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MBTI & Celebs

Mark Cuban: ENTP

"Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, television producer, investor, and television personality.

He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, and one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cuban's entrepreneurial actions manifested early with ventures ranging from selling garbage bags to running newspapers during a strike.

He graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and embarked on a diverse business career that included founding MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com, both of which he sold at substantial profits.

Cuban's investments span various industries, from technology and media to sports and entertainment."

Sources: video, wiki/Mark_Cuban

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Elizabeth Holmes: ESTJ + enneagram 4w3 so/sp

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MBTI & Tech

Sam Bankman-Fried: ENTP

“Samuel Bankman-Fried (born March 6, 1992), also known by his initials SBF, is an American entrepreneur, investor and former billionaire. 

He is the founder and former CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange; FTX.US, its U.S. affiliate; and Alameda Research, a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm. 

FTX experienced a solvency crisis in late 2022, which led to a collapse in FTX's native cryptocurrency, FTT. 

Amid the crisis, Bankman-Fried announced he would wind down operations at Alameda Research and resigned as CEO of FTX, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

Bankman-Fried's net worth peaked at $26 billion. In October 2022, he had an estimated net worth of $10.5 billion. 

However, on November 8, 2022, amid FTX's solvency crisis, his net worth was estimated to have dropped 94% in a day to $991.5 million, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the largest one-day drop in the index's history. 

By November 11, 2022, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index considered Bankman-Fried to have no material wealth. (…)

One day after FTX declared bankruptcy, on November 12, Bankman-Fried was interviewed by the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

Bankman-Fried began publishing a series of very short "cryptic" messages in a sequence on Twitter starting 14 November. 

The tweet started with simply, "1) What" and a series of one-letter tweets that, when combined, spelled out the message, "What HAPPENED."”

Sources: video, wiki/Sam_Bankman-Fried. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Celebs

Jony Ive: INFJ

“Sir Jonathan Paul Ive (born 27 February 1967) is a British industrial and product designer, as well as businessman. 

Ive was the chief design officer (CDO) of Apple Inc. from 1997 until 2019 (known as senior vice principal of industrial design until 2015), and serves as Chancellor of the Royal College of Art. (…)

Working closely with Jobs during their tenure together at Apple, Ive played a vital role in the designs of the iMac, Power Mac G4 Cube, iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and parts of the user interface of Apple's mobile operating system iOS, among other products. 

He also helped design Apple's major architectural projects, such as Apple Park and Apple Stores.”

Sources: video, wiki/Jony_Ive

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MBTI & Star Academy

Léa: ESFP Michael Goldman: INTJ

“Michael Goldman, né le 24 juillet 1979 à Paris, est un entrepreneur et producteur de musique français. 

En 2007, il cofonde le label communautaire My Major Company dont il est le président. Il est également le fondateur du site Tipeee lancé en 2013. 

Il est aussi parolier, utilisant alternativement les pseudonymes de Michel Godebama, Godebama, M. Godebama, M.Godebama.

En 2022, il est le directeur de la saison 10 de Star Academy sur TF1.”

Sources: wiki/Michael_Goldman, Star Academy 2022 - Quotidiennes du 16 et 17 novembre

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MBTI & Tech Tristan Harris: ENFJ

“Tristan Harris is the president and a co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology.

Earlier, he worked as a design ethicist at Google, where he studied ethics of human persuasion. (…)

Harris left Google in December 2015 to focus on a nonprofit called Time Well Spent, which he co-founded.

Through Time Well Spent, Harris hoped to mobilize support for an alternative built around core values at tech corporations, chief of which is helping us spend our time well, instead of demanding more of it.

Harris asserts that all human minds can be hijacked and the choices they make are not as free as they think they are. 

The Atlantic stated in their November 2016 issue that “Harris is the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience.”

He coined the phrase "human downgrading" to describe the interconnected system of mutually reinforcing harms – addiction, distraction, isolation, polarization, fake news – 

that weakens human capacity, caused by technology platforms with the extractive business model to capture human attention.”

Sources: The Social Dilemma (Netflix), wiki/Tristan_Harris.

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MBTI & Celebs

Markus Persson (Notch): INTP

“Markus Alexej Persson (born 1 June 1979), also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.

He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2009. (…)

He retained his position as the lead designer of Minecraft until the game's official launch in 2011, after which he transferred creative authority to Jens Bergensten.

He had continued to work on Minecraft until he left Mojang in November 2014, after its acquisition by Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

Microsoft eventually dissociated from Persson following controversial comments regarding topics such as race and gender on his Twitter account.”

Sources: video, wiki/Markus_Persson. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Tech Brie Code: INFP

“Hi, I'm Brie. I'm the founder and CEO of TRU LUV, a Toronto-based AI company changing our relationship with technology.

We make AI companions for refuge, resilience and transformation.

These are not personal assistants, nor apps nor games, but a new category of human-computer interaction that feels like friendship. (…)

Previously I was a lead AI programmer at Ubisoft on the soft, ethereal game Child of Light and three Assassin's Creed games and an AI programmer at Relic Entertainment.”

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“With #SelfCare, we’re experimenting with a new interaction model built from deepening love, not rising stress. As you care for our companion, our companion cares for you.

Our companion has been brought to life by us, our diverse, transdisciplinary team of feminist artists, poets, witches, psychologists, and AI designers.

We’re grateful that #SelfCare was one of Apple’s Best of 2018 Trends of the Year selections and now we’re working on deepening the experience.”

Sources: video, briecode.com, truluv.ai. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Celebs Zoë Quinn: INFP

“Zoë Tiberius Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, writer, and artist.

They developed the interactive fiction game Depression Quest, which was released in 2013. (…)

In August 2014, Eron Gjoni, a former boyfriend of Quinn, posted a lengthy blog post detailing his relationship with Quinn.

Based on the contents of the post, Quinn was falsely accused of receiving positive coverage from a journalist with whom they were in a relationship.

It was later shown that the journalist in question had only once briefly mentioned Quinn's work, and not while they were in a relationship.

These accusations sparked the Gamergate controversy.

Quinn suffered a long period of harassment including doxing, rape threats, and death threats.

Harassment associated with Gamergate resulted in widespread recognition of sexism in gaming.”

Sources: video, wiki/Zoë_Quinn. Screencaps: transcript. See also: Anita Sarkeesian.

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MBTI & Tech Jimmy Wales: INTJ

“Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (born August 7, 1966) is a British-American Internet entrepreneur.

He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit web hosting company Wikia.”

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“WikiTribune Social, abbreviated as WT:Social, is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users contribute to "subwikis."

It was founded in October 2019 by Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter.

The service contains no advertisements, and runs off of donations. As of mid-November 2019, there are about 80,000 users.

Jimmy Wales created WT:Social after becoming frustrated with Facebook and Twitter for what he called their "clickbait nonsense".”

Sources: video, wiki/Jimmy_Wales, wiki/WikiTribune_Social. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Tech/Business Carlos Ghosn: ESTJ

“Carlos Ghosn, KBE (born March 9, 1954) is a Brazilian-born French businessman of Lebanese ancestry.

Ghosn has served as the CEO of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Nissan, and chairman of Mitsubishi Motors. (…)

In the early 2000s, for orchestrating one of the auto industry's most aggressive downsizing campaigns and spearheading the turnaround of Nissan from its near bankruptcy in 1999, he earned the nickname "Mr. Fix It". 

Following the Nissan financial turnaround, in 2002 Fortune awarded him Asia Businessman of the Year. (…)

On 19 November 2018, Tokyo District Prosecutors arrested Ghosn at 4:30 pm upon his re-entry into Japan aboard a private jet that had come from Lebanon, for questioning over allegations of false accounting. (…)

While the allegations remained unproven in court, with due legal process pending, at the same news conference, Saikawa

"expressed disappointment, indignation, and despair at Ghosn's conduct, which included using company funds for personal investments and misusing corporate assets" (…)

On 30 December 2019, numerous media outlets reported that Ghosn fled Japan and arrived in Beirut, Lebanon.

Ghosn later confirmed these reports through a statement released by his press representative in New York.

In his statement, Ghosn claimed that he would "no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed, discrimination is rampant and basic human rights are denied,"

adding that he did not flee justice, but "escaped injustice and political persecution.””

Sources: video, wiki/Carlos_Ghosn. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Tech

Ellen Pao: INTJ (Kara Swisher: ENTJ)

“Ellen K. Pao (born 1970) is an American investor and activist who co-founded the diversity consulting non-profit organization Project Include. (…)

Since becoming known, in 2012, for filing a gender discrimination suit against former employer Kleiner Perkins, Pao has expressed vocal criticism of the hiring and promotion practices in Silicon Valley.

In 2015, unpopular decisions made during Pao's tenure at Reddit generated a wave of controversy that culminated in her stepping down.

The backlash she received sparked debates both on the treatment of women in technology and the need for transparency in a company that relies on volunteers. (…)

On June 10, 2015, a post on Reddit, signed by Pao and two other executives, announced that five subreddits were being banned for fostering off-site harassment.

One such community had over 150,000 subscribers.

Multiple change.org petitions calling for Pao's resignation were created by displeased Reddit users and the most popular one reached 10,000 signatures in the days following the change.

Some users began posting hateful comments and images about Pao on Reddit and other websites.”

Sources: video, wiki/Ellen_Pao. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Tech/Business Jennifer Hyman: ESFJ

“Jennifer Hyman is the CEO and cofounder of Rent The Runway, a fashion and technology/logistics company that offers clothing, accessory,

and home rentals from over 600 designer brands for women and kids via on-demand rentals and subscription. (…)

Rent the Runway’s employees are 93% female and/or non-white, with 80% of leaders who are women, including a female CEO, COO, CRO and CFO.”

Sources: video, wiki/Jennifer_Hyman. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Celebs Demis Hassabis: INTP

“Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, video game designer, entrepreneur, and world-class games player.

He is the founder and CEO of DeepMind. (…)

A child prodigy in chess, Hassabis reached master standard at the age of 13 with an Elo rating of 2300 and captained many of the England junior chess teams. (…)

Hassabis began his computer games career at Bullfrog Productions, first level designing on Syndicate and then at 17 co-designing and lead programming on the 1994 game Theme Park, with the games designer Peter Molyneux. (…)

DeepMind's mission is to "solve intelligence" and then use intelligence "to solve everything else".

More concretely, DeepMind aims to meld insights from neuroscience and machine learning with new developments in computing hardware to unlock

increasingly powerful general-purpose learning algorithms that will work towards the creation of an artificial general intelligence (AGI).”

Sources: video, wiki/Demis_Hassabis. Screencaps: transcript.

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MBTI & Politics Andrew Yang: ENTP

“Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is a U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepreneur, attorney, philanthropist, and founder of Venture for America (VFA).

He worked in startups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive from 2000 to 2009.

After he founded VFA, the Obama administration selected him in 2012 as a "Champion of Change" and in 2015 as a "Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship".

In November 2017 Yang launched his campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

His signature policy is what he calls the "Freedom Dividend", a form of Universal Basic Income (UBI) for every American adult over 18.”

Sources: video, wiki/Andrew_Yang

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MBTI & Tech John Carmack: INTP

Sources: video, wiki/John_Carmack. Screencaps: transcript. See also: Palmer Luckey.

“John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is an American computer programmer, video game developer and engineer.

He co-founded id Software and was the lead programmer of its video games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage and their sequels.

Carmack made innovations in 3D graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes.

In August 2013, he took the position of CTO at Oculus VR.”