Word: sevin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with numbers. As a five-year-old he could calculate complex mathematical progressions, and as a grownup he figured out that raw computing power was growing and the price dropping so quickly that one day every office and home in America would have a computer. With his partner L.J. Sevin, he helped launch Silicon Valley legends such as Lotus Development, Cypress Semiconductor, Borland International and an outfit called Compaq, the world's largest personal-computer maker. He's still chairman. "My brother has done pretty well for himself," says Harold with a smile. Little brother is worth about $100 million...