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Business English. How to describe people?. There are examples about 5 world's famous entrepreneurs (billionaires) such as Sergey Brin (Google), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Yang Huiyan (Chinese Real States developer), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Personal information, company name, sector or field, occupation, ranking (Forbes, Time, USA Today), photographs, physical description at March 1st, 2014. I hope this examples help you to improve your writing skills in English! More / Más: lenguasvivas.altervista.org Inglés de negocios. ¿Cómo describir personas en inglés? Hay 5 ejemplos sobre mundialmente famosos emprendedores (millionarios), tales como Sergey Brin (Google), Bill Gates (Microsoft), Yang Huiyan (Chinese Real States developer), Maria das Graças Silva Foster (Petrobras), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Los datos son: información personal, nombre de la empresa,sector, ocupación y ranking de Forbes, Time y USA Today, fotografías, descripción física (Personal information, company name, sector or field, occupation, ranking (Forbes, Time, USA Today), photographs, physical description), información actualizada al 1° de Marzo de 2014. Espero que estos ejemplos les ayude a mejorar sus habilidades en el Inglés escrito. More / Más: lenguasvivas.altervista.org

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Business English: 5 world’s famous entrepreneurs

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Sergey Brin

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RANKING: #21 on Forbes’ list of 2013 Billionaires, #14 on U.S. Forbes’ list of 2013 Billionaires

FULL NAME: Sergey Mikhaylovich BrinNATIONALITY: AmericanPLACE OF BIRTH: Moscow, RussiaBIRTH DATE: August 21, 1973 (Age: 40)FORTUNE: self-made billionaireYEARS ACTIVE: 1998–present

COMPANY: Co-creator of Google, with Larry PageSECTION OR FIELD: Internet Entrepreneur, Computer Scientist, Engineer, Inventor

OCCUPATION: Director of special projects at Google

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Sergey is a young creative billionaire entrepreneur.

He is thin. Although he is not standing, he seems to be short. He has brown, crimpy, short hair and it is a bit disheveled.

He has a ruddy, round face. His forehead is quite wide. He has puffy, brown eyes. His eyebrows are arched.

His nose is prominent. He has a small mouth and a dimple in his chin.

He has short arms and hands. He is wearing a ring in one of his square-tipped fingers. We can’t see the shape of his legs because he has crossed them.

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Bill Gates

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FULL NAME: William Henry Gates IIIBIRTH DATE: October 28, 1955 (Age: 58)NATIONALITY: AmericanYEARS ACTIVE: 1975–present

RANKING: - One of the most influential people of the 20th century (Time) - #1 world's richest person (Bloomberg Billionaires List’s 2013) CHARITY WORK: - founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

COMPANY: co-founded Microsoft, with Paul Allen SECTION OR FIELD: American business magnate, investor, computer programmer, inventor and philanthropist

OCCUPATION: CEO of Microsoft 1975-2000, Chairman of Microsoft 1975-2014, 2009–2010 Technology Advisor of Microsoft, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CEO of Cascade Investment, Chairman of Corbis, Board member of Berkshire Hathaway

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Bill Gates is a famous versatile inventive pioneer in computer programming. He is a middle-aged man but he is still passionate about his job.

In the preceding photograph he has a charming smile that brightens his face. He has healthy, even, slightly sticking out teeth. He has a furrowed forehead and wrinkled cheeks because of his smile.

His crossed arms make him look self-confident and powerful.

He is wearing glasses that make him look smart. He has small, blue eyes.

He has a sharp, clean-shaven chin and his neck is short.

He is a shapely, neat, pleasant-looking man. His hair is ash-blonde and he has a modern hair-cut.

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Yang Huiyan

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FULL NAME: Yang HuiyanBIRTH DATE: 1981 (Age: 33)NATIONALITY: ChineseFORTUNE: inheritedYEARS ACTIVE: 2005-present

RANKING: - #1 the richest young woman in Asia at the age of 26 (Forbes, 2007) - # 12 real estate developer among the top 40 (Forbes)

COMPANY: Country Garden Holdings Company Limited SECTION OR FIELD: Real estate developer

OCCUPATION: Executive Director on Country Garden's board, she also works in its logistics activities and is responsible for supervising the company's procurement and resource strategies, according to Forbes.

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Yang Huiyan is a pretty Chinese businesswoman. She is very young.

She has short, straight, red hair with some high streaks on it. Her eyes are cheerful and brown and her eyebrows are thin.

She is quite snub-nosed. She has a beautiful smile in her well-shaped, reddish lips.

She has a small, oval face with a light pink colour make up on it.

She has small ears and she is wearing shining, metal earrings.

She has a delicate, well-manicured, ringless hand leaning on her face.

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Maria das Graças Silva Foster

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FULL NAME: Maria das Graças Silva Foster, AKA "The Iron Lady of Oil“NATIONALITY: BrazilianBIRTH DATE: 26 August 1953 (age: 60)YEARS ACTIVE: 1981-present

RANKING: - #1 Most Powerful Businesswoman in Brazil (2013) - # 20 most powerful Businesswoman in the world (Forbes, 2012),

- #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business (outside the U.S.) (Fortune magazine, 2012-2013)

COMPANY: Petrobras SECTION OR FIELD: Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Economics, Oil EMPLOYER: Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil

OCCUPATION: CEO of Petrobras-Petróleo Brasil from 9 February 2012 – present. She also sits on the Boards of another 5 companies

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Maria das Graças Silva Foster is an intelligent, cultivated Brazilian businesswoman. Even though she is in her sixties, she is still a very important, hard-working entrepreneur in her country.

In the photograph, she has an imposing attitude with her long arms on her hips and a pleasant expression in her face which is large and oval with some wrinkles.

She is wearing trendy eyeglasses. She has almond-shaped, green eyes and she has emphasized their colour with an eyeliner.

She has long, chestnut hair. Her forehead is wide and she has rather plump cheeks with dimples on them.

She has an almost lipless mouth and a bulbous nose. Her neck and shoulders are elegant.

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Mark Zuckerberg

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RANKING: - world’s youngest billionaire at the age of 23; - listed among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the

world (2013-Time magazine)CHARITY WORK: - the biggest giver in 2013 (USA Today) - founded the Start-Up Education Foundation (2010)

FULL NAME: Mark Elliot Zuckerberg NATIONALITY: AmericanBIRTH DATE: May 14, 1984 (Age: 29)YEARS ACTIVE: 2004-present

COMPANY: Creator of Facebook, Internet.orgSECTION OR FIELD: Internet Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Philanthropist

OCCUPATION: Chairman & CEO of Facebook, Inc.

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This young man is an American entrepreneur. He is only 29 years old but a billionaire.

His neck is large. He has broad shoulders and long arms. His hands are moving. They are firm but soft.

He is slender and middle sized. He has a crew cut and his hair is auburn and wavy.

His face is long, pale and craggy. His forehead is high and narrow. He has close-set, sharp, green eyes. They aren’t neither large nor small. His eyebrows are quite small, raised and plucky.

His chest is plain and he is slim at the waist.

His nose is beaky. His mouth is open and his lips are thin. His teeth are slightly twisted.

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CITES:

#5 Yang Huiyan. Forbes.com. Retrieved 7:00, feb 26, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/74/china-billionaires-09_Yang-Huiyan_ECLZ.html

#18 Maria das Graças Silva Foster. (2014) Forbes.com. Retrieved 9:00, feb 25, 2014, from: http://www.forbes.com/profile/maria-das-gracas-silva-foster

Anderson Antunes. The 10 Most Powerful Businesswomen In Brazil. 5/29/2013 @ 4:01PM, http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2013/05/29/the-10-most-powerful-businesswomen-in-brazil/

Bill Gates. (2014). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 07:55, feb 24, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520.

Bill Gates (2014). Wikipedia. Retrieved 10:23, feb 24, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_gates

Larry Page. (2014). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:46, feb 24, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/larry-page-12103347.

Joe McDonald, AP Business Write. Forbes: 26-year-old woman is China's richest person. USA Today.com. 2007. Retrieved 09:00, feb 25, 2014, from http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-10-08-china-rich_N.htm

Mark Zuckerberg. (2014). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:30, feb 24, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/mark-zuckerberg-507402

Mark Zuckerberg (2014). Wikipedia. Retrieved 10:00, feb 24, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

Sergey Brin. (2014). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 08:44, feb 24, 2014, from http://www.biography.com/people/sergey-brin-12103333.

Sergey Brin.(2014) 21 February 2014 at 09:16. Wikipedia. Retrieved 5:00, feb 25, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin

The World's Billionaires. #125 Yang Huiyan .(2008) Forbes.com. Retrieved 7:00, feb 25, 2014, from http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Yang-Huiyan_ECLZ.html

Yang Huiyan. Wikipedia. Retrieved 7:00, feb 25, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Huiyan

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IMAGES:

Bill Gates: http://www.ibtimes.com/forbes-five-richest-americans-photos-708576

Country garden: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Countrygarden.png

Facebook. http://www.redusers.com/noticias/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/facebook-2.jpg

Google: http://rastationclub.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/google.png

Maria das Graças Silva Foster: http://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/df6739fb9f98d152f7443879541dd379/744x1128.jpg?fit=scale&background=000000

Mark Zuckerberg: http://www.biography.com/people/mark-zuckerberg-507402

Microsoft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: Microsoft.png

Petrobras: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobras.png

Pixar: http://www.top10de.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pixar1.jpg

Sergey Brin: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Sergey_on_China.jpg

Yang Huiyan: http://the-mni.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/huiyan-yang.jpg

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