Business and Tech Leaders

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University. He created the social networking platform originally for college students before it expanded to the general public. Zuckerberg remains CEO and a key figure in Meta (formerly Facebook Inc.).

Ken Thompson co-created UNIX with Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1969. Bjarne Stroustrup created C++, Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple, and Niklaus Wirth created Pascal.

Yahoo was founded in 1994 by David Filo and Jerry Yang, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University. They originally created "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" before renaming it Yahoo. The claimed answer (B) is correct. Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson created UNIX, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn developed TCP/IP, and Steve Case founded AOL while Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.

Ken Thompson co-created UNIX with Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1969. Thompson wrote the original version of UNIX, and Ritchie later developed the C programming language to rewrite UNIX. Bjarne Stroustrup created C++, Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple, and Niklaus Wirth created Pascal and other programming languages. The claimed answer (C - Ken Thompson) is correct.

This is a duplicate of question 12053. Yahoo was founded in 1994 by David Filo and Jerry Yang, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University. They originally created "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" before renaming it Yahoo. The claimed answer (B) is correct. The other pairs listed created UNIX, TCP/IP, and AOL/Amazon respectively.

Peter Voser served as CEO of Royal Dutch Shell from 2009-2013, making him correct for that period. Note that corporate leadership changes frequently, and this information may be outdated depending on when the question was written.

Benjamin Franklin appears on the US $100 bill, commonly called the 'Benjamin' in American slang. The other names listed are not associated with US currency.

Mike Duke served as CEO of Walmart from 2009 to 2014. Sam Walton (A) was the founder, Robson Walton (D) was chairman, and Lee Scott (B) was the previous CEO. The question tests knowledge of corporate leadership during a specific period.

Christophe de Margerie served as CEO of Total S.A. from 2007 until his tragic death in 2014. The other options are prominent oil industry executives but from different companies or eras.

James J. Mulva served as CEO of ConocoPhillips from 2002 to 2012. The other names are executives from other major corporations - Erroll Davis (Georgia Power), George David (United Technologies), Jan Hommen (ING).

Jan Hommen served as CEO of ING Group, a Dutch financial institution. The other options are executives from different companies - Patrick Flynn, Peter Elverding, and Byron Grote held positions in other corporations.

Su Shulin served as Chairman of Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation). Wang Tianpu was another Sinopec executive, but Su Shulin is the correct CEO answer. Hang Seng is a bank, Hu Jintao is China's former President.