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Why Computer Engineering Specialisation?  100 years ago (1918), the top ten richest peoples in America were mostly in the heavy industries, such as oil, steel, automobiles and railroads . No. Name US Billions* Source 1 John D. Rockefeller 12.8 Oil 2 H. C. Frick 2.4 Steel 3 Andrew Carnegie 2.1 Steel 4 George F. Baker 1.6 Banking 5 William Rockefeller 1.6 Oil 6 Edward Harkness 1.3 Oil 7 J. Ogden Armour 1.3 Meatpacking 8 Henry Ford 1.1 Automobile 9 William K Vanderbilt 1.1 Railroads 10 Edward H. R. Green 1.1 Inheritance (Source: Straits Times, 24th August 1997, *1918 figures adjusted for inflation) In 2005, amongst the top 5 richest peoples in America, 4 of them are founder of computer companies. No. Name US Billions Source 1 Bill Gates 46 Software (Founder, Microsoft) 2 Warren Buffett 36 Investment 3 Paul Allen 22 Software (Founder, Microsoft) 4 Larry Ellison 18 Software (Founder, Oracle) 5 Michael Dell 13 Hardware (Fou