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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 519th most popular businessperson (up from 524th in 2019), the 7,327th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,150th in 2019) and the 173rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Guy Kawasaki ranks 519 out of 847Before him are Athina Onassis, Lila Tretikov, John Templeton, William Henry Vanderbilt, James Buchanan Duke, and Jean-Dominique Senard. After him are Marcus Goldman, Piero Dusio, Joe Sutter, Howard Stringer, Suleyman Kerimov, and George Peabody.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Guy Kawasaki ranks 333Before him are Hansi Hinterseer, Bob Rock, Ellen von Unwerth, Bill Joy, Einar Már Guðmundsson, and Hanif Kureishi. After him are Annette Haven, Jo Gartner, Jouko Törmänen, Tarak Dhiab, Ken Stott, and Amparo Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Guy Kawasaki ranks 7,329 out of 20,380Before him are Dale Fuller (1885), Dorothy Hansine Andersen (1901), Reba McEntire (1955), Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (1903), Ted Wilde (1889), and Bill Hagerty (1959). After him are Mike Dirnt (1972), Annette Haven (1954), Wayne Rogers (1933), Edwin Hedley (1864), Eugene Polley (1915), and Chris von Saltza (1944).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Guy Kawasaki ranks 173Before him are Teddy Mayer (1935), Brendan Eich (1961), Malcom McLean (1913), John Templeton (1912), William Henry Vanderbilt (1821), and James Buchanan Duke (1856). After him are Joe Sutter (1921), George Peabody (1795), Robert Durst (1943), Muhtar Kent (1952), Mario Segale (1934), and Gene Haas (1952).