Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, briefly considered becoming a professional poker player. elaborate
Sergey Brin is a second-generation immigrant; his parents emigrated from the Soviet Union. elaborate
Mark Zuckerberg's high school programming project was a music player called Synapse, which could learn user's listening habits. Microsoft and AOL reportedly tried to recruit him before he even started college. elaborate
Susan Wojcicki's garage was the original headquarters of Google. elaborate
Larry Page is a highly skilled pilot and owns several airplanes. elaborate