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by tj on July 8, 2004
Rajesh links to an insightful Businessweek article about Hasso Plattner:
"Other early influences shaped Plattner's career. He worshiped John F. Kennedy. "He had a vision," Plattner says, shifting into a nasal Boston accent to mimic Kennedy's voice: "We want to get to the moon in 10 years." For a kid growing up in beaten-down Germany, Kennedy represented the promise of a new, can-do era. When Kennedy was shot, Plattner was devastated. "I couldn't believe it," he says. "I went to bed and listened to the radio." Plattner followed in the footsteps of a grandfather and studied engineering--intent on being where the action was."I just read about bill Clinton's reaction about Kennedys death. It seems that both men Hasso Plattner and the young Bill Clinton had been determined to achieve more in their life..
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