Important Collaborations in History

• According to a variety of experts the following are the most important collaborations in history:
•  Jerrod Carmichael stated that the greatest collaboration in history was "Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones joining forces to create Thriller. Jackson recorded demos at home, which Jones translated into sounds that were both soulful and ethereal."
•  Rita McGrath said that the greatest collaboration in history was "the collaboration between Wilbur and Orville Wright, which made fixed-wing-aircraft flight possible."
•  Jay Winik believes that the most improbable of collaborations between "Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrat; Winston Churchill, the keeper of the British empire; and Joseph Stalin, the dictator" was the greatest collaboration in history because "together, the three ended Hitler’s monstrous reign of terror and saved the Western world."
•  Alton Brown believes the greatest collaboration was between Louis and Marie Pasteur because "not only did the pair break open the world of bacteriology, they also set new standards for professional collaboration by spouses."

Greatest Acts of Collaboration

• The moon landing in 1969 is considered one of the 10 greatest acts of collaboration in history.
• Building the biggest dam in the world in China took "a government, multiple companies around the world, and millions of engineers and workmen."
• The partnership of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Ronald Wayne led to the creation of Apple.
• Likewise, Paul Allen and Bill Gates' partnership created Microsoft.
•  Larry Page and Sergey Brin's partnership led to the creation of Google.

Collaborations in Science and Industry

• James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Williams and Rosalind Franklin teamed up to discover the double helix structure of DNA.
•  William Proctor and James Gamble collaborated on a company called Proctor & Gamble that is now one of the largest CPG companies in the world.
• National Geographic, IBM, and the Waitt Foundation have joined together to complete The Genographic Project, which "aims to collect DNA samples from indigenous populations across the world, analyze them to map their ancestry, and therefore understand human migration patterns."