Pew Research: Majority of Americans Alarmed by Social Media's Political Power

Pew Research Center did a survey about political power over social media and it was found that many Americans think that social media companies are too powerful. 78% of the respondents in the survey, out of which 84% were Republicans and 74% were Democrats, said that they believe that social media companies deeply influence politics. Ever since the last presidential elections, people who think that social media companies have an impact on politics have increased by 6%.

Many Americans think of social media in the light of what American legislators think. The lawmakers and legislators in the USA have proposed many laws and petitions to make social media accountable for any political news they publish. A republican and a democrat senator have proposed a Kids Online Safety Act that is asking social media platforms to make usage of social media safe for kids. The senators said that social media platforms should monitor everyone’s activities and keep their content clean and safe for underage people. But some people who care about their privacy on social media said that closely watching the activities of people on social media will make many adults vulnerable to the government.

On the other hand, two senators from opposing parties have only partnered up together to propose a bill that will commission to oversee many social media platforms. It is quite obvious why many American think that social media has too much political power as social media was used in 2022 to help attack the Capitol. Even with these many threats, the USA government is more interested in banning China owned TikTok.

There is also a difference between what liberals and conservatives think of many tech companies. 71% of the Republicans said that tech companies favor liberals while 50% Democrats said that Republicans and Democrats are treated equally by tech companies. Only 15% of the USA adults think that tech companies favor conservatives more than liberals. Even with many lawsuits aimed at companies like Apple, Amazon and Meta, only 16% of Americans think that tech companies should be regulated less than how they are being regulated now.

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Google Confirms There Is No Direct Threat To Human Jobs From AI Yet

Search engine giant Google is adding reassurances to the minds of many employed workers today on how they need to take a step back when assuming AI is coming after them and their jobs.

The company mentioned how it's more than certain that the threat is just not there yet and that was obvious considering the huge sums of investments it has made in this domain.

The world of Generative AI continues to evolve as we speak and it’s giving rise to more fears in the minds of people as to how they just might be replaced thanks to the efficiency that this technology portrays,

Google says AI will certainly provide greater economic benefits to the world and any such thought or sentiment about the technology giving rise to tech unemployment is far from the reality of the situation.

Google added how many feel unemployment will reach new highs but these rumors are greatly "overblown" and therefore people need to relax and stop stressing out so much.

Today, the Android maker has reportedly rolled out investments worth billions in these sectors with a wide array of products such as the Gemini chatbot which it feels is the future of its search engine. They similarly spoke about greater expectations related to the firm rolling out a wide array of AI-linked goods and services that are featured through search as more is said to be unveiled in May at its much-hyped I/O conference.

Hence, we don’t see this as something that’s awfully surprising which the tech giant is arguing about in terms of taking on more AI products as it does not feel it would come at any major economic price tag.

In Google’s terms, there’s no direct link between unemployment and AI and if the technology does take over let’s say a quarter of jobs, that does not mean employment will be at an all-time high.

Google provides numerous examples of how AI has been around for years and it has been ruled out a be a leading force to better detect images and help cause a rise in employment in the past when there was a great shortage of skilled labor.

In the same way, it spoke about how both health as well as wealth were on the rise alongside massive tech advancements. With time, a major change has come and the mean income for companies has also been boosted.

The advent of tech has really had a positive impact on increasing life expectancy and also reduced air pollution amongst so many others. So Google is constantly serving as a reminder to the world to stop worrying about problems that cease to exist.

This particular report by the tech giant was rolled out by a top researcher from MIT and those at McAfee, along with several workers at Google who have been outlined to be the core contributors.

Other than that, there was a massive correlation seen between inequality and the world of automation where AI is said to assist with issues like inequality in employee pay scales as it’s impactful in terms of enhancing performance at the entry-level workforce.

The only thing that seems to be promoted here is how the latest technology would give rise to serious hurdles including a wide array of benefits. And in the long run, that’s all that matters. The major factor worth mentioning here is related to quick and impactful efforts that are reskilled.

Today, close to 85% of the American workforce has grown in strength thanks to the arrival of new fields and technology is what is making this possible. Just last week, the company itself rolled out a massive fund worth $75 million to assist in employee training at firms such as Goodwill in regards to tools linked to generative AI.

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Digital Addiction: The Countries with the Highest (and Lowest) Average Screen Time (infographic)

Ever wondered how much time people around the world spend glued to their screens? Or how your screen time compares to the average person? Which countries have the most gaming addicts and binge-series junkies? Where do people consume the most cat videos and other types of popular TikTok content?

Electronics Hub decided to tackle all these questions with its latest piece of research into global screen time habits. Based on the most up-to-date information from Datareportal’s Digital 2024 Global Overview Report, it breaks down the average screen time and usage times in every country around the world.

Here's a summary of all results.

The average screen time in every country

Electronics Hub kicked off the study by looking at the average percentage of waking hours people in every country spend staring at screens.

It found that people spend 6 hours of their waking day looking at some sort of screen, including TVs, phones, and laptops.

South Africa is the most 'screen-addicted' nation. Its citizens look at screens for an average of 9 hours and 24 minutes per day, which is over half of their waking life.

There's a similar trend in Brazil, the Philippines, and Colombia. In each country, screen time accounts for more than half of the traditional waking hours for a human being.

Japan is often considered a world leader in innovative screen technology, so it's surprising that it had the lowest average screen time. The average Japanese person spends under two hours looking at screens, less than a quarter of their waking hours.

This hasn't happened by accident. Japan actively limits screen time among its young people through public awareness campaigns and school guidelines to restrict device use during classes.

The country may impose stricter measures. For example, the government is considering curfews for online gaming, which would reduce late-night screen activity.

Countries where people spend the most time on social media

Looking at the data on a country-by-country basis puts South Africa at the top of this chart. People living in South Africa spend (or maybe waste) 3 hours and 41 minutes of every day on social media platforms like Facebook, X, and TikTok.

Once again, Japan can say its citizens are the people who are least addicted to their phones and social media accounts. They spend less than 6% of their waking day on the socials.

Japan's approach to limiting screen time is a big factor. But it may have more to do with the country's aging population. Almost 30% of Japanese people are aged 65 or over. In other words, 30% of the country probably doesn't even know what a TikTok is.

Countries where people watch the most TikToks

Sticking with the TikTok theme, this following chart ranks the top 20 countries based on the number of TikTok videos people watch every day.

In the UK, the average TikTok fan consumes 154 videos per day; that's more than any other person in any other country in the world.

Dutch people watch the least amount of TikToks per day (120). It's worth mentioning that the Netherlands is one of the 'smartest' countries in Europe, with an extremely high level of advanced literacy and a national average IQ score of 103. Coincidence? Spend 20 minutes scrolling through TikTok and decide for yourself.

Average computer screen time in each country

PCs and laptops are completely integrated into our daily lives. Whether it's work, entertainment, or creative pursuits, almost everyone in the developed world spends a significant amount of their days staring at a computer screen.

But nobody stares at them more than Russians. Nearly a quarter (4 hours, 29 minutes) of the average Russian's waking hours pass by while they're eyes deep in a laptop or computer screen.

Other high-ranking nations for computer screen time include Argentina (4 hours, 5 minutes), Portugal (3 hours, 57 minutes), and Colombia (3 hours, 56 minutes).

Australia and New Zealand are two more countries where people spend over a quarter of their daily lives in front of a computer screen.

South Korea, China, and Japan are notable absentees from this section of the study. All three countries have a huge online gaming community. South Korea alone has over 9,000 active PC rooms and gaming cafes, many of which are open 24/7.

Global phone addiction

Smartphone dependence is a real phenomenon. Around 48% of people admit to feeling addicted to their smartphone, with 30% saying they feel anxious or extremely anxious without their handheld device.

These figures rise even higher in some countries, including South Africa. According to data analyzed by Electronics Hub, South Africa has the biggest problem with smartphone addiction. The average South African is on their phone for 31.72% of their waking time; that's more than 5 hours of phone time every single day.

Phone addiction is also prevalent in Brazil and Thailand. Both countries have a daily average screen time score of above 30%.

Then there's the Philippines, where people spend 5 hours and 20 minutes every day on their phones. The Philippines has a notably young population, with about 28% of its population being between the ages of 10 and 24. This demographic is most likely to spend a significant portion of their time on a phone. And it's becoming a real problem. One study found that 62% of Filipino adolescents display signs of smartphone dependency.

Average gaming times all around the world

Gaming is another online activity with a growing addiction problem.

Gaming addiction tends to be a problem among young males. They make up 94% of those addicted, with men in the 19-34 age range most at risk.

And the consequences can be fatal. One well-known incident involved a gamer who died from a pulmonary embolism after playing video games for an extended period without taking necessary breaks. The embolism was attributed to sitting in the same position for too long, which increased the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis.

However, none of this addiction data shows up in the Electronics Hub survey. The two countries with the highest gaming screen time, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, show that, on average, gamers spend less than 2 hours a day playing video games.

It suggests that while gaming addiction is a serious issue, it impacts only a minority of gamers. The rest do an excellent job balancing their gaming habits with real-world responsibilities and hobbies.

Which countries spend the most time watching TV?

This might shock many of you Zoomers, but yes, some people still watch TV.

That means they can wait an entire week for the next episode of their favorite show, rather than binge the entire series in a weekend. Shocking, right?

No nation loves this old-school form of entertainment more than the people of the USA. The average American watches TV for 4 hours and 39 minutes, or 28.35% of their waking day.

But traditional TV and linear programming are dying. Viewership figures continue to fall, even in the USA, where mass communication and network television were created. Since 2023, cable and broadcast TV usage fell below 50% of total TV share among US viewers for the first time, with cable viewership dropping to about 29.6% and broadcast to 20%.

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Meta Announces More Staff Layoffs, This Time In Oversight Board To Better Streamline Work

Meta’s own Oversight Board, which the company created to moderate content across its many apps is said to carry out a number of layoffs as mentioned in a new report by The Washington Post today.

This decision of more layoffs that are envisioned is designed to help the board better streamline its work. And those impacted would be the division’s support staff working in the research domain.

The board entails close to 22 members and a team of support staff who work toward assisting them. The goal here seems to be more related to Meta making the right decisions in terms of content moderation through Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp, Instagram, and beyond.

For now, the board is yet to delineate how many members it would like to lose on this front how many cuts it anticipates, and from where. But it did reveal how many staff would be sent packing for home. However, it was revealed that the layoff process was not something unusual as it was designed to allow for the evolution of the board.

The Board today is said to be one of the top means of moderating content on Meta in a world where competition is at its peak and viewers want to make sure the posts they generate are read and not blocked for no defined reason. But Meta says its goal is to ensure all content that is in line with its policy gets the right viewership.

Meta hopes to commit to its success and also hopes that the Oversight Board can limit costs so that it functions in a manner that’s quite similar to other tech giants in the industry today.

Remember, the company is not exactly doing its best in terms of revenue, although it did reveal decent figures in its earnings report recently.

From what we can decipher here, a net income of $12.3 billion was rolled out in Q1 of 2024. Now we’re not sure how much access the Oversight Board has to do this mega fund to moderate content online or how the funding would be carried out in the future. But change is inevitable.

The Board mentioned how it strongly feels about helping Meta attain a strong earnings report in the next quarter and that’s why it’s making the necessary changes to give rise to this. And while no details on the financial front were revealed, we can see how things are being done to allow for more growth.

Speaking to The Post recently, Meta’s head for communications added that the company is more inclined toward showing support to the Board despite the huge number of layoffs.

Meta has always held the Board in high respect, no matter what decision it makes, calling it an integral member of its organization. A whopping 53 cases were highlighted in the previous year where decisions were reversed and Meta respected that.

Many of those had to do with deepfake videos generated through AI means including those linked to real women portrayed without clothing that really gave rise to a worrisome notion. While the firm did end up removing one of those dubbed to be deepfakes, it did not remove the other and many flagged that, and therefore it was removed.

Some decisions are certainly controversial but Meta continues to trust its Board and vows to follow suit in the future too. What do you think about Meta’s Oversight Board? Let us know your thoughts on the decisions it makes.

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The Smartwatch Market Braces for Disruption in 2024

While Apple has reigned supreme in the smartwatch arena thus far, analysts forecast significant disruptions could be on the horizon in 2024. According to the latest projections from market research firm Counterpoint Research, Google's Wear OS and Huawei's HarmonyOS platforms are poised to make considerable inroads over the next year.

Counterpoint estimates that Wear OS will capture 27% market share of advanced smartwatches outside of China by 2024. This surge can be attributed to major Android smartphone brands like Samsung, Google, OnePlus, OPPO, and Xiaomi launching new premium Wear OS-powered smartwatch models. These devices aim to provide a cohesive experience integrating Google AI assistant, health tracking, customization, and optimized battery performance.

"There is an emerging trend where first-time smartwatch buyers or those upgrading from basic models are prioritizing an enhanced user experience," said Counterpoint analyst Anshika Jain. "They are willing to spend more for advanced capabilities that Wear OS can deliver."

In China specifically, Huawei's HarmonyOS is projected to claim an impressive 61% share of the high-end smartwatch market by end of 2024. This growth directly correlates with Huawei's increasing 5G smartphone sales, which has expanded the potential customer base for its smartwatch ecosystem.

"The launch of 5G smartphones by Huawei last year acted as a catalyst, driving higher attach rates for Huawei's HarmonyOS smartwatches," explained Counterpoint's Ethan Qi.

Beyond the operating system battleground, the report identifies several other key trends shaping the future smartwatch landscape. Chipmakers like Qualcomm and Hengxuan are projected for strong growth as manufacturers explore multi-chip architectures combining application processors with low-power co-processors.

Additionally, display technology is becoming a key differentiator, with larger OLED and microLED panels with improved power efficiency entering the market. "We forecast a 16-18% year-over-year increase in display panel orders for advanced smartwatches during 2024," stated David Naranjo from DSCC.

As smartphone brands increasingly look to provide a compelling end-to-end ecosystem, the smartwatch segment is emerging as the next critical battleground. While Apple currently maintains a leadership position, the smartwatch market appears primed for disruption from aggressive players like Google and Huawei over the coming years.

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Everything A Newcomer Needs To Know About Division 2

When Ubisoft came up with the concept for the first part of The Division, players greeted it excellently at the level of trailers and anticipation. It was a survival project with an abandoned city that suffered a disaster and now the remaining military must obtain equipment and confront other factions in constant competition for equipment, weapons, territory and outposts.

But the project completely failed due to disgusting optimization and absolute crudeness at the time of release. Now Ubisoft has updated the game map, worked on graphics and optimization, and players can fully experience division 2 boosting in the format in which the first part of the project should have been.

Start

You will begin your gaming journey at a common base, which will be your headquarters for replenishing ammunition and planning operations.

You will be able to receive tasks and quests, or simply go out to destroy opponents and gain experience.

Weapon

You have to independently look for weapons for your gameplay and not one, but two types of weapons that can be changed at your discretion.

First, let's look at the quality of the weapon, which affects the accuracy, rate of fire and force of the shot:

• Ordinary
• Rare
• Epochal
• Legendary

The higher the quality of the weapon, the better its combat capabilities.

The best type of weapon for your boost in Division 2 will be an assault rifle, which will help you gain more experience and do it much safer because you will have high accuracy and damage at all distances.

The second useful weapon can be a sniper rifle, which will allow you to safely shoot at other players and attack outposts with minimal risk of getting shot.

To do this, you will have to master the ballistics of bullet flight, find a sight with x4 or x4 zoom, and be sure to have a silencer so that opponents cannot immediately detect your shooting position.

An alternative weapon for an assault rifle can be a machine gun - this is a small weapon with a high rate of fire and reduced damage. With it, you will not be able to shoot effectively at long distances, but due to the rate of fire you will not have problems in close combat.

Those who prefer melee combat can try their hand at the shotgun, which actually deals fatal damage to opponents who get too close.

Ideally, you have an assault rifle and any secondary weapon of your choice.

Equipment

Like weapons, all the equipment you use will have a quality and protection category.

You need to strive to find the best, legendary helmet and body armor, a good and capacious backpack and unloading.

Tasks and advices for the game

You need to constantly leave the player base to level up your character and get a cheap boost to Division 2.

Outpost

To begin with, you will attack outposts that have influence in the region in order to reduce the number of bandit groups and simplify your travels and hunting.

Additionally, you will be able to gain experience and equipment, which can be replenished at the same outpost without returning to base.

Capturing a post will not be as difficult as periodically repelling counterattacks.

Tips for storming an outpost:

1. Choose a height from which the entire post can be seen, if possible. Conduct analysis and mark all enemies you find.
2. Approach at close range if you do not have equipment with a silencer, or eliminate enemies from afar to reduce the number of guards.
3. Then act quickly - shoot at the enemies, kill them, and do not let them regroup. Be sure to use cover and shoot in the head to eliminate the numerical superiority of your opponents as quickly as possible.

Upgrade your operative

You need to develop your agent to increase his combat potential, but the first points are better spent on boosting future progress.

For example, you can increase the amount of experience you will receive and the chance of obtaining valuable resources that will be obtained when disassembling items.

Then pay attention to survivability and recharging of skills, because in the first stages it is much more difficult to get valuable items and weapons.

Loot and how to manage it

You can collect many valuable items by inspecting killed enemies and exploring caches and other areas.

You will come across weapons, ammunition, accessories and a lot of junk - items whose value is minimal.

It’s worth saying right away that all unnecessary equipment can and should be disassembled - this is more profitable than selling it for pennies and accumulating consumables for your future crafting and character enhancement. You can put marks on items that you consider junk and in the future you will immediately understand what is better to disassemble and leave in the warehouse, and what to sell.

How the fight is organized in Division 2

The combat system in Division 2 can be compared in some ways to GTA 5 - where you will have the opportunity to both kill with one cartridge and fire at opponents, and use cover, shoot in Somali style (pulling out a weapon from cover and shooting at random) and looking out for aimed shooting. Both you and your opponents will use these methods.

How to increase your survivability and lethality to your enemies:

1. Aim for the head - it is very ineffective to shoot at the torso, because enemies will often use body armor of different categories, which simply cannot be shot in this way.
2. Use cover - players who stand or fight not from cover quickly receive fatal damage from a large number of opponents.
3. Use grenades - the 3rd person view system allows you to see the enemy without even leaving cover, which will allow you to accurately and safely throw grenades that will smoke out enemies from them. If such a technique is used against you, then either run to another zone, or jump over the cover and crush the enemy with fire until it explodes, and then return to the opposite point.
4. Change weapons instead of reloading, if you have an assault rifle and say an assault rifle, you can first unload both weapons before reloading, because it may well be that the fight will end earlier.
5. Go around your opponents - if you manage to outwit and deceive your enemies, then you will most likely be able to destroy them, go into the back, or side, where the defense is much weaker, and the damage and ability to aim are much higher.

Conclusions from the Division 2 review for beginners

Division 2 is a well-thought-out and refined format of the first part, which completely failed a few years ago. Ubisoft rethought the format of survival and struggle in large cities in the United States among factions and launched a new and completed format.

You will be able to create your own operative and begin your gameplay of searching for weapons and equipment, clearing outposts and completing tasks and operations that will help you better understand the gameplay and boosting format in The Division 2.

You will pump up your agents and learn skills that will significantly strengthen it - at first it will be faster pumping and a chance to get more valuable trophies, then you will learn accelerated reloading of skills, damage and protection for your shooter.

You can play either alone or as part of a group, depending on your wishes, but of course playing in a squad of 4 people is safer than being a lone shooter facing both bandits and other players.

Sources:

1. https://skycoach.gg/blog/division-2/articles/division-2-leveling-guide - a guide for beginners that will help you quickly upgrade your operative and learn new skills
2. https://www.ign.com/wikis/the-division-2/ - guide with new descriptions and data on changes to Division 2
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC5SvGdWb2E&ab_channel=TuxedoBandido - a video guide for beginners that will help you visually understand all the features of Division 2 from Ubisoft

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Mapping Success: The Biggest CEO Fundraisers in Every US State

Investor capital is the lifeblood of any business that wants to grow; it's the steam that keeps the engine turning. Without it, everything grinds to a halt.

So while money might not actually make the world go round, it's definitely what drives businesses forward.

And the bigger your ambition, the more capital you need.

This is the principle behind the latest research by the team at Switch On Business. It delves into which US-based CEOs have raised the largest amounts of capital for their companies.

The team collected and analyzed data from Crunchbase, then translated it into a series of maps showing the most successful fund-raising CEOs in every US state.

Let's take a closer look at the results.

The CEO who secured the most funding for any US company

Hock Tan must have delivered a seriously great pitch when coming face-to-face with potential investors. In total, the CEO of Broadcom Limited secured a staggering $100,000,000,000 for his company's future growth plans. And if you're struggling with all those zeros, they translate to $100 billion.

That's the single largest amount of funds landed by any CEO of any US company.

So what did Hock Tan do with all that investment?

Well, quite a lot.

The investment was instrumental in transforming Broadcom into a major player in the semiconductor industry. The firm later expanded beyond semiconductors to build and deliver a wider range of technology solutions, including software and computing infrastructure.

Hock Tan is famous for wooing investors. But he's not afraid to play hardball when necessary, an approach which has often placed him in the spotlight, and not always for the best reasons. His business strategy included a hyper-aggressive takeover of semiconductor and wireless technology provider Qualcomm. However, this was one of the few battles Tan lost. The move was blocked by the US government in 2018.

But it turned out to be nothing more than a minor setback for Tan. Broadcom went on to complete several significant acquisitions under Tan's leadership, including a massive $37 billion deal for Broadcom Corporation. Other notable acquisitions include CA Technologies and Symantec's enterprise security business.

The CEO that secured the most funding in every US state

No other CEO has come close to securing the $100 billion landed by Tan.

However, there are a few that have still managed to put up some pretty huge numbers.

They include Albert Bourla, who is New York's most successful CEO when it comes to generating capital. Bourla is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer; the data shows he's raised just over $31 billion for the pharmaceutical giant.

And Brendan McCracken hasn't done too badly since taking over as the top executive at Ovintiv Inc. As Colorado's top fundraising CEO, he's raised a very impressive $24 billion.

You'll probably recognize Texas's number one fundraising CEO; it's SpaceX and Tesla visionary Elon Musk. Otherwise known as the real Tony Stark. Or the biggest douchebag in the world. It depends on who you ask.

Musk has generated $ 19 billion in investor funding, but not without a fair share of controversy. Elon's aggressive capital-raising strategies have been labeled risky by many analysts, with some even labeling the CEO a confidence man or a modern-day snake oil salesman. Still, Tesla has continued to maintain a rapid period of income and expansion and is leading the way in bringing greener cars to the masses. So time will tell if all those edgy tweets have really paid off.

Another familiar name in finance and investing took the number one spot in Nebraska. It's legendary money magician Warren Buffett, the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Known as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ due to his ability to predict future financial moves, Buffett is widely regarded as one of the shrewdest money managers of all time.

Buffett is worth an estimated $130 billion and is still going strong at the age of 93. Despite his colossal personal wealth, Buffett, like many other CEOs, prefers it when investors put up their money for his next venture. He’s convinced investors to hand over $1.27 billion.

Florida's Karen Benson is one of the few female CEOs that appears in the research. She's also the biggest female fundraiser. The shipping line boss, who captains the Royal Caribbean Group, has raised $6.2 billion since heading up the board.

Tech CEOs that have raised the most funding in every state

The next part of the study examined data on which tech CEOs in every US state have raised the most capital for their companies.

Former Verizon CEO Lowell C. McAdam is New York's best tech boss for generating funds. Between 2006 and 2018, he steered the telecom giant through a period of huge growth and expansion, raising around $29 billion along the way.

Fred Thiel is Nevada's most successful CEO regarding fresh investment capacity. He also heads up one of the most interesting companies in the study. Marathon Digital Holdings is a prominent player in the emerging cryptocurrency industry, with a focus on mining Bitcoin.

The company is an industry leader due to its sustainable operations that leverage the latest technology and renewable energy sources to mine in a way that minimizes environmental impact while monetizing stranded energy sources.

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It's a green approach that has persuaded many investors to allocate more than a billion dollars of their money to support and grow Marathon's operations.

Other tech CEOs who have raised billions for their companies include Colorado's Sureel Choksi, boss of Vantage Data Centers, and John Visentin, who makes the big calls at software company Xerox, headquartered in Connecticut.

The capital raised by Madhava Syamlal is minuscule compared to some of the figures we've been discussing. Syamlal has raised 'just' $275,000 for QubitSolve Inc, based in West Virginia. But it's not necessarily his fault. Instead, Syamlal might be too far ahead of the tech game.

QubitSolve Inc. is at the very cutting edge of cutting-edge technology. It builds and develops quantum computers, which use advanced theoretical knowledge to allow computer code bits to exist in multiple states simultaneously, accelerating computing power by truly mind-boggling degrees. Try summing that up in a catchy pitch board for 'boomer' investors.

The top fundraising finance CEOs across the USA

If anyone knows how the money-raising game works, then it's the heads of the USA's biggest and wealthiest finance companies.

New York is the finance capital of the world, so it's no surprise that one of the biggest fund-raising CEOs is based in the Big Apple. His name is Robert Rubin, the former head of the CITI banking group, who raised $7 billion.

Impressive stuff. But for a seasoned (and very well connected) financial leader like Rubin, that's probably not as hard as it sounds. Before taking over the bank, Rubin served as the 70th US Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. He also spent 20 years as a senior consultant at Goldman Sachs, followed by positions on the board of directors at the New York Stock Exchange, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Financial Services Advisory Committee.

In other words, Robert Rubin's contact list was a 'who's who' of the most influential people in finance, and he'd built up a long list of favors to call in by the time he became CITI's boss. This was one guy who everyone called back, and you never said no to an investor pitch by Rubin.

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