Top 15 Entrepreneurs

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JK ROWLING

”It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”

Rowling is a British novelist, producer and screenwriter. Her original manuscript of Harry Potter was repeatedly rejected by publishers and is now the best selling novel of all time.

BILL GATES

“In the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”

Bill Gates is a businessman, investor, author, and humanitarian. He is most famous for founding Microsoft, but he also co-created the richest charitable organisation in the world and even survived a tornado!

ELON MUSK

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

Elon Musk is an investor, engineer and

lead designer of Space X. He started a web software company with his brother in 1995 and is now worth £16.3 billion. He is aiming to privatise space exploration and create the first mass market electric car.

JACK MA

“If you don’t give up, you still have a chance.”

Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate and investor, who co-founded the Alibaba Group. He was once the only person of 24 applicants to be rejected for jobs at KFC and is now one of the wealthiest people in the world with a net-worth of £30 billion.

HENRY FORD

“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

An American captain of industry and a business magnate, Ford is most famous for founding the Ford Motor Company and revolutionising mass production with the assembly line.

COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS

”Do all you can and do it the best you can.”

Colonel Sanders was best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain KFC. He was born the son of a farmer and worked a variety of jobs, from a steam engine stoker to an insurance salesman. He began selling fried chicken from a roadside restaurant during the Great Depression.

RICHARD BRANSON

“Business opportunities are like

buses, there’s always another one coming.”

At age 16 Branson started a magazine, and at age 22 he founded Virgin Records, which now controls more than 400 companies.

OPRAH WINFREY

“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

Oprah Winfrey is an American talk show host, producer and philanthropist. She spent her first 6 years living in poverty with her grandmother. She is credited as a pioneer of modern television and is now worth £2 billion.

MARK ZUCKERBERG

“By giving people the power to share, we’remaking the world more transparent.”Mark Zuckerberg was the founder ofFacebook. Isolated at Harvard, he aimed to

bring the entire college social experience onto the internet, starting on select college campuses. Now, he is worth £47.6 billion.