Internet biographies

This insightful work combines Jeff Bezos's life story, beginning in 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with the creation of Amazon, in 1995, and its rise as the largest online retailer in the world. Bezos's zeal and tirelessness has seen Amazon through the inevitable ups and downs that come with building a worldwide powerhouse.

Provides overviews of the lives and careers of Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Jack Dorsey, founders of the online social networking and microblogging service Twitter.

Provides an overview of the life and career of Andrew Mason, the creator of the deal-of-the-day web site Groupon.

Explores the life and career of the software developer and computer entrepreneur, discussing his early efforts in co-founding Microsoft, current successes and problems of the company, and his philanthropy.

Explores the life of the creator of Netflix, including his childhood, the company's faith in new technology, and the Qwikster debacle.

Wikipedia is the product of a lot of hard work. It had its ups and downs and its failures and successes before becoming the Internet phenomenon it is today. This book details the journey, from the early life of Jimmy Wales through the height of Wikipedia's success.

This book penetrates the highly secretive world of Wikileaks, profiling its highest-ranking decision-makers, and examining the philosophy and motivation of its founder. The volume provides a privileged glimpse into the corridors of power and the top-secret decision-making we would otherwise remain unaware of.

The company that is now Google began as a partnership of ideas between two Stanford University graduate students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. This perceptive book includes sidebars on the company's innovations, a biographical fact sheet on Brin, Page, and Eric Schmidt, CEO.