Close to the Vest

Forbes by Quentin Hardy | Jun. 15, 2007 (News Report)

The search giant's young millionaires are cashing in and checking out. This is not entirely bad news for Google.

Google was good to Bismarck Lepe. He started working there in 2003 when he was 23. But he left in April with a few million dollars, enough to start his own company. It's going to produce a high-definition Web video site called Ooyala. In gratitude, he says, "I'm going to build a company that is bigger than Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Jun 15, 2007 - 8:20 AM PDT
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Interesting business story about changes within Google that could have a positive impact on both Googl and cause a ripple effect on the internet as a whole.

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Forbes makes you sign up, but signup is free. This is a success story of the lucky entrepreneurial 0.1%. Could this happen to you?

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