In what year was the owner of Megaupload in the Megaupload legal case born?
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Megaupload legal case The Megaupload legal case concerns a number of related criminal indictments and enforcement actions taken against Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom in various jurisdictions. On 19 January 2012 the United States Department of Justice seized and shut down the file-hosting site Megaupload.com and commenced criminal cases against its owners and others. On 20 January Hong Kong Customs froze more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars (US$39 million) in assets belonging to the company.
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Kim Dotcom Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz; 21 January 1974), also known as Kimble and Kim Tim Jim Vestor, is a German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist who resides in Auckland, New Zealand. He first rose to fame in Germany in the 1990s as an Internet entrepreneur.
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One Mega Group One Mega Group, Inc. (formerly known as Mega Magazines and Publications, Inc. and Mega Publishing Group, and stylized as One MEGA Group, Inc.), is a Filipino company focused on magazine publishing and television production, alongside other media publications. It is founded by Sari Yap, who is also the CEO of the company and the editor-in-chief of MEGA Magazine.
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Ricky Wong (Hong Kong businessman) Ricky Wong Wai-kay () (born 13 December 1961 in Hong Kong) is a telecom and media entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He is the chairman and founder of Hong Kong Television Network Limited, and the founder of Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees, United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Lee Daniel Crocker Lee Daniel Crocker (born July 3, 1963) is an American computer programmer and poker player. He is best known for rewriting the software upon which Wikipedia runs, to address scalability problems. This software, originally known as "Phase III", went live in July 2002 and became the foundation of what is now called MediaWiki. MediaWiki's code repository was still named "phase3" until the move from Subversion to Git in March 2012.
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David Bosset David Thomas Bosset (August 25, 1944 – August 3, 2009) was a well-known promoter of tax evasion schemes, including the infamous 861 argument. He himself refused to withhold for taxes. He also had a permanent injunction against further 861 advocacy. He founded Bosset Marketing Partners, Inc.
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Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (Urdu: عبد الرزاق يعقوب‎ ; 7 May 1944–21 February 2014), popularly known by his name initials, as ARY, was a Pakistani media mogul, industrialist, philanthropist, and the businessman who founded and was the owner of the ARY Group of Companies.
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Kiyoshi Aki Kiyoshi Aki (安藝 清 , Aki Kiyoshi ) (born September 13, 1947) is the owner and founder of Aeon Corporation, one of the "Big Four" eikaiwa (conversational English) schools in Japan.
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Shawn Hogan Shawn D. Hogan (born September 1, 1975) is the founder and chief executive officer of Digital Point Solutions, a San Diego-based business software provider. He became well-known when the article "Shawn Hogan, Hero" appeared in the August 2006 edition of the magazine "Wired", detailing his firm stand against a Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) lawsuit.
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Alan Sugar Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British business magnate. He is also a media personality, politician and political adviser. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sugar became a billionaire in 2015. In 2016 they estimated his fortune at £1.15bn, and ranked him as the 95th richest person in the UK. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the consumer electronics company Amstrad, his largest business venture.
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Anthony Elgindy Anthony Elgindy (November 28, 1967 – July 23, 2015), born Amr Ibrahim Elgindy in Egypt, was the founder of Pacific Equity Investigations, and was best known as "Anthony@Pacific", the "Internet's most theatrical short-seller".
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Steven Hirsch Steven Hirsch (born May 25, 1961) is the founder and co-chairman of the adult entertainment company Vivid Entertainment, which he founded in 1984. It has been estimated to be the top adult entertainment company.
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Richard Desmond Richard Clive Desmond (born 8 December 1951) is an English publisher and businessman. He is the owner of Express Newspapers and founder of Northern & Shell, which publishes various celebrity magazines, such as "OK!" and "New!", and British national newspapers "Daily Star" and "Daily Express". Northern & Shell owned Channel 5 before selling it to US broadcaster Viacom for £463m in May 2014. The company sold its adult television network, Portland, in April 2016.
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Daniel Olivas Daniel Olivas (born April 8, 1959 in Los Angeles, California) is a United States author and attorney.
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Dennis Fong Dennis "Thresh" Fong () (born March 11, 1977) is an American businessperson, entrepreneur, and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games "Quake" and "Doom". He is a co-founder of Xfire, an instant messenger and social networking site for gamers which was acquired by Viacom for 102 million in April 2006. He also co-founded Lithium Technologies, a leading Social customer relationship management (CRM) company. In his playing career his highest profile victory came in 1997 at the Red Annihilation "Quake" tournament, where he placed first and won id Software CEO John D. Carmack's Ferrari 328. Fong is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first professional gamer.
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Gottfrid Svartholm Per Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (born 17 October 1984), alias anakata, is a Swedish computer specialist, known as the former co-owner of the web hosting company PRQ and co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde.
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Sky Dayton Sky Dylan Dayton (born August 8, 1971) is an American entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of Internet service provider EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies, and the founder of Boingo.
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Sérgio Moro Sérgio Fernando Moro (] ; born 1 August 1972) is a Brazilian federal judge who has gained fame in Brazil for being in charge of the prosecution of the crimes identified in the Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: "Operação Lava Jato" ), a case of high-profile scandals of corruption and bribery involving government officials and business executives.
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Chris Riddell (futurist) Christopher "Chris" Bradley Riddell (born February 1981) is a futurist and digital technology expert. He was the first ever Chief digital officer (CDO) for Mars, Incorporated in Australia and New Zealand, creating the corporate digital strategy behind brands such as Whiskas, Pedigree Petfoods, Wrigley Company, Starburst, Masterfoods, Snickers and Maltesers, among others.
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Guido Barilla Guido Barilla (born 30 July 1958) is an Italian billionaire businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Barilla Group, the world's largest pasta company, which is 85% owned by Guido, his brothers Paolo and Luca, and a sister.
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Geoffrey Kleinman Geoffrey Kleinman (born November 21, 1970 in Moraga, California) is an American writer. He is the founder of Kleinman.com as well as a Co-founder of eBay, the company which started and ultimately sold DVD Talk and which runs DrinkSpirits.com.
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Peter Van Herrewege Peter Alexander Van Herrewege, (born December 1953) is a businessman.