Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs traditionally were considered people who used loaned money to start a business, it was come to be used to reference any person who starts a business.

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McDonald's CEO, Jim Skinner, will retire later this year. Skinner has been CEO of McDonald's since 2004, and will be replaced by Don Thompson, the company's current president. Don Thompson has been ...

Ferdinand Porsche

People; Entrepreneurs

Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and honorary Doctor of Engineering.

Rockefeller family

People; Entrepreneurs

The Rockefeller family are the descendants of John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922). The family is an American industrial, banking, and political family of ...

Sam Walton

People; Entrepreneurs

Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (29 March 1918 - 5 April 1992) was a businessman and entrepreneur from Oklahoma known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. After leaving the military in 1945, ...

Otto Beisheim

People; Entrepreneurs

Otto Beisheim (3 January 1924 – 18 February 2013) was a German-Swiss businessman and founder of Metro AG. In 2010, his net worth was estimated at US$3.6 billion. Beisheim was born the son of an ...

Kenneth Lay

People; Entrepreneurs

Kenneth Lay was an American businessman who is known principly for his role in the Enron corruption scandal. Lay was CEO and Chairman of Enron from its founding in 1985 until his resignation in 2002 ...

Bill Ackman

People; Entrepreneurs

Bill Ackman (born May 11, 1966) is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP. Known as an activist investor, Ackman's investment ...