
〔即時新聞/綜合報導〕美國一名棄嬰在1989年被遺棄在垃圾桶中,後來被好心夫婦收養,他從小被同儕以「垃圾桶寶寶」戲稱,讓他覺得很丟臉,沒想到在9歲時意外發現有電腦維修的天賦,現在30歲的他已經是通訊公司的創辦人,且擁有近新台幣19億的身價。
據《華盛頓郵報》報導,被收養的棄嬰菲格斯(Freddie Figgers)就讀小學時,同學們常叫他「垃圾桶寶寶」並欺負他,在他9歲時父親帶了一台壞掉的電腦給他,想讓他有事做,少惹點麻煩。
沒想到,年僅9歲的菲格斯把電腦拆開,從舊收音機中取出一些零件裝進電腦裡,成功修好一台電腦,直到現在他都還留著這台電腦,因為它激起了他對科技的興趣。
菲格斯15歲時就白手起家創立自己的電腦公司,他坦言「不建議大家和我走同樣的路,這只適合我」,因為他在17歲時就建立自己的雲端資料庫,同時擁有150個要建的網站與客戶。
菲格斯的父親罹患阿茲海默症後,他發明一個GPS裝置,能放在父親的鞋子裡,不僅能追蹤他的位置,還能和父親對話。他利用這雙鞋的專利賺了一大筆錢,並創辦菲格斯通訊公司。
雖然菲格斯的父親已經去世,他還是相當感謝父母的養育之恩,教導了他幫助別人的幸福,會以倍數成長,他也成立基金會,替救災活動與校園補助募款,將養父母的愛心流傳下去。
Freddie Figgers is a computer programmer, inventor, and an African American Entrepreneur.[1][2] He is the founder of Figgers Communication and has four patents in his name.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Figgers lives in Coral Gates but was born in Quincy, Florida on September 26, 1989.[7] Freddie as a newborn was left at the dumpster by his mother. Nathan and Betty Figgers then adopted him.[7] To help his father with the Alziemers disease, Freddie built a shoe with a GPS tracker with two-way communication.[7][5][8] When he was 15 years old, Freddie started a cloud computing services company. [9] At the age of 16 years, Freddie started Figgers Communication.[3][8] By the time Freddie was 24, he had 80 custom software programs built, designed and executed.[9]
Freddie has four patents, including the Figgers F1 Phone.[3][4] Figgers also has a license spectrum band from FCC.[10][8] Figgers is involved in his Florida community by sponsoring youth programs, paying senior citizens bills and helping to bail for homes in foreclosure, as well as offering college scholarships to area high school seniors.[2][10][11]
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