Category: Billionaires

Steve Jobs, 2005 Standford Stay HUNGRY. Stay FOOLISH. One of the greatest innovators of the our time, Steve Jobs, delivers a powerful speech based on just three important events in his life. He recalls how …

Does the very thought of sticking a needle in your arm scare you? Do you avoid getting your blood drawn out for medical tests that actually give you life-saving information? Well, you are not alone! …

“If you’re going to be an entrepreneur… it’s not all textbook. It’s gut feeling, it’s intuition, it’s a feeling you have that you can do this and make it happen. I think you have to …

Zdeněk Bakala is a Czech banker, investor and philanthropist, who fled his communist Czechoslovakia (the country later dissolved into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993) around the Thanksgiving of 1980 to Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United …

“I’m a living proof that you can make money and be honest at the same time.” Leonardo Del Vecchio The founder and chairman of the world’s leading eye-glass manufacturing company ‘Luxottica’ Leonardo Del Vecchio is …

1. Warren Buffett $12.7 billion gain to $59.1 billion. Source of Wealth: Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett, an American industrialist and investor, was born in 1930, on August 30th in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son …

Turkish-American entrepreneur Hamdi Ulukaya is the founder, president and CEO of an American brand of Greek-style yogurt manufacturer, Chobani Inc. Today, the company employs more than 1,200 people and exports its top-selling brand of yogurt …

Arkady Yurievich Volozh is a serial entrepreneur and principal founder of Yandex, Russia’s largest search engine and Internet based products and services company. According to Comscore, an Internet analytics company, as of 2012, Yandex is …

“The most beautiful face in the world? It’s yours.” ~Estée Lauder American woman entrepreneur Estée Lauder is widely known as the co-founder of the New York City based prestigious skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care …

High school dropout Alan Gerry is the pioneering entrepreneur in the cable television industry. Back in 1951, Gerry ventured into business with literally nothing – a small television sales and repair shop in rural Liberty, …

“The secret of my success is that I hire people smarter than I am.”~Leon G. Cooperman Leon G. Cooperman was born on April 25, 1943 in the South Bronx to Jewish parents. His father worked …

Billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of Highbridge Capital Management, Glenn Dubin had a humble beginning. He was born and grew up in the Washington Heights in Manhattan in 1957 to Harvey and Edith Dubin. His father, …