bill gates- born in seattle, wanted to expand computer uses
JD rockafeller- born in richmond new york, brought up by his mother
1870 created standard oil
walt disney- created the most famous fictional charectors in the world, rakes in 35 million annually
jim pattison- born in Vancouver, went to ubc got a loan to buy gm motors, opened overwaitea foods,started ripleys beileve it or not, etc.
recieved larger loans eventually buying 13 more dealerships
owns fourth largest company in canada, the jim pattison group employes over 25000 people
Martha stewart- sucessful buiseness woman, went to prison, doesnt sounds very nice.\
Henry Ford: developed ford motors, young entraprenuer, fixed pocket watches for money at school ,mother died at age 13, was self motivated by not wanting to do farm work.
Jerry Yang: electrical engineer, yahoo with 44.6 billion
Ray Kroc: milkshake machines, paper cup sales man
Phil knight: blue ribon sports( nike ) first year 364 $, 1969 over 1 million
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