Famous Entrepreneurs

This person was very smart, but did not try very hard in school. When he was accepted to a college, he quit because he was not interested in learning. However, when he saw his first computer, he was amazed and immediately became interested. He and his friend decided to start a computer company.

• Jeff Bezos

• Steve Jobs

• Mark Zuckerburg

When this person was four years old, he became fascinated with drawing. His dream of creating cartoons was blossoming. As a young adult, he landed his dream job of creating cartoons for a newspaper. Not too long later, he was fired for “lacking imagination” and “having no original ideas.” Upset, he decided to start his own company, making cartoons. The cartoons were great, but it made no money and he had to close it down and declare bankruptcy.

• Tim Burton

• Stephen Hillenburg

• Walt Disney

Co-founder of Microsoft, this person helped revolutionize operating systems for personal computers. He become one of the richest on the planet. He now works full-time for his charitable foundation.

• Henry Ford

• Steve Jobs

• Bill Gates

This person pioneered the use of assembly lines and mass production for motor cars. He helped to reduce the price and make cars affordable for the average American consumer.

• Nikola Tesla

• Henry Ford

• Michael Scott

This person was a French designer and costume maker, instrumental in defining feminine style and dress during the 20th Century. Her ideas and business practices were revolutionary and changed the way women dressed.

• Coco Chanel

• Mark Jacobs

• Vera Wang

Born in Scotland to poor parents, this person moved to America where he became very wealthy through dominating the US steel industry. After selling his steel corporation in 1901, he devoted the rest of his life to philanthropy.

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Michael Jordan

This person filed over 1,000 patents during his life. But, he also combined a rare inventor’s capacity to make them commercially available. He made a fortune through the electric light bulb and other inventions such as the phonograph.

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

• Benjamin Franklin

This person founded Amazon from his garage at the age of 30 as a small online bookstore. Today he is worth 150 billion and Amazon is the world’s largest online sales company.

• Mark Zuckerburg

• Bill Gates

• Jeff Bezos