Apple’s Steve Jobs, widely praised as a visionary, died on Oct. 5. Does Ukraine have any visionaries?
Dmytro Shvetsov,
advertiser
“I’m sure that in Ukraine there are people like Steve Jobs, but they cannot become successful. As we know chance is an essential component of success.”
Svitlana Diodnaya,
student
“I am sure that we do not have people like Steve Jobs. I think it is difficult to find such people not only in Ukraine, but also in [former Soviet Union] countries.
Even if they are born in Ukraine, they become famous and great in Europe, America. There such people have a higher value.”
Mykolay Skotarenko,
student
“I think that we have not. Maybe some people have worthy ideas, but in our country it is very difficult for ordinary people to bring these ideas to life.
But Ukraine has, for example, the Klitschko brothers, who, like Jobs, reached their peak and became the idol of millions.”
Iryna Kolodeznaya,
student
“I think that we have such people as Steve Jobs. In Ukrainian science and other areas, there is a little progress. People think that everything has been invented long ago and they have no goals anymore.”
Dmitry Bratina,
director of advertising agency
“Of course we have such geniuses as Jobs.
There is Evgeniy Utkin, founder of Kvazar Micro Corporation and co-founder Gogolfest; in Ukrainian business, Petro Poroshenko fared well; Gaiday brothers, Igor (photographer) and Sergiy (political strategist).
