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addis ababa , ethiopia 200 noah samara
 noah samara ceo , worldspace
noah samara

noah a. samara is a chief executive officer of worldspace , the world 's first to launch satellite radio system .
he also played a pivotal role in the foundation of xm satellite radio .
he claimed what motivated him to found worldspace is to give millions of people in asia and africa access to information .
samara 's effort to launch a third satellite over latin america got him embroiled in a bitter fight with the u.s. department of defense and boeing , which use the l-band for communication during flight tests .
