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 DECEMBER 30, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Chuck Schwab: Everyman's Broker His notion of individual investors making their own trades -- and at affordable rates -- changed the way Americans invest  DECEMBER 23, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Oprah, Queen of Many Media Not changing her name or style turned out to be keys to a storybook career that lifted a poor girl to the entertainment world's heights DECEMBER 17, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS -- FROM BW Page and Brin: Warp-Speed Information They channeled knowledge through their simple-to-use site, Google, and turned Web searches into a giant popularity contest DECEMBER 7, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS -- FROM BW Craig Venter: DNA's Mapmaker The scientist's maverick approach opened the floodgates of genomic information that is expected to transform medicine and our lives DECEMBER 1, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS -- FROM BW Pierre Omidyar: The Web for the People EBay's founder crafted a perfect online market where real folks could compete on a level playing field with the big boys NOVEMBER 24, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Pete Rozelle: The NFL's MVP During his 29-year run as commissioner, he built the league into a powerhouse, topped by the annual Super Bowl extravaganza NOVEMBER 10, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Mark McCormack, Superagent The founder of IMG managed and marketed athletes from Arnold Palmer to Monica Seles in a way that changed the game profoundly OCTOBER 27, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Bill Veeck: A Baseball Mastermind The man who owned several teams and was willing to try anything to woo fans to the ballpark even has a role in the 2004 World Series OCTOBER 11, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Kemmons Wilson: America's Innkeeper It's hard to imagine that before he founded the Holiday Inn motel chain, travelers had few places to spend a night on the road SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Elvis Presley: Birth of the Rock Star The man who put rock 'n' roll on the world's cultural map blazed a trail many have followed but none with quite the same impact SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS -- FROM BW Larry Roberts: He Made the Net Work He persuaded Pentagon scientists to share their computers. The result: ARPAnet SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS/ONLINE EXTRA -- FROM BW Fred Smith on the Birth of FedEx The delivery giant's founder recalls how he started it, what made it take off, and why it helped spark a revolution in business SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS -- FROM BW Fred Smith: No Overnight Success Though the business had a slow start, his FedEx sparked a revolution in just-in-time delivery SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Peter Drucker: Mr. Management The business-education guru is in his 94th year, and he's still producing insights that change the way executives think AUGUST 25, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Peter Goldmark: CBS's In-House Genius A color-TV pioneer and inventor of the long-playing record album, he helped Bill Paley play in the tech big leagues with NBC's Sarnoff AUGUST 17, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Soichiro Honda: Uniquely Driven Honda Motor's founder was unlike any exec Japan had seen before -- and he taught Detroit some lessons it will never forget, either AUGUST 9, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Yield of Dreams Hunger can be banished from the world with smarter, more productive grains, says Yuan Longping, who pioneered hybrid rice technology JULY 28, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Frank Lloyd Wright: America's Architect From the carport to the L-shaped workstation, Wright pioneered enduring conventions in a career that followed few traditions JULY 14, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS An Wang: The Core of the Computer Era The inventor of magnetic memory and founder of Wang Laboratories survived war-torn Shanghai before becoming a U.S. tech legend JULY 7, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Henry Chauncey: The Aptitude Tester The SAT's inventor and founder of Educational Testing Service had a dream of a more meritocratic America, and he pursued it faithfully JUNE 29, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Instant Photos, Lasting Fame Second only to Thomas Edison in patents, Edwin Land was a giant of science, art, and commerce even before the Land Camera debuted JUNE 18, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Richard Feynman: The Comic Physicist This Nobel winner helped solve a basic flaw in quantum theory, made the esoteric familiar -- and never missed a chance for a laugh JUNE 8, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS A.P. Giannini: A Farsighted Banker From his original Bank of Italy in San Francisco, Giannini built the giant BofA and brought banking services to the masses JUNE 1, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Bill Paley: Molder of Modern Media The CBS founder is known as a programming genius. His other masterstroke was understanding the role of advertising MAY 25, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Juan Trippe: Air Travel for All The pioneer of commercial aviation had a vision of affordable flight, and with Pan American Airways he made it a reality MAY 14, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS David Lilienthal: Seats of Power The onetime head of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Atomic Energy Commission, he helped define the U.S. public utility MAY 5, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Frances Perkins: Labor's Great Defender FDR's Labor Secretary was America's first woman Cabinet member, a fighter for workers, and helped create Social Security APRIL 27, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS Billy Durant: Greasing Detroit's Wheels Ditching buggies for Buicks, the General Motors founder changed America's landscape and shaped the modern corporation APRIL 8, 2004 — THE GREAT INNOVATORS John von Neumann: MANIAC's Father Inventing the computer that helped the U.S. win the Cold War was only one of this mathematician's many accomplishments | |
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