There have been three stunning elections in the world this year, all won by pro-Democratic candidates: In April, then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suffered a lopsided defeat , ending his radically regressive 16-year reign, despite the White House’s intervention on his behalf . Incredibly enough, yesterday, the U.S. White House encouraged Orban to consider running for UN secretary-general, indicating that he will also be supported by Russian and China. New Prime Minister Péter Magyar, faced with significant challenges, seems to be moving ahead to uproot years and illiberalism and corruption to rebuild a Hungarian democracy. Then yesterday, the 14-year rein of Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic crashed, opposed by a progressive student movement . Also yesterday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a surprising fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro , son of Jair Bolsonaro, who four years ago attempted a Trump-type coup that failed and sent him to prison. In Is...
Here is a table showing those schools most successful in business . A unicorn founder is someone who formed a startup company that reached a valuation of $1 billion. Business Insider wrote about the 26 most famous and successful Stanford University students of all time. Included were people like: John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Steve Ballmer ( Microsoft guy ), Shri Mukesh Ambani ( runs the largest company in India ), Larry Page ( cofounded Google ), Sergey Brin ( co-founded Google ), Reese Witherspoon and Tiger Woods. I mention these particular individuals because they all left Stanford without a degree. Some remain on leave, perhaps to return someday to finish what they started. Clearly, all have done well. Of course, there is me. I started and earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering, from Stanford, graduating in 1962. I think I have been successful, but certainly not famous. However, I'm now 86 and live a fabulous retire...