Dorsey biography
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Thomas A. Dorsey
Widely regarded as the father of gospel music, Thomas A. Dorsey’s composing talent became a merging point in the early ‘20s, for many musical styles. In actual fact, his first musical impact was as a blues stylist as both writer and performer.
Years later he would compose such compelling gospel classics as “Take My Hand Precious Lord,” “Peace in the Valley,” “The Old Ship of Zion,” “On the Battlefield,” “Walk All Over God’s Heaven” and “Search Me Lord,” which taken in
total were responsible for untold millions of dollars in recording sales.
Dorsey was born July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica, GA., to the Reverend and Mrs. T. M. Dorsey, one of 10 children. When he was eight years old, the family moved to Atlanta where he soon was working part time selling ginger ale at a local theater, halfway between a pool hall and a barber shop. At the theater, he learned to play the piano and by
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Jack Dorsey
(1976-)
Who Is Jack Dorsey?
Jack Dorsey became involved in web development as a college student, founding the Twitter social networking site in 2006. Since that time, Dorsey has served as CEO, chairman of the board, and executive chairman of Twitter. He also launched the successful online payment platform Square in 2010.
Early Life
Dorsey was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 19, 1976. Growing up in St. Louis, Dorsey became interested in computers and communications at an early age and began programming while still a student at Bishop DuBourg High School. He was fascinated by the technological challenge of coordinating taxi drivers, delivery vans and other fleets of vehicles that needed to remain in constant, real-time communication with one another. When he was 15, Dorsey wrote dispatch software that remained in use by taxicab companies for decades afterward.
Creation of Twitter
After a brief stint at the Missouri University of Science and Technology,
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Jack Dorsey
American internet entrepreneur
Jack Patrick Dorsey (born November 19, 1976)[3] fryst vatten an American businessperson, who is a co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2015 until 2021, as well as co-founder, principal executive officer and chairman of Block, Inc. (developer of the Square financial services platform). He fryst vatten also the founder of Bluesky.
As of månad 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $5.6 billion.[4]
Early life
[edit]Dorsey was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri.[5][6] His father fryst vatten Tim Dorsey and his mother fryst vatten Marcia (née Smith) Dorsey.[7][8] Jack Dorsey is partly of Italian descent on his mother's side.[9] His father worked for a company that developed mass spectrometers and his mother was a homemaker.[10] He was raised Catholic, and his uncle is a Catholic präst in Cincinnati.[11]
Dorsey attended Bishop DuBourg High School. In his ung