7 Most Famous Entrepreneurs of All Time and What Made Them Wildly Rich
Today I would like to share a list of the top seven most famous entrepreneurs who have made history and have become an inspiration for youngsters. Some entrepreneurs passed away but their contributions have given us hope. Some entrepreneurs are alive who are working so hard to make a better place. I hope you will agree with this list.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American actress, talk show host, Tv producer, and philanthropist. She is one of the richest women who has a real net worth 2.7 Billion dollars. According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey has been running hit talk show for 25 years. in 2019, she is 20th powerful woman in the world. She has the OWN cable channel that launched in 2011. Overall, she is one of the most successful women of the 21st century. Her journey of success has inspired so many women. Oprah was born in a poor family who has faced so many issues as a child. In her own TV show, she has talked about her sexual abuse at the hand of family members.
Oprah’s oration and passion gave her a job at the black radio station. She got a big success on the radio which made her entry into the TV show. Robert Ebert who convinced her to sing the deal TV show called Oprah Winfrey Show.
Steve Jobs
Everyone has a different success story which gives us hope to do something. However, Steve Jobs’s story tells the meaning of life. Steve Jobs dropped out of college because his family had a critical financial issue. Jobs continued to audit classes in an unofficial way, he was living off a free meal from the local Hare Krishna temple. Once he said that “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” If you are curious to know about him, I would suggest you read his biography, it has written by Walter Isaacson.
Today Apple is the most famous computer company that was found in 1973 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Apple has introduced several software and hardware products like macOS, IOS, iTunes, iPad, iPhone, XCode, and iCloud. He died in 2011 because of Neuroendocrine cancer.
Walt Disney
What happens when a childhood hobby becomes your profession. It happed with Walt Disney, in the childhood he started drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbor’s horses for fun. In early career, he was looking for a job as a newspaper cartoonist. Unfortunately, he didn’t get one. He used to work at an art studio where he designed ads for magazines and newspapers. Eventually, he became interested in animation that made him start an animation company.
His first creation of the character was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit which was owned officially Universal pictures. At the time, Walt had a contract with the company. later, He created the new character called Micky Mouse which is still famous across the world. At the time, he was getting bid successes with an animation company. but his unsatisfied feeling made him to move forward, he made the first of two greatest and biggest theme parks. Today Disney world’s famous animation industry which produces science friction moves as well.
K. Rowling
We cannot thank J.K Rowling enough for the Harry Potter book series. J.K Rowling is a British author, TV producer, screenwriter, Film producer, and philanthropist. She wrote a book called Harry Potter book series which is best selling books in history. She has faced a lot of problems at an earlier time. However, we all know that after every sunset comes a new sunrise, Today JK Rowling is a successful author who has written not only harry potter but also several other books like the silkworm, career of Evil and many others. According to Forbes, she has a net worth 32 million dollars. Some rumors have shown that she is president of Gringotts Wizarding Bank.
Bill Gates
If we are talking about all-time famous entrepreneurs, how can we forget Bill Gates? He is an inspiration for this era. He held the title called “wealthiest person on the planet” for 21 years. According to Forbes, his net worth is 112.9 Billion dollars which makes him the world’s 2nd richest person on the planet. In 1975, Bill and his friends Paul Allen found a software company called Microsoft. Today, Microsoft is the world’s leading PC software company.
He showed interest in computer programming at a very young age which helped him to create windows operating systems. No doubt, Today’s Windows operating system is globally famous and used in every area. Bill Gates is also a great philanthropist who has the world’s biggest charitable trust that is called the Gates foundation.
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Sottish-American industrialist & philanthropist who founded Carnegie Steel Company. Carnegie had very touch life in childhood he grew up working in factories. However, his hard work and talent gave him the opportunity to become a superintendent for the Pennsylvania Railroad company. Later, he created a business Carnegie steel Mill that helped him to made fortune. Carnegie was also known as the best philanthropist ever who donated 90% of his wealth. He had a great contribution in several different sectors such as Carnegie institution for science, Carnegie Trust for the universities of Scotland, Carnegie Hero Fund, and many others. He died at the age of 83 on 11 August 1919.
Madam CJ Walker
Sarah Breedlove is knowns as Madam CJ Walker who was not just an entrepreneur but also a social and political activist. At age seven her parents passed away so she moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi to live with an older sister. In her life, she saw ups and downs situation. Sarah Breedlove made a fortune by developing beauty and hair products for black women. Getting success in this sector, she became philanthropy and activism and donate big to plenty of organizations. At her time, she got a name called the “wealthiest self-made woman in America.” To know more about her, you should read her eBook biography.
