Ngenkathi abasunguli ababili be-Google, uSergey Brin noLarry Page, baziwa emhlabeni wonke, unjiniyela wesoftware uScott Hassan naye wayehlotshaniswa nokusungula iGoogle (phambilini eyayiyi 'BackRub') ngo-1996. uhlaka.
UScott Hassan kubikwa ukuthi ucele isehlukaniso (ngomqhafazo) kunkosikazi wakhe abesehlukene, u-Allison Huynh, eminyakeni engu-17 eyedlule. Kodwa-ke, lezi zithandani zangaphambili sezihileleke enkambisweni yesehlukaniso eqhubekayo isikhathi esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi. Ngaphambi kokufaka i- isehlukaniso , lezi zithandani bezishade iminyaka engu-13 (ngaphambi kuka-2004).
Ngokuvumelana ne I-DailyMail.com , Ummeli kaHuynh uPierce O'Donnell uthe izimpahla zombili zangaphambili zibalelwa ku- $ 1.8 billion (ngo-2018). U-O'Donnell uphinde wasola uScott Hassan ngokuvula iwebhusayithi engalungile ngeHuynh, ebizwa nge-AllisonHuynh.com. Isayithi belixhumene nezindatshana eziningana ezinhle ngo-Allison. Kodwa-ke, iphinde yaxhumanisa imibhalo emithathu yamacala abanga amahloni ambandakanya naye.

UHassan uvumile ku I-New York Post mayelana nokwethula isiza. Uthe:
'Ngikwenzile, kepha ngikubhalile. Kuhlangane ngomzuzu wokukhungatheka lapho ngezwa u-Allison nommeli wakhe bekhuluma izindaba ezihlangothini olulodwa kwabezindaba. '
UHassan uqhubeke wathi:
'Bengicabanga ukuthi ukuhlanganisa ulwazi olutholakala esidlangalaleni ngaphandle kokuphawula noma ukuhlela kuhleleke kuzosiza… Kugcine kuphela ngokwenza ingxabano yethu ibe sesidlangalaleni futhi ishube, obekungasikhona lokho ebengikuhlosile.'
Iyini inzuzo kaScott Hassan?

UScott Hassan (Isithombe ngoMichael Nagle / Bloomberg nge-Getty Images)
Ngenkathi izimali zabo ezihlanganisiwe zengeza ku- $ 1.8 billion (ngo-2018), umuntu kaHassan imali engenayo kulinganiselwa ukuthi kungaphezu kwe- $ 1 billion kuphela. Kulinganiselwa nokuthi ingcebo yalaba abashadikazi bangaphambili ihlanganisa amafa kaScott Hassan.
Qaphela: Inani likaScott lizoshintsha ngokuya ngokuthi abashadikazi bahlukanisa kanjani imali yabo ngemuva kokuphothula isehlukaniso sabo. Izinqubo zokukhokha ngokuhlukana kwabo ngokusemthethweni zizoqala ngoMsombuluko (Agasti 23) eSan Jose, eCalifornia.

Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili besize uSergey noLarry ukuthi baqale inkampani 'ye-Search-engine', uHassan wathenga amasheya ayi-160,000. Amasheya azobiza cishe u- $ 13 billion manje, ngokusho kweThe New York Post.
I-alumni eneminyaka engu-51 ubudala yenze nemali eningi ngokusungula inkampani yakhe yamarobhothi, iWillow Garage, e2006 (inkampani yavalwa ngo-2014). Ngaphezu kwalokho, uScott Hassan wayengumsunguli we-eGroups (manje eyiYahoo! Groups) futhi wayengomunye wabathuthukisi abakhulu beGoogle, Alexa Internet, kanye neStanford Digital Library.

UScott Hassan uphinde wasungula i-Suitable Technologies ngonyaka ka-2011, kanti inkampani engaphansi kwenkampani yabe seyaziwa ngeBeam. Le nkampani yaziwa kakhulu ngamarobhothi asebenza nge-teleconferencing. Ngo-2019, iBeam yatholwa yiBlue Ocean Robotics yaseDenmark. Kodwa-ke, imininingwane yezezimali yesivumelwano ayenziwanga umphakathi.