The Forbes 400 list was good for Mark Zuckerberg, on the surface at least.
The Facebook founder made the list of the world’s richest people at No. 36 with a total net worth of $9.4 billion — still good for a person who less than a decade ago was a college student with a brilliant idea for a new website.
But a closer look shows the downward trend Zuckerberg has been on in the past few months. Just last year he took the No. 14 spot on the Forbes 400 list, PCMag.com noted, where he had $17.5 billion. The $8.1 billion of net worth Zuckerberg lost in one year is more than nearly everyone on the list has in total, and comes at a bad time for Facebook, which has seen a disappointing debut for its stock.
Earlier this month Zuckerberg spoke at a tech conference in California and addressed the company’s disappointing stock performance. But he appeared to take it as a challenge for the ever-growing company to improve, Slate reported.
Zuckerberg told the conference:
“I would rather be in a cycle where people underestimate us. I think it gives us the latitude to go out and make some big bets. Facebook has not been an uncontroversial company. It’s not like this is the first up and down we have ever had. We have a pretty good compass. I always like to think that when folks are being too nice, we aren’t as good as they say they are. And when the media is being too critical, we are not as bad as they say we are.”
Zuckerberg may have fallen off, but tech magnates were well represented on the list. As PCMag.com noted, the Forbes 400 list was filled with others who made their fortune in computer software. Bil Gates topped the list, as he has for nearly the past 20 years, and Oracle owner Larry Ellison took the No. 3 spot.
I have the pleasure to brief you on our Data Visualization software.
"Trend Compass".
TC is a new concept in viewing statistics & trends in an animated way.
by displaying in one chart 5 axis (X, Y, Time, Bubble size & Bubble.
color) instead of just the traditional X and Y axis. Discover trends
hidden in spreadsheets. It could be used in analysis, research,
presentation etc. In different business sectors, to name a few we.
have Deutsche Bank, NBC Universal, RIM, Vanguard Institutional.
Investor, Ipsos, Princeton University as our clients.
Link on Drilling feature (Parent/Child) – Just double-click on any bubble:
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/drilling/
NBC presentation on TED using Trend Compass exported Videos on CNN.
Money/Fortune:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/21/from-laughing-to-judging-in-fifty-years-the-evolution-of-televised-emotion/
Link on our new Geographical Trend Compass (Earthquake in Japan – Mag.
vs Depth vs Time):
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/japan-earthquake
Link on Ads Monitoring on TV Satellite Channels.
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/tv-monitor/
Link on UK Master Card vs Visa performance :
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/mastercard_vs_visa/
Links on Funds:
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/best_exchange_traded_funds/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/us_insurance_funds/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/aaim_fund_performance/
Link on other KPIs :
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/hospital_performance/
Link on Chile's Earthquake (Feb 27th 2010):
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/EarthQuakeinChile/
Link on weather data :
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/aims/
Bank link to compare Deposits, Withdrawals and numbers of Customers.
for different branches over time:
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/bank-trx/
Misc Examples :
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/airline/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/stockmarket1/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/football/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/swinefludaily/
http://www.epicsyst.com/test/v2/babyboomers/
Princeton University project on US unemployment :
http://www.epicsyst.com/main3.swf
A video presentation by Professor Alan Krueger Bendheim Professor of.
Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and currently.
Chief Economist at the US Treasury:
http://epicsyst.com/trendcompass/princeton.aspx?home=1
You can download a trial version. It has a feature to export.
EXE, PPS, HTML and AVI files. The most impressive is the AVI since you.
can record Audio/Video for the charts you create.
http://www.epicsyst.com/TrendCompass/FreeVersion/TrendCompassv1.2.2.zip
Video on Trend Compass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzDCGB8xBq4&feature=related
Since we already develop 3D Virtual Reality applications, please find.
below a link on a prototype for a new 3D VR Trend Compass application:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqULRUvikg&feature=related
Regards.
Amr Salah
Trend Compass Team.
Epic Systems
http://www.epicsyst.com