Form10 Unit 7 Lesson 6

The first book by this author, the iconic thriller Carrie, was turned

down 30 times, finally causing HIM to give up and throw it in the trash.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Stephen King

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

His early businesses failed and left him broke five times before he founded the

successful Company.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Stephen King

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

One of the most iconic faces on TV as well as one of the richest and most influential women in the world.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Stephen King

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

He gave up his studies in Harvard and started a failed first business called Traf-O-Data with his friend

Paul Allen.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Stephen King

• Thomas Edison

• Bill Gates

In his youth he went to war a captain and returned a private (if you’re not familiar with military ranks, just know that private is as low as it goes.)

• Oprah Winfrey

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• Wright brothers

He rakes in billions from products, movies and theme parks around the world,

• Walt Disney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• Wright brothers

He was fired from his first two jobs for not being productive enough.

• Walt Disney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• Wright brothers

He did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he had mental problems, was slow and anti-social.

• Walt Disney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

He founded the successful Ford Motor Company.

• Walt Disney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Ford

• Albert Einstein

Hardly had he started his first job in a newspaper when he was fired because, “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas”.

• Walt Disney

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Ford

• Albert Einstein