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Charles B. Wang (Chinese: 王嘉廉; pinyin: Wáng Jiālián) (born August 19, 1944) is the co-founder of Computer Associates International, Inc. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CA Inc &mdash formerly Computer Associates Inc &mdash is a multinational Computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia New York. (now CA, Inc.) and owner of the New York Islanders ice hockey team. CA Inc &mdash formerly Computer Associates Inc &mdash is a multinational Computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia New York. The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. He was born in Shanghai, but moved to Queens, NY, when he was eight years old. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million He attended the elite Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech or just Tech, and also administratively as High School 430, is a New York City Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Queens College in New York, and began working at Columbia University. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior Colleges of the City University of New York. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. In 1976, Wang started Computer Associates on credit cards at the age of 31. A credit card is part of a system of Payments named after the small Plastic card issued to users of the system He has since authored two books to help executives master technology: Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together Corporate titles are titles conferred on individuals as a means of identifying their function in the Organization. Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt Wang retired from Computer Associates in 2002.

He is currently the majority owner of the New York Islanders hockey franchise, which he became a part-owner in 2000. The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Professional Sports leagues are organized in numerous He later bought out the share of business partner Sanjay Kumar in 2004, and acquired the New York Dragons Arena football franchise. Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born The New York Dragons are an Arena Football League team who were formed in 1995 as the Iowa Barnstormers. This article is about the sport of Arena Football See Arena Football (video game for the EA Sports Video game of the same name Professional Sports leagues are organized in numerous He is the master developer of the Lighthouse, the transformation of the Nassau Coliseum and surrounding 77 acres. } The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, commonly known as Nassau Coliseum (or simply The Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale New York The project will include a five-star hotel; condominiums; an Athletic Complex featuring four ice rinks, a basketball facility and state-of-the-art health club that will serve as the Islanders’ practice facility and also be open to the public; a Sports Technology Center; open air plaza; and conference center.

He is also founder of Plainview Properties, a real estate firm which recently announced a major development in Plainview, New York: Old Plainview - a traditional village combining townhouses, apartments, offices, restaurants, a Hyatt hotel and recreation space using “smart growth” concepts. Plainview is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) located in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County New York, USA. Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in the center of a city to avoid Urban sprawl; and advocates compact Residents of Plainview, headed by the group Concerned Citizens of Plainview-Old Bethpage, have resisted the project from the start.

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Philanthropy

Wang is also well known for his philanthropic works with such causes as the Make a Wish Foundation, and Smile Train among others. Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material The Smile Train is an international charity helping children with cleft lips and palates, founded in 2000 by Brian Mullaney and Charles Wang. His donation of over $50 million dollars to the State University of New York at Stony Brook for the construction of the Charles B. Wang Center was the largest in history to a SUNY school. State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York The Charles B Wang Center, located at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in Stony Brook New York, is dedicated to understanding Asian and American

Charles Wang funded the expansion of the Chinatown Health Clinic and the clinic has been renamed the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center.

In 1999, Charles Wang and his brothers Anthony and Francis donated a new law school to China's Suzhou University in honor of their father Kenneth Wang and in celebration of the university's 100th anniversary. Soochow University refers to two distinct institutions for higher learning one located in Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China and the other in [1]

Controversy

Charles Wang's career as CEO of Computer Associates was marked with controversy. CA Inc &mdash formerly Computer Associates Inc &mdash is a multinational Computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia New York.

In building up CA, Wang engaged in fifty takeovers followed by immediate firing of top management and key employees. His strategies had provoked descriptions like "rapacious", "heartless" and "Attila-the-Hun", largely driven by the draconian practices he engaged in with acquired companies, although these tactics were legal in the State of New York. The most notorious of these practices included forcing the employees of an acquired company to sign new employment contracts on-the-spot at a company meeting without prior warning - employees who refused the sign at the meeting or wished to have the contracts reviewed by a third party prior to signing were immediately fired.

He also alienated many in and out of CA by his paternalistic, family-oriented management style. In 1979, three years after CA's founding, Wang had installed his older brother Tony, a onetime corporate lawyer, as president and COO. Tony held the position until his retirement in 1992 to make way for Sanjay Kumar. Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born In 1998, Nancy Li, Charles Wang's second wife, was named CA's chief technology officer. Wang has argued that the investment community was punishing CA's stock because of his refusal to override his sense of familial loyalty to avoid the appearance of nepotism.

In 1998 Wang had initiated a $9 billion hostile tender offer for the shares of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). CSC2jpg|thumb|250px|CSC's branch office in HITEC City, Hyderabad, India]] Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC is an Information technology The Washington Post weighed in on the side of CSC's management by alluding to CA's "ties to foreigners". The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D It was a pointed reference to Wang's origin and CA's clients in China. The suggestion was that becoming linked with CA would jeopardize CSC's contracts with U. S. government agencies. Wang dropped the tender offer, blaming the uproar on racism and inflated national security concerns.

In 2000 a class-action lawsuit accused Wang, then president Sanjay Kumar and co-founder Russell Artzt of wrongly reporting more than $500 million in revenue in its 1998 and 1999 fiscal years, in order to artificially inflate the stock price. In Law, a class action or a representative action is a form of Lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born Russell Artzt (born 1948 Co-founded Computer Associates International, Inc A previous stock option set in 1995 specified that a certain number of shares would vest when Computer Associates' shares sustained a target price. The benchmark was met in 1998, and the three executives combined received nearly $1 billion in Computer Associates stock with Wang himself netting $670 million; he had already been the highest paid CEO in the US for the past four years. Since then, at least four other class-action suits have been filed against Computer Associates, all of which have named Wang specifically. As the controversy continued to dog Wang even after he returned a portion of the stock award, he quit as CEO in 2000, and later resigned as Chairman of the Board in 2002.

His successor Sanjay Kumar resigned as chairman and chief executive in April 2004, following an investigation into the accounting scandal which improperly reported revenue. Sanjay Kumar(Tamil-சஞ்சய் குமார் (born A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted Kumar on fraud charges on September 22, 2004 [2]. In the Common law, a grand jury is a type of Jury which determines whether there is enough evidence for a trial. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Kumar pled guilty to obstruction of justice and securities fraud charges on April 24, 2006 [3]. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

New York Islanders

Wang has received praise for his willingness to spend money with the goal of making the Islanders competitive; previous ownership groups had not. He also has a reputation for making decisions that go against conventional wisdom. Occasionally these unorthodox decisions, such as hiring Ted Nolan as coach, receive praise. Ted Nolan (Born - April 7, 1958 on the Garden River Ojibwa First Nation Reserve outside of Sault Ste Others inspire criticism that Wang is being contrarian for its own sake and not following logic or reason. [4]

After hiring Neil Smith as the general manager for the New York Islanders during the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, Wang fired him 40 days later and gave the job to Garth Snow, who retired from his position as the team's backup goalie to take the job. Neil Smith (born January 9, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian Ice hockey broadcaster and previously the general manager The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. The 2006 Stanley Cup Finals was the 2006 edition of the final series of the National Hockey League 's Stanley Cup playoffs. Garth E Snow (born on July 28, 1969 in Wrentham, Massachusetts) is a retired professional Ice hockey Goaltender and is currently Wang said that "philosophical differences" were the basis for firing Smith. This series of personnel moves inspired a critical and incredulous reaction from hockey journalists.

On September 12, 2006, Wang and GM Snow signed goaltender Rick DiPietro to a 15-year, $67. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rick DiPietro (born September 19 1981 in Winthrop Massachusetts) is an American professional Ice hockey Goaltender with the New York 5 million contract. The length of the deal, as well as Wang's signing of Alexei Yashin to a 10-year contract a few years before, have added to controversy. Alexei Valeryevich Yashin (Алексей Валерьевич Яшин Aleksej Valer'jevič Jašin, born in Sverdlovsk USSR now Yekaterinburg, Russia

A Forbes article investigated why certain NHL franchises could remain profitable despite poor attendance and overall league unprofitability. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly They found that several league owners underreported their cable broadcast revenue; they specifically accused Wang of excluding half of the $17 million paid to the Islanders for the 2003 cable broadcast season.

United Football league

According to Newsday, Charles Wang is rumored to be interested in buying one of the 8 UFL franchises up for grabs. He reportedly wants to buy a franchise to be based in Long Island, New York. [5]

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