Julian Assange : Success Story ?

Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who started WikiLeaks in 2006

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Assange is a $300,000-net-worth Australian publisher, journalist, computer programmer, and Internet activist

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Assange began hacking under the moniker Mendax in 1987 when he was 16

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Assange was detected hacking into Nortel, a Canadian multinational telecoms corporation Melbourne

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ccording to Assange, he registered the domain leaks.org in 1999 but did not use it at the time

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Julian Paul Hawkins was born on July 3, 1971, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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His net worth is estimated to be in the range of $300,000

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