Top 10 Influential Entrepreneurs
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An entrepreneur is a person who is passionate, confident, strategist, risk-taker, and tireless hard worker.
This world is filled with successful entrepreneurs who have a success story that is unbelievable to most people.
According to a study, there are 582 million entrepreneurs in the world. Most of them faced uncountable rejections and refusals, but the passionate ones never left hope and instead braced themselves to climb the abyss of success.
As per The Global Entrepreneurship Index, the US is considered as the best country for entrepreneurs with an index of 83%.
Ten Influential Entrepreneurs Every One Should Know
I have list-down ten most influential self-made entrepreneurs. Their stories sound like queer tales, but the endings are like a fantasy. These people have turned their passions into reality and found success.
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Steve Jobs
Steve was born in 1955 and died in 2011. He was considered the biggest name in the American entrepreneurs’ industry and was a self-made business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor.
Job’s early life had been rough as he dropped out of college because of the family’s unfortunate financial condition. He lived on free meals and did odd jobs to get extra cash and managed to complete his graduation.
Steve and his friends managed to open Apple Inc. in 1976, but he was ruled out in 1985 from the business. He started another company named NeXT computers.
He also bought ‘The Graphic Group’ later named as Pixar for $10 million. Apple computer bought NeXT and made Steve Jobs, the interim CEO. His net worth was $10 billion when he died.
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford was born in 1863 and died in 1947. He was an American Business giant, industrialist, and founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was born to a peasant family but still managed to make his name in the list.
He started with manufacturing two vehicles but later built his own company named the Detroit Automobile Company in 1899. He faced difficulties selling the manufactured products because of the horrible expensive prices but didn’t give up and build the Cadillac Automobile Company.
Later the name was changed to The Ford Motor Company. In the year 2019, the company generated $156 billion in revenue.
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Mark Zuckerberg
The most inspirational entrepreneur of this century is Mark Zuckerberg, who was born in 1984. He started the idea of building the most significant social media application from the dormitory of Harvard University in 2004.
Zuckerberg is the co-founder, CEO, and controlling shareholder of Facebook, Inc., the social media application with 2.5 billion users monthly. The total numbers of employees at Facebook Inc. are 45,000.
Several companies approached Zuckerberg to buy Facebook, but he never sells out. Today Mark Zuckerberg’s total net worth is $85 billion, according to Forbes.
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Jeff Bezos
According to Forbes, the wealthiest billionaire in the world is Jeff Bezos, who was born in 1964 and is the Chairman and CEO of the most popular e-commerce website, Amazon.com.
From his boyhood, he was interested in science and completed his doctorate in Science and Technology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. He started working in a Wall-Street based hedge firm. In 1994 he got an idea of setting up Amazon.
Today, Amazon.com has total revenue of almost $25 billion, and alongside Bezo’s net worth is $180 billion, according to Forbes.
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Bill Gates
The long time remained the richest person Bill Gates was born in 1955. He was very interested in computer coding and was a bright kid. He scored 1600 (top score) in the SAT examination and got enrolled at Harvard University.
He, along with his friend Steve Ballmer started developing a computer system and deciphering coding. Bill left Harvard and started his own business. In 1976, Microsoft finally emerged after tons of hard work and efforts.
According to Forbes, Bill Gates has a net worth of $100 Billion and is the second richest man in the world.
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Larry Page
Larry Page was born in 1973 and was the co-founder of one of the most popular search engine, i.e., Google. His entrepreneurial decision has revolutionized online searching, branding, and media.
Larry, along with friend Sergey Brin, started a webpage named ‘Web Crawler,’ which was the startup of the most popular search engine we used today.
Today, Google’s total worth is $632 billion. Whereas, Larry Page’s total net worth is $67.8 billion, according to Forbes.
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Jack Ma
Jack Ma, the wealthiest person in China, made his name on the list, was born in 1964. He started a slightly rough career and got into English Teaching. He did a great many odd jobs.
He is the founder of Asia’s biggest e-commerce website, named Alibaba.
He is now retired from the position and pursues his education and runs his philanthropic organization. According to Forbes, he is a true rags-to-riches story that was an estimated net worth of $48.1 billion.
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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah was born in 1954 and is one of the most iconic talk show host in the American entertainment industry. At the age of 9, she was sexually attacked. Later she gave birth to a premature child at the age of 14 who died after some time.
In 1988, she founded Harpo Studios, and eventually, her business grows. Later she co-founded Oxygen Media. She has a net worth of $2.6 Billion, according to Forbes.
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Richard Branson
Richard Branson was born in 1950 in the UK. He is a reputed industrialist, famous for his company, the Virgin Group, and it holds 360 different companies. In 1984, he formed the Virgin Atlantic Airways and had emerged as the greatest entrepreneur in the UK. Forbes says his net worth is $4.9 Billion.
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Walt Disney
Walt was born in 1901 and died in 1966. He was a recognized entrepreneur, writer, actor, producer, and animator. In the American-history, he was also regarded as the pioneer of the American animation industry.
He was into cartoon pictures and drawing from his childhood and finally managed to get his animation company. His fictional characters, including Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck, are famous all over-the-world. The Walt Disney Company has a net worth of around $130 billion.
Conclusion
Got inspired? Want your name on the list of successful entrepreneurs? Live the dream and be passionate about what you could do the best. Maybe you’ll be next on the list.
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