Topic: Charles Wang
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Charles B. Wang (Chinese: 王嘉廉; pinyin: Wáng Jiālián) (born August 19, 1944) is the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed CA Technologies) and owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team.
In 1976, Wang launched Computer Associates at the age of 31, using credit cards for funding. He has since authored two books to help executives master technology: Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). Wang retired from Computer Associates in 2002.
He was born in Shanghai, and moved to Queens, NY, when he was eight years old; his family immigrating to the US on a standard visa program unrelated to the H1B or L1 visa programs. He attended the elite Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Queens College in New York, and began working at Columbia University.
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