchased the domain name answers.com, which was later sold to NetShepard and then to GuruNet.[citation needed]
In 2004, Gross created the SNAP search engine which introduced a new hyperlink previewer, Snap Shots.[citation needed]
In 2010, Gross founded and launched TweetUp, a search engine for Twitter that promotes the best tweeters on any topic.[2] TweetUp was renamed to "PostUp" to reflect its inclusion of Facebook and LinkedIn status updates.[3]
On January 24, 2011, PostUp acquired popular Twitter client app UberTwitter—after previously purchasing Echofon (for iPhone/iOS) and Twidroyd (for Android OS)—and renamed itself UberMedia.[4]
Solar energy
A Gross company is working on development of a rooftop concentrated photovoltaic solar collector for flat-roofed commercial buildings. They completed the world's largest corporate solar installation at Google's headquarters in 2006.[5]
During 2010, Gross was the CEO of eSolar, a company that aims to make renewable energy cost-competitive with fossil fuel energy using CSP technology. eSolar builds an individual 46 MW power unit on 200 acres and can scale up to 500 MW or larger capacity with multiple units. The company has an order for a 100MW plant in India (in production) and a 500MW plant in China (forthcoming.)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Management team". Idealab. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Todd Woody. "Bringing a Smarter Search to Twitter, with Fees". The New York Times, April 12, 2010.
- ^ "TweetUp Now Includes Updates From LinkedIn And Facebook; Changes Name To PostUp". TechCrunch, August 30, 2010.
- ^ "PostUp Acquires UberTwitter – Now Called UberMedia". BerryReview, January 24, 2011.
- ^ "Google builds largest solar installation in U.S. — oh, and bigger than Microsoft’s". VentureBeat, October 16, 2006.
External links
- Idealab Biography
- Bill Gross talking about Snap.com October 2004, Web 2.0
- Bill Gross talks about his clean technology efforts June 2007, socalTECH.com
- Bill T. Gross at TED
