Did you notice?

You just touched this guy's product, but no one knows he exists.

In 2005 Wendel Weeks was just promoted to CEO of a dying glassware company. Cuz in the last few years, his stock went from $100 a share, to under $2 a share. He needed a win. And among some forgotten lab reports, he found one.

"Project Muscle"

That was ultra strong glass originally developed in the 1960s. But his company shelved the tech due to lack of demand. Cuz sometimes great ideas can have bad timing.

But everything changed in 2007.

In a meeting with Steve Jobs, Wendel promised to scale up production in just 6 months to support the iPhone.A risky bet for both sides. But Wendel delivered. Now Gorilla Glass is not just the dominant supplier for Apple, but for most high end smartphones. So before you touching yourself,

Sources:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVpzhF6Dd8g https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla_Glass#:~:text=In 2012%2C Corning introduced Willow,third-generation iPhone SE). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corning_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Weeks https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LVfvCfy9qbc