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Notable Achievements at Age 35
First child born (Levi Joseph)
Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner's first son was born in March 2021.
Won 4th NBA championship (Lakers) and 4th Finals MVP
Led the Lakers to the 2020 NBA title in the COVID-19 bubble and was named Finals MVP — becoming the first player to win Finals MVP with three different franchises.
Launched podcast as part of MIT course 6.S099 (Artificial Intelligence Podcast)
Started The Artificial Intelligence Podcast in 2018; later expanded scope and renamed the show.
Married Boonsri Dickinson
Married journalist/filmmaker Boonsri Dickinson in San Francisco.
Shopify IPO (public listing on NYSE/NASDAQ)
Shopify went public (major liquidity event and company milestone).
24 Hours of Le Mans class win (Aston Martin Racing, GTEAm)
Achieved a class victory at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Aston Martin Racing in the GTEAm class.
Historic milestone — first Mexican American woman to create/produce/write/star in US primetime comedy
With Cristela airing, Alonzo became the first Mexican American woman to create, produce, write, and star in her own American primetime comedy.
Named to Time 100; featured on Forbes cover
Recognized in Time's '100 Most Influential People' (2012) and featured on the cover of Forbes with the tagline 'The $1 Trillion Opportunity.'
Becomes the first openly lesbian host of a US prime-time news program
With her MSNBC prime-time show, Maddow became the first openly gay or lesbian anchor to host a major U.S. prime-time news program.
Married actor Sebastian Arcelus
Married fellow actor Sebastian Arcelus on October 25, 2007; he later performed alongside her in various productions.
Married Ellen Binder
Marriage to documentary photographer Ellen Binder (NYT wedding announcement).
Published the first website (info.cern.ch)
Published the first website that described the World Wide Web project and how to set up servers and browsers (20 December 1990).
Seinfeld series premiered on NBC
Seinfeld (originally The Seinfeld Chronicles) premiered; Seinfeld starred as a semi-fictionalized version of himself.
Founded Infosys with six software professionals
Co-founded Infosys in Pune (later Bengaluru) with six co-founders. Initial capital investment was Rs 10,000 provided by his wife Sudha Murty.
Founded Infosys with six colleagues
Co-founded Infosys Technologies Ltd in 1981 with six software professionals (N. R. Narayana Murthy as one of the founders); initial capital investment of Rs 10,000 provided by his wife Sudha Murty.
Founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at UMass Medical School
Established the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, developing an eight-week stress reduction program integrating mindfulness, yoga, and related practices.
Co-created AWK (with Aho & Weinberger)
Coauthored the AWK programming language with Alfred Aho and Peter J. Weinberger (1977).
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