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Former investment banker and engineer-by-training Tina Ju got into China venture through co-founding VTDF in 2000 and TDF Capital in 2005, and she made several well-timed investments in some of the best China hits, Alibaba, Baidu, Focus Media and Hurray.
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An engineer by training, the 51-year-old got his start in politics by managing the 1974 Upper House campaign of the late Fusae Ichikawa, Japan's leading feminist politician who championed equality of the sexes, shunned political parties and aided the fight against corruption.
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Hawkins, an engineer by training, remains an ardent believer in high-tech medicine.
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He earned a degree in physics and later held a full-time job as an aerospace engineer, all while training and competing at a relentless pace.
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As well as physical training to prepare, Zanardi spent hours working as his own race engineer, fine-tuning his cycle until it perfectly complemented his body.
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