Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity

Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity

             I feel that the Heroes and The Cult of the Celebrity really does not apply to the products of Apple or Android, yet by the creators of these world-changing products.  We would look at heroes of Apple that everyone knows, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. These two men started Apple on April 1, 1976, they had no idea how huge Apple would become.  Just two friends building computers in their garage became American heroes in their division of expertise. Many people would look up to Steve Jobs as their hero for what he has accomplished with the business and technical side of Apple, building the company to a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Others looked to Steve Wozniak as a technical wizard for his genius designs and products before their time, they even call Steve Wozniak "The Great and Powerful Woz". 

Android was developed and created by Android Inc. The founders were Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White, Google was the financial backing for the development of the Android. To be honest, nobody knows the names of the men who created the Android, I had to Google it. Everybody knows Google and that they are the owners of the Android OS. So can people really look at the creators of Android as heroes? or do they look at the creators of Google as the heroes?