\nCristian Gheorghe a imigrat \u00een SUA \u00eenainte de Revolu\u0163ie, c\u00e2nd avea 23 de ani, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 cunoasc\u0103 limba englez\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 aib\u0103 prea multe perspective pe t\u0103r\u00e2mul f\u0103g\u0103duin\u0163ei. A lucrat mai \u00eent\u00e2i ca \u015fofer de limuzin\u0103, iar c\u00e2\u0163iva ani mai t\u00e2rziu a fondat compania Tidemark, devenind milionar \u00een dolari.<\/p>\n
\nGheorghe a crescut \u00een Rom\u00e2nia \u00eentr-o familie cu venituri medii: tat\u0103l lui era lucr\u0103tor la strung, iar mama, contabil. \u015ei-a ob\u0163inut diploma de licen\u0163\u0103 \u00een inginerie, fiind primul membru al familiei care a absolvit facultatea. Era pasionat \u015fi de calculatoare \u015fi electronice \u015fi cump\u0103ra \u015fi vindea albume Pink Floyd pe pia\u0163a neagr\u0103. \u00cen perioada de la sf\u00e2r\u015fitul anilor \u201980, \u00een care Guvernul se \u00eendrepta spre un colaps haotic, a decis c\u0103 era timpul s\u0103 plece \u015fi s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi \u00eencerce norocul \u00een Statele Unite ale Americii. Ajuns acolo, a reu\u015fit s\u0103 se angajeze \u00een cadrul unei firme de construc\u0163ii din New York.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cC\u0103ram foi de furnir de la primul etaj la al doilea etaj \u00een mod repetat\u201d a declarat Gherghe \u00eentr-un interviu acordat Reuters. \u201eM\u0103 pl\u0103teau cu 100 de dolari pe s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u015fi un sandvi\u015f la ora pr\u00e2nzului. A fost un \u00eenceput greu, dar cel pu\u0163in lucram”. \u00cen mai pu\u0163in de un an, el \u015fi-a \u00eembun\u0103t\u0103\u0163it astfel cuno\u015ftin\u0163ele de limba englez\u0103 \u015fi perspectivele odat\u0103 cu acestea.<\/p>\n
\nA reu\u015fit apoi s\u0103 g\u0103seasc\u0103 un job potrivit preg\u0103tirii sale: a \u00eenceput s\u0103 scrie cod pentru o mic\u0103 firm\u0103 din domeniul IT. Pentru a c\u00e2\u015ftiga mai mul\u0163i bani, lucra \u015fi ca \u015fofer de limuzin\u0103 \u00een timpul nop\u0163ii \u015fi \u00een weekenduri. \u00cen total, \u00een 1990, ajungea la venituri de 700 de dolari pe s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103. Pentru a economisi bani, dormea pe o saltea pe canapeaua unui v\u0103r din Connecticut.<\/p>\n
\nGheorghe era mereu \u00een c\u0103utare de oportunit\u0103\u0163i \u015fi, \u00een urma discu\u0163iilor cu unul dintre clien\u0163ii lui, Andrew Saxe, care s-a dovedit a fi \u015feful unei mici companii care se ocupa de managementul publicit\u0103\u0163ii prin po\u015ft\u0103, a g\u0103sit un nou job. Saxe avea nevoie de programatori, prin urmare a fost bucuros s\u0103 \u00eel primeasc\u0103 pe Gheorghe \u00een echipa lui.<\/p>\n
\nAu construit \u00eempreun\u0103 Saxe Marketing, o afacere care a fost v\u00e2ndut\u0103 ulterior companiei Experian pentru 30 de milioane de dolari \u00een 1997. Gheorghe a prins astfel gustul antreprenoriatului \u015fi, un an mai t\u00e2rziu, a construit compania Tian Software, care analiza traficul web pentru companii mari. Tian Software a fost v\u00e2ndut\u0103 \u00een 2005 companiei OutlookSoft pentru o sum\u0103 care nu a fost publicat\u0103.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 2007, SAP a cump\u0103rat OutlookSoft \u00een schimbul a 400 de milioane de dolari, iar Gheorghe a r\u0103mas p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een 2009 la conducerea companiei \u00een calitate de vicepre\u015fedinte. S-a angajat apoi la Greylock Partners \u015fi s-a mutat \u00eentre timp \u015fi \u00een Silicon Valley. Nu a durat foarte mult timp pentru ca Gheorghe s\u0103 contureze urm\u0103toarea afacere, Tidemark Sytems, construit\u0103 \u00een 2010 \u015fi axat\u0103 pe pia\u0163a de business analytics software. Compania lui are clien\u0163i companii cu venituri de cel pu\u0163in 500 de milioane de dolari, dar \u015fi clien\u0163i precum Netflix, Acxiom, Hostess \u015fi Brown University cu cifre de afaceri mai mari de un miliard de dolari, potrivit unei publica\u0163ii americane.<\/p>\n
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Cristian Gheorghe a imigrat \u00een SUA \u00eenainte de Revolu\u0163ie, c\u00e2nd avea 23 de ani, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 cunoasc\u0103 limba englez\u0103 \u015fi f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 aib\u0103 prea multe perspective pe t\u0103r\u00e2mul f\u0103g\u0103duin\u0163ei. A lucrat mai \u00eent\u00e2i ca \u015fofer de limuzin\u0103, iar c\u00e2\u0163iva ani mai t\u00e2rziu a fondat compania Tidemark, devenind milionar \u00een dolari. Gheorghe a crescut \u00een Rom\u00e2nia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[235,272,32506,32899,13170,4305,13021,11012,241],"class_list":["post-133629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-business","tag-companie","tag-gasire","tag-imigrant","tag-limuzina","tag-milionar","tag-roman","tag-sofer","tag-transformare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}