Inspiration

   BILL GATES


Bill Gates is a big time entrepreneur role model of all the time. He was born in Seattle, Washington, USA. He is a founder of Microsoft software with his partner Paul Allen. Microsoft software is a world leading software for personal computers. Bill Gates has influenced the world with Microsoft software that changed the personal computer forever. Bill has inspired many today's entrepreneurs because of his life story. After finished high school with a top score in SAT exam, Bill enrolled at the University of Harvard. He decided to drop out of college to start his own business. In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen began to work on their own company named “Micro-Soft which they changed to Microsoft in 1976. Now Bill Gates is a richest man in the world. 


THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Thomas Alva Edison was an inventor who created great innovations that made him a successfully entrepreneur. He was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio and died on October 18, 1931, in New Jersey. He developed several products included the phonograph, telegraph, kinetograph, alkaline storage batteries and the first commercial practical incandescent electric light bulb. Thomas Edison had inspired a lot of successful people and entrepreneurs who experienced failures on their way to success. He admitted that he tried 9,999 times and failed to light the electric bulb until 10,000 he was successful to light the electrical bulb.

At early age Thomas was an entrepreneur that he began publishing his own newspaper named the Grand Trunk Herald. In 1869, Thomas developed his first invention the Universal Stock Printer. In 1870, Thomas Edison started a small laboratory and manufacturing facility in New Jersey and employed several employees. In 1877, he developed a phonograph a method for recording sound. In 1880 Edison developed a company which deliver the electricity to power and light the cities of the world and The Edison Illuminating Company which later became the General Electric Corporation. He is one of the most inspiration innovator and successful entrepreneur who changed the world. 

WARREN BUFFETT


Warren Buffet is one of the most inspiration and successful investor in the United States. He has appeared on the very top of the Forbes 400 for more than a decade. He was born on August 30, 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska. At very young age, Warren started to show his business abilities and interest. He made his first investment when he was 11 years old, he bought three shares of cities service Preferred at $38 per share. When he was 13 years old, he was running his own businesses as a paperboy and selling horse racing tip sheet. He started Buffett Partnership Ltd in 1956. In 1965 Warren took control over Berkshire Hathaway. He had invested in various sectors like media, oil, technology, insurance, energy, food and beverage industries. Warren Buffett is a long term successful investor, richest and most respected business man in the world.


HENRY FORD


Henry Ford was an inventor, investor and business man who inspired a lot of successful entrepreneurs in the world. He was born in 1863 and died in 1947 in United States. He built gasoline powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle when he was working as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. Henry established Ford Motor Company in 1903, Detroit .At that time Ford Motor Company was known for the production of an efficient and reliable automobiles. In 1908 Model T was made by the company. Ford cars are widely used in USA and around the world. According to Forbes 400 list in 2006, Henry Ford was number 12 with $54.3 billions. Henry Ford has influenced many of today's automobile companies and individual entrepreneurs.


JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER


John D. Rockefeller is a one of the entrepreneurial role model of all the time. He was an American industrialist who was born on July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York and died in 1937. John D. Rockefeller started his first oil business in Cleveland. As a teenager he got into a number of small business ventures. In 1870 Rockefeller had incorporated with The Standard Oil Company. He became the head of the Standard Oil Company. John had a near monopoly of a oil business in the United States from 1882. He was one of the most successful and richest business man in the world. According to Forbes 400 John D. Rockefeller was number one on the list with the fortune of $305.3 billions.

DAVID MURDOCK


David Murdock is an entrepreneur and investor who had influenced the world. He was born on April 11, 1924 in Kansas, Missouri. He is a classic example of the high school dropout students who made to the Forbes 400 list. David had an entrepreneurial drive since he was in high school so he decided to quit school. He drop out of high school in order to make money. He had worked at a gas station and later he got into the army in 1943. David Murdock is the sole owner of Dole food which it is the America's largest fruit and vegetable company and real estate development called Castle & Cooke.

OPRAH WINFREY


Oprah Winfrey is the most influential and successful black woman in the world. She was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She became popular and successful for hosting her own talk show '' The Oprah Winfrey Show" from 1986 to 2011. In 2011 Oprah launched her own Television network known as The Oprah Winfrey Network. She is also an actress, publisher, television producer and philanthropist. Oprah is a billionaire black woman who inspires many black women in the world. Based on Forbes Magazine, She was named as a richest African America of the 20th century and the world's only black billionaire for 3 years on a low.