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10 Prominent Achievers in Business
By Wadzanai Nenzou,
a Writer and Owner of Inspirational Quotes Change Lives Website,
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.inspirational-quotes-change-lives.com/
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They are men and women from various cultures and from different backgrounds,
some have an impressive academic record while others barely made it through
high school; however, the one thing that is common is the sheer grit and
determination of these people to achieve their dreams. Here is a look
at the accomplishments of ten such extraordinary people.
Bill Gates
The co founder of software giant Microsoft left Harvard to pursue his
dream of creating a software program that would be used by nearly every
computer owner in the world. Windows is the most popular operating system
in the world today along with several other applications and tools that
are Microsoft products. Gates has held on to the title of the richest
man in the world for over a decade with his net worth dwindling from $60
to $50 billion and back.
Oprah Winfrey
Another story of how determination can take a person to the pinnacle of
success, Oprah's story is one of courage in the face of adversity. Her
program the Oprah Winfrey Show has been the longest running and the most
successful show of its kind. Winfrey, who had to face abject poverty growing
up in rural Mississippi, is one of the richest entertainers in the United
States today with her fortunes running into the tune of $2.7 billion.
Warren Buffet
The CEO of Berkshire and Hathaway, well known as the 'Oracle of Omaha',
Buffet is often changing first position on the Forbes list with friend
and fellow philanthropist Bill Gates. While he showed a marked reluctance
for investing in tech companies, which did save him from the dot com bust,
he has had a remarkably successful run with his strategy of holding the
stocks of fundamentally strong companies. His hold on the stock market
can be gauged by the fact that the smallest divestment in a company by
Warren causes a veritable panic on Wall Street and a selling frenzy.
Zhang Yin
A true rags to riches story, Zhang Yin went from collecting waste paper
in the streets of the United States to being the richest woman on the
Forbes list. Her empire was built on her system of recycling paper and
shipping it from the US to China. Today her company is the producer and
exporter of several tons of paper and she is popularly dubbed as the Empress
of Paper.
Carlos Slim Helu
The telecommunications magnate from Mexico is currently at the number
one position on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world with
a fortune of $60 billion. His is a story of cashing in on the development
of emerging economies. Through his conglomerate Grupo Carso, Slim Helu
owns a sizable number of shares in several Mexican companies in the retail,
manufacturing and telecom sectors. He controls 90% of the telephone lines
in Mexico through his two companies.
Dhirubhai Ambani
Hailed as the 'Polyester Prince' of India, Dhirubhai Ambani was the founder
of Reliance. In his lifetime, he went from being a blue collar worker
with Shell Corporation to establishing one of the largest petrochemical
companies in the world. A man who had barely managed to finish tenth grade
yet shook the business culture in India as he scaled the peak of success
with his company that changed the way the normal man on the streets viewed
corporate stocks. Had he been alive today, he would be worth over $50
billion.
Indra Nooyi
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management and Yale, Nooyi took on the
reigns as the CEO of Pepsico in 2006 from Steven Reinemund. She was earlier
the CFO of the F&B giant. Nooyi has been responsible for the restructuring
of the company; its divestment in the restaurant brand 'Yum foods' and
the acquisition of Quaker Oats and Tropicana. Since she became the CFO
of Pepsico and eventually the CEO, the company's profits have doubled
while the annual revenues have increased by a whopping 72%. Nooyi constantly
figures on the Forbes list of the most powerful women in the world.
Lakshmi Nivas Mittal (LN Mittal)
The steel magnate garnered world attention at the hostile acquisition
of Arcelor by Mittal steel to form a conglomerate, Arcelor Mittal, the
largest producer of steel in the world. With his personal wealth valued
at $28.7 billion, LN Mittal is no stranger to the Forbes richest list.
Although he started out in the family steel making business, he soon chose
to establish his own steel making venture and its international division.
Starting with a rundown steel plant in Indonesia, Mittal went on to create
the largest steel making establishment in the world.
Steve Jobs
The prolific co-founder and CEO of Apple, Jobs is the man who added momentum
to the personal computer revolution. He was the first to envision the
impact that a mouse based GUI would have on the computer market and this
led to the introduction of Macintosh. While he did leave Apple after a
tiff with the board of directors and founded the computer platform development
company NeXt, he came back to Apple as the CEO after the acquisition of
NeXt by Apple. After pancreatic cancer related health concerns, Jobs handed
over the day-to-day workings of Apple to acting CEO Tim Cook and is now
only involved in strategic decisions.
Mark Zuckerberg
He is the youngest billionaire in the world who revolutionized the social
networking scene while in his freshman year at Harvard. The social networking
phenomenon created by Zuckerberg, "Facebook" amassed a massive fan following
with an astounding 500 million members. At 26, Zuckerberg is the youngest
billionaire in the world with his net worth estimated to be well over
$5 billion.
The success stories of many of these business magnates are studied in
Ivy League schools; the most notable thing to be learnt from their examples
is the fact that a person can achieve anything that he/she wants, as long
as the individual has the courage to dream big and willingness to strive
hard to achieve the dream.
Wadzanai Nenzou is A Writer And Owner Of Inspirational
Quotes Change Lives Website. She Is Interested In The World Of Business.
For More On Achievement Go To Her Website
http://www.inspirational-quotes-change-lives.com/achievementquotes.html
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Published - March 2011
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