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Some reflected on their own experiences in the spotlight, like basketball great Oscar Robertson on LeBron James and Quincy Jones on Juanes, the Latin pop star. Some--like Citigroup's Sallie Krawcheck, who wrote about eBay's Meg Whitman; Gloria Steinem on Winfrey; and Richard Branson on Airbus CEO Noël Forgeard--make their judgments with a cool eye, but others, like Lisa Marie Presley on Etheridge and the Rev. Billy Graham on John Stott, are surprisingly personal. Among my other favorites: Russell Simmons on Jay-Z; Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman on the show's creator, Marc Cherry; Bono...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the Writers Behind Our Profiles | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

Grinda of Zingy made the leap into cell phones from another recent tech darling, online auctions. A native of France, Grinda sold his company Aucland, a pan-European version of eBay, to the Spanish company Terra in 2000. After watching a friend make a fortune in ringtones--a business he once thought would never be more than a novelty--Grinda got into the game himself. He started Zingy and sold it to the Japanese company For-Side.com last May, but he is still running the business and pushing the company into city guides and traffic reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Kids Set the (Ring) Tone | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

Drew Curtis, a Kentucky native, brought back the “Boston Garden” designation for one day with a couple grand from his own pocket—and a winning bid on eBay...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Bama Slamma: FleetCenter Inspires Creative Greatness | 3/2/2005 | See Source »

...While most men were in line buying chocolates and flowers for their significant others,” reads the FleetCenter website, “John was online on eBay...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Bama Slamma: FleetCenter Inspires Creative Greatness | 3/2/2005 | See Source »

Since the eBay auction and subsequent backtracking by FleetCenter representatives—one of whom called the “Jeter” name “obscene”—the lawyer has received calls from the New York Times, ESPN, and NBC, among others...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alums Bid To Rename Center | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

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