【明報專訊】Young people can do great things! Let's learn more about these young founders of some globally famous organisations. Match them with their biographies.
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1?Sergey Brin (1973-)?
2?Reshma Saujani (1975-)?
3?Chris Chan (undisclosed)?
4?Kobe Bryant (1978-)?
?A?He was born in Russia. His family emigrated to the US in 1979 to escape Jewish persecution. When he was 25, he co-founded Google with Larry Page, his schoolmate.
?B?The former NBA player began his business career with a sports brand of his own name. He later joined the investment and finance industry with Jeff Stibel, his business partner. He also founded the Kobe & Vanessa Bryant Family Foundation to help improve the lives of youth and families in need.
?C?The local joke-lover created the internationally popular sharing platform 9GAG with his brother and friends from university. The team is included in the Media, Marketing & Advertising category of the "30 Under 30 Asia" list Forbes published in 2016.
?D?She established Girls Who Code, a non-profit organisation, to help girls in the US to find jobs in the engineering industry. Many former students of the organisation have become active in many Internet-related businesses.
■Glossary
persecution (n) 逼害
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