Born in Hong Kong, Yau is established as one of London's leading restaurateurs, founding Wagamama in 1992, Cha Cha Moon in 1997, and Busaba Eathai in 1999.
At 78-years, Rafsanjani is one of Iran's political survivals of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, as well as one of the leading and founding members of the current Islamist government.
It's all part of the launch of One America, a nationwide, yearlong campaign Points of Light is leading, with founding support from JPMorgan Chase, to bring together rivals in politics, entertainment and sports with the goal of inspiring millions to unite in service to their communities.
However, beginning in the 1980s, Aaron Lansky (the author of Outwitting History) set out to collect the world's Yiddish books, catalogue them, house them, study them, and translate them, thus leading to founding The Yiddish Book Center.
Mr. Pletnev, who frequently appears with the world's leading orchestras, founded the Russian National Orchestra in 1990, a project that was supported by the former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, according to the orchestra's Web site.
Daniel Barenboim, one of the world's leading conductors, founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in 1999 - a youth orchestra made up of musicians from countries across the Middle East, which aims to promote understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
Recognizing the need for Galveston to diversify from the traditional port-related industries, in 1905 William Lewis Moody, Jr., a member of one of Galveston's leading families, founded the American National Insurance Company.
When I first read about Hamilton and the Broadway show that bears his name, I became fascinated with how a poor, uneducated orphan from St . Croixdeveloped into a leading statesman and founding father, the guy who conceived of our present day treasury and the ingenious separation of powers.
They founded leading technology firms such as Baidu.
"It's the mall effect," said Paul Kellogg, director of the New York City Opera and of the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, N.Y., one of the leading opera festivals, founded in 1975.
