Take a look at the best advice our epic Most Successful Entrepreneurs have to offer and, if you fancy, delve a little deeper into their past.
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1. Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was a French fashion designer of women’s clothes and founder of the Chanel brand.
- Date of Birth : August 19, 1883
- Place of birth : Saumur, France.
- Date of Death : January 10, 1971
Lesson : “There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!”
2. Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
- Date of Birth : February 11, 1847
- Place of birth : Ohio, USA.
- Date of Death : October 18, 1931
Lesson : “You can’t realise your dreams unless you have one to begin with. My desire is to do everything within my power to free people from drudgery and create the largest measure of happiness and prosperity.”
3. Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
- Date of Birth : July 30, 1863
- Place of birth : Dearborn, USA.
- Date of Death : April 7, 1947
- Organizations founded : Ford Motor Company, The Henry Ford, more
Lesson : “Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes. The irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.”
4. Aristotle Onassis
Aristotle Socrates Onassis, commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a Greek shipping magnate. Onassis amassed the world’s largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world’s richest and most famous men.
- Date of Birth : January 15, 1906
- Place of birth : Izmir, Asia Minor.
- Date of Death : March 15, 1975
Lesson : “Never start a business, a battle, a love relationship, if the fear of losing is greater than the belief of winning.”
5. John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust.
- Date of Birth : July 8, 1839
- Place of birth : New York, USA.
- Date of Death : May 23, 1937
Lesson : “I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”
6. Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.
- Date of Birth : November 25, 1835
- Place of birth : Dunfermline, Scotland.
- Date of Death : August 11, 1919
- Organizations founded : Carnegie Mellon University, U.S. Steel, more
Lesson : “If you want to become happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.”
7. Walt Disney
Walter Elias “Walt” Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
- Date of Birth : December 5, 1901
- Place of birth : Chicago, USA.
- Date of Death : December 15, 1966
- Organizations founded : The Walt Disney Company, more
Lesson : “When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably. If you can dream it, you can do it. Remember that this whole thing started with a dream and a mouse!”
8. Estée Lauder
Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She was the co-founder, along with her husband, Joseph Lauter, of Estée Lauder Companies, her eponymous cosmetics company.
- Date of Birth : July 1, 1906
- Place of birth : New York, USA.
- Date of Death : April 24, 2004
- Organizations founded : Estée Lauder Companies
Lesson : “If you push yourself beyond the furthest place you think you can go, you’ll be able to achieve your heart’s dream.”
9. Gianni Agnelli
Giovanni “Gianni” Agnelli, OMRI, OML, OMCA, CGVM, CMG, also known as L’Avvocato, was an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat
- Date of Birth : March 12, 1921
- Place of birth : Turin, Italy.
- Date of Death : January 24, 2003
Lesson : “There are three phases in building up a group like ours: the time of strength, the time of privilege and the time of vanity. In my opinion, only the first one counts. I don’t want the others to exist.”
10. J.R.D. Tata
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was a French-born Indian aviator and business tycoon. He was the Chairman of Tata Sons. He became India’s first licensed pilot in 1929
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- Place of birth : Paris, France.
- Date of Death : November 29, 1993
- Organizations founded : Tata Motors, Air India, more
Lesson : “Always aim at perfection for only then will you achieve excellence.”
10 Lessons From The World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs
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