The Careers of the Founders

Sources

• Steve Jobs

  • http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/steve-jobs/
  • http://allaboutstevejobs.com/bio/timeline.php

• Colonel Harland Sanders

  • http://kfc.ro/__test/assets/pdf/Cartea_Colonelului.pdf
  • http://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/the-real-colonel-sanders

• Walt Disney

  • http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/timeline/
  • http://www.waltdisney.org/content/famous-train-ride

• Alan Sugar

  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6923678.stm
  • https://uk.news.yahoo.com/how-did-lord-alan-sugar-make-his-money-150539156.html

• Deborah Meaden

  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/10563191/Deborah-Meaden-I-was-selling-flowers-at-the-age-of-seven.html
  • https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SsnZAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=deborah+meaden+prize+bingo+concession&source=bl&ots=jc8los1ARf&sig=d6O1kqZJF1RncYc4hUj1ImuIGA0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBmoVChMI4qnvwrq_yAIVSnU-Ch0N1gej#v=onepage&q=deborah%20meaden%20prize%20bingo%20concession&f=false

• Oprah Winfrey

  • http://www.kazantoday.com/WeeklyArticles/oprah-winfrey.html

• Bill Gates

  • http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fabulous-life-of-bill-gates-2014-6?op=1&IR=T
  • http://fortune.com/2011/03/13/inside-the-deal-that-made-bill-gates-350000000/

• Henry Heinz

  • http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Heinz__Henry_John.html
  • http://www.heinz.co.uk/Our-Company/About-Heinz/Heinz-Story

• Henry Ford

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company

• Daniel Ek

  • http://www.businessinsider.com/spotifys-founder-daniel-eks-first-business-2012-11?IR=T
  • http://www.businessinsider.com/whoops-google-rejected-daniel-ek-ceo-of-4-billion-spotify-for-a-job-2012-11?IR=T

• RH Macy

  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4309051.stm
  • http://www.success.com/article/profiles-in-greatness-rowland-h-macy
  • https://www.macysinc.com/press-room/macysinc-history/macys-a-history/default.aspx
  • http://www.nndb.com/people/399/000164904/

• Nick Woodman

  • http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/03/13/five-startup-lessons-from-gopro-founder-and-billionaire-nick-woodman/
  • http://mashable.com/2014/06/26/gopro-ipo-3/
  • http://www.malakye.com/Features/CompanyQA/3518/GoPro-with-Founder-Inventor-Nick-Woodman.aspx

• Fred Smith

  • http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/smi0bio-1
  • https://www.quora.com/Did-Fred-Smith-FedEx-founder-really-make-payroll-one-time-by-taking-his-remaining-cash-to-Vegas-and-playing-blackjack
  • http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197542

• Soichiro Honda

  • http://world.honda.com/history/

• Mark Zuckerberg

  • http://www.biography.com/people/mark-zuckerberg-507402#time-at-harvard

• Richard Branson

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Richard_Branson%27s_business_ventures
  • http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/how-i-bought-necker-island
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• Anita Roddick

  • http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/anita-roddick-capitalist-with-a-conscience-dies-at-64-402014.html

• Sandy Lerner

  • http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-ciscos-founders-were-ousted-2014-12?r=US&IR=T

• Sara Blakely

  • http://uk.businessinsider.com/billionaire-sara-blakely-success-strategies-2014-10?r=US&IR=T
  • http://www.forbes.com/global/2012/0326/billionaires-12-feature-united-states-spanx-sara-blakely-american-booty.html

• Warren Buffett

  • http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/03/8-unusual-things-i-learned-from-warren-buffett/

• Stephanie "Steve" Shirley

  • http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Dame_Stephanie_(Steve)_Shirley

• Mark Cuban

  • http://www.biography.com/people/mark-cuban-562656#business-ventures

• Melitta Bentz

  • https://www.melitta.com/en/About-Melitta-521,230.html

• David H. McConnell

  • http://www.avoncompany.com/aboutavon/history/mcconnell.html

• Vera Wang

  • http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/businesses/M-Z/Vera-Wang-Bridal-House-Ltd.html

• Masaru Ibuka

  • http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/History/SonyHistory/1-02.html

• Sir Clive Sinclair

  • http://www.computer.org/web/awards/entrepreneur-clive-sinclair

• Kathryn Minshew

  • http://www.strictlyvc.com/2015/05/13/the-muse-raises-10-million-and-turns-away-10-million/
  • http://mixergy.com/interviews/kathryn-minshew-the-muse-interview/

• Arianna Huffington

  • http://www.success.com/article/arianna-huffington-pushing-the-limits

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger

• Sean Parker

  • http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/10/sean-parker-201010?currentPage=all

• James Dyson

  • http://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Dyson

• Michelle Mone

  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2820804/Michelle-Mone-the-Bra-Queen.html