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From a gas station to a multi-billion dollar empire: The rise of the Issa brothers

From a gas station to a multi-billion dollar empire: The rise of the Issa brothers

by Darshana Ramdev | Oct 15, 2024

(October 15, 2024) As teenagers, Zuber and Mohsin Issa were helping out at their parents’ petrol station, mopping the floors and cleaning the toilet, when they hit upon their billion-dollar idea. Their story begins in a small home in Blackburn, where they lived...
Akshat Saraf: The steel scion and AI startup founder who made it to the finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup

Akshat Saraf: The steel scion and AI startup founder who made it to the finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup

by Vikram Sharma | Jun 11, 2024

(June 11, 2024) When Microsoft flew Akshat Saraf and his Mexican classmate Jorge Garduño to their headquarters in Seattle as part of the Microsoft Imagine Cup recently — they fully expected it to be an eventful week in their lives. But it turned out to be much more...

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