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Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif., From selling makeup to becoming an engineer. Born in Tehran, Alamouti did not grow up wanting to be an engineer. Title: Cofounder and executive board chairman. Member grade: Member. Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Deploying the armies of laborers at BYD is an officer corps of managers and engineers who invent and design the products. Wang says the engineers come from Chinas best schools.

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