Today, many people strive to open their own business and thereby gain financial independence. But the world of business is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. Special laws reign here, according to which only the strongest survive. It is not without reason that well-known entrepreneurs advise newcomers to always keep their eyes open, otherwise competitors will devour them in an instant.
But how do you understand what’s what in a world where big money rules? The answer is simple: study the experience of famous businessmen and draw the necessary conclusions. But for this you need to know who they are - the most famous entrepreneurs in Russia and abroad.
Who is an entrepreneur
First, you need to understand that, despite the fact that this concept is very common, many still do not know its true meaning.
So, an entrepreneur is a person who is engaged in any type of activity (production of things, provision of services or resale of goods) in order to obtain material benefits. At the same time, he is a leader who bears the burden of responsibility for the product, and also monitors all stages of production.
It is important to remember that an entrepreneur is a person with a strong spirit, because he always puts his money and reputation on the line.
History of entrepreneurship
The first businessmen appeared long before the introduction of money into circulation, in those distant times when market relations were built on mutually beneficial exchange. And those who were mothers and smarter always sought to sell their goods on more favorable terms.
Naturally, with the arrival of money, entrepreneurship became even stronger, because now it was possible to calculate the benefits much more effectively. Many have heard the saying “War is the engine of progress,” and so, the more conflicts there were, the more rapidly the market developed. In circulation were weapons, overseas goods, as well as slaves, which for a long time were considered a universal currency in many states.
But the word “entrepreneur” itself arose much later. It was introduced into verbal circulation by the French economist and philosopher Jean-Baptiste Say, and this happened in 1800.
Famous entrepreneurs of the past
Let’s not talk about the businessmen of the Ancient World, since there is no reliable information about them, and there is no particular benefit from their methods either. It makes more sense to consider those who achieved fame not so long ago, opening the doors to a world of enormous opportunity, or rather, the great businessmen of the 20th century.
The most famous entrepreneurs of the last century:
- Thomas Edison. The name of this man is familiar to many to this day. Thanks to his innovative ideas, electrical appliances became the norm. The telephone is one of his first creations, for which he received 100 thousand dollars from Western Union. Among his other achievements, one can note the kinescope, as well as modernization. After himself, Edison left the General Electric company, which became one of the leading manufacturers of electrical appliances in the world.
- Henry Ford. The founder of the great Ford Motor Company, whose glory cannot be expressed in words. But Henry’s success does not lie in the automobile business, no. First of all, he was a great entrepreneur who always knew how to crush his competitors thanks to his ideas on
- Bill Gates. It is difficult to find someone who does not know about Microsoft, because the Windows operating system is now installed on almost every computer. Although in 1976, when Bill Gates first discovered it, no one believed in the prospects of the new industry. The reason for this triumph was an unshakable belief in himself and in his dream, because when Gates had to choose between work and study, he chose the first without hesitation.
- Founder of the fast food chain McDonald's. Ray was not a cook; moreover, he did not even come up with the menu in the first restaurant. The idea itself belonged to the McDonald brothers, but the far-sighted Kroc, sensing the benefits, bought all the rights to the company in 1961. After much effort, his network of branded eateries spread throughout the world.
- Steve Jobs. Another IT genius who dropped out of college to pursue his dream. Many people know him as the founding father of such a giant as Apple. Also, thanks to his ideas, Jobs managed to make his brand the dream of millions, which significantly increased his sales income.
Famous Russian entrepreneurs
As for Soviet times, all plants and factories were under the direction of the state, and entrepreneurs were equated with criminals. But with the collapse of the USSR everything changed dramatically. Now everyone could compete for their piece of the pie using their own techniques.
The most famous entrepreneurs in Russia:
- One of his fortune is measured at 15 billion dollars. During his life, he tried many ways to earn money - from carpentry to oil trading. The latter brought him so much capital.
- Roman Abramovich. This man was popularly nicknamed the “aluminum tycoon,” which is directly related to his line of work. Rabinovich himself believes that his success lies in the fact that he works tirelessly until he reaches his intended goal.
- Even during Soviet times, Mikhail made money by speculating on theater tickets. Over the years, his income increased significantly, which allowed him to penetrate into more prestigious areas of business. Many famous entrepreneurs speak of him as a shark that will tear apart everything in its path.
- Former head of Gazprom, who concluded many important contracts for the sale of gas.
- Elena Baturina. Famous entrepreneurs in Russia are not only men, and Baturina is a good example of this. This businesswoman owns several cement factories, as well as a network of the largest construction plants in Moscow.
Youngest entrepreneurs
Recently, the younger generation is increasingly catching up with their mentors. Thus, many famous entrepreneurs in the world have barely crossed the threshold of 30 years, moreover, half of them are still teenagers.
First of all, we should note Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social network Facebook. At the time of the opening, he was only 20 years old, which did not become an obstacle to world fame.
Tom Thurlow is a famous English entrepreneur who, at the age of 19, opened his own book sales network. It was he who released the famous Harry Potter series, which made him even richer.
Chad Hurley is the man who invented YouTube. At the age of 31, he sold his brainchild to Google for $1.65 billion, making him one of the richest people on the planet.
Women in tough business
There are many examples of women becoming successful entrepreneurs. Therefore, we will consider only the most famous representatives of the fair sex.
- Coco Chanel. She changed the fashion world and also stole the hearts of many men. All famous entrepreneurs spoke of her as a reformer and saw her as a worthy competitor.
- Oprah Winfrey. In addition to hosting one of the most famous talk shows in the United States, Oprah is also a talented entrepreneur. Many are confident that she is capable of turning everything that her hands touch into gold.
- Mary Kay Ash. She founded the cosmetics company Mary Kay Cosmetics, and was also the first to introduce a network sales system into it.
The most unusual ways to make a fortune
Famous entrepreneurs are not only serious people, among them there are also those who go through life with humor. It was partly thanks to this trait that they were able to earn their first millions.
The German Robert Pot headed a garbage collection company in the city of Wuppertal for a long time, but this occupation did not bring a decent income. One day he was struck by a wonderful idea to organize a museum where the exhibits would be trash from the city. As practice has shown, such a business was able to bring him his first million.
Many famous entrepreneurs are happy to share their experiences, and some even publish books with invaluable advice. You should not miss the opportunity to read them, because such knowledge can change your life for the better.
To sum it up, many will agree that the main thing is not to give up and always follow your dreams. After all, this is the only way to achieve success, despite the difficulties encountered along the path of life.
On Tuesday, September 19, the results of its special study highlight the 100 greatest business minds in the world.
When creating the list, Forbes experts selected people who had a strong influence on the processes taking place in the business world or inspired the development of entrepreneurship.
This is what the top 10 most outstanding businessmen of our time look like according to Forbes. All of them are distributed alphabetically, and not ranked “from greatest to least merit.”
The man who founded Salesforce started his business at the age of 15. It was at this age that he created Liberty Software, which created games for the Atari 800 computer. By the age of 16, the young man was earning $1,500 a month, enough to pay for his studies at the University of Southern California.
Benioff spent a summer internship at Apple, working as a programmer in the Macintosh division under Steve Jobs. This experience later came in handy as he realized that revolutionary ideas could be encouraged by entrepreneurs.
Currently, Benioff heads the company that develops the cloud CRM system of the same name. This longtime competitor of Oracle is valued at $40 billion. Salesforce's specific idea was to move away from selling software that companies had to install on their servers. Salesforce allowed people to access business applications from a web browser. And although this may not surprise anyone now, in the late nineties it was a revolutionary idea.
Owns Amazon, one of the world's largest online retailers.
It is now difficult to imagine that the office of such a successful company was located in the garage of the future billionaire, where, along with several employees, he began developing software for an online bookstore. The office subsequently expanded into a two-room house. In 1995, the entrepreneur opened Amazon.com, named after a winding South American river.
The businessman, through large retail partnerships, constantly expanded the range of goods that Amazon was ready to offer. Books were followed by CDs and later clothing, electronics, toys and more. Although many of the dot-coms went bankrupt in the early 1990s, Amazon thrived and its annual sales soared from $510,000 in 1995 to more than $17 billion in 2011.
Currently, Bezos's fortune is estimated at $72.8 billion.
Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett donates billions of dollars to charity, refuting the stereotype of the greed and heartlessness of the “sharks of capitalism.” He tops the list of billionaire philanthropists, having donated more than $46 billion to various causes since 2000. This represents about 71% of his wealth. By comparison, Bill Gates has donated $18 billion or 22% of his wealth since 2000.
This French businessman is one of the owners of the luxury conglomerate LVMH and one of the richest people on Earth. According to Forbes, Arnault's fortune reaches $34 billion.
Arnault has earned the nickname "the wolf in cashmere" due to his acquisitions of numerous fashion and beauty brands, including Givenchy, Guerlain, Sephora, Fendi and Loro Piana, as well as numerous jewelry brands, including TAG Heuer, De Beers and Bulgari. . Many did not believe in the advisability of collecting a variety of brands “under one roof”, since this does not allow them to focus on one direction, and besides, some of the companies acquired by Arnault were direct competitors.
However, Arnault, as a true brilliant entrepreneur, did not pay attention to the critics. He changed the conglomerate's pricing policy, making brand products accessible not only to very wealthy buyers, but also to people with average incomes. And those who are dissatisfied with such “averaging” can always purchase items from expensive limited editions of clothing and accessories.
The founder of Armani is visible proof of the theory that a beautiful person ages gracefully. During his life, he tried many jobs: from a photographer’s assistant to a window designer, but Armani’s fame and fortune came from creating clothing models. At first he did this for various Italian brands, and then in 1974 he introduced clothes under his own name. A year later, succumbing to the persuasion of his friend, the architect Sergio Galeotti, Armani created his own company.
This Italian fashion designer was hired to work on costumes in such cult films as “The Matrix”, “American Gigolo” and “The Untouchables”.
The American businessman, despite his multi-billion dollar fortune ($12.5 billion), leads a fairly modest lifestyle and is not too keen on publicity. He very rarely gives interviews to the press (he gave his last detailed interview in 1974). However, it is known that Anschutz is the head of one of the largest oil companies in the United States, owns several football clubs and cinemas, a railroad and a huge number of farms. Anschutz also owns the telecommunications company Qwest Communications, one of the leaders in this industry in America.
Paul Allen first made his mark in the business world when he co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. This happened in 1975, and since then Allen has remained one of the main innovators in the field of entrepreneurship and technology. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which oversees the businessman's philanthropic and business interests, from sports teams such as the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers to cultural preservation projects such as the Seattle Cinerama and the Museum of Pop Culture.
Through his business and philanthropic investments, the Microsoft co-founder has pioneered important developments and innovations in science, technology, space, education and the arts. For example, since 2003, he has invested more than $500 million in basic brain research, opening the Allen Institute for Brain Sciences. He also created the Allen Institute for Cell Science and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
For 21 years, Eisner was the permanent leader of The Walt Disney Company. Under him, the Walt Disney Television Animation division appeared, producing cartoons for TV. Children love cartoons in the morning and the ratings from this decision were very good. In addition, Eisner allowed the sale of rights to show old Disney cartoons and films to television companies. These steps significantly strengthened the company's financial position. However, Disney veterans criticized Eisner's actions, reproaching him that he was focused only on making a profit and that the studio's new products had lost the notorious Disney spirit. In 2005, the boss of the Disney Company resigned from his post.
Icahn made his fortune as one of the notorious Wall Street raiders in the 1980s. He owned large stakes in corporations such as RJR Nabisco, Texaco, Phillips Petroleum and Viacom. In addition to raiding, he was involved in the so-called “greenmail”: the buyback of company shares at an inflated price. Icahn's success was such that he largely inspired the screenwriters when creating the image of the famous Gordon Gekko from the film "Wall Street".
Currently, 81-year-old Icahn occupies 43rd place in the Forbes ranking of the richest people.
On the first line in the selection of the best business minds of our time is one of the leaders of the global gaming business, the founder of Las Vegas Sands Corp. and an influential donor to Republicans in the United States.
Adelson's source of wealth and current investments was the computer trade show COMDEX, designed for the computer industry. It was an innovative solution that was incredibly popular. The first event took place in 1979, and in 1995 the businessman sold COMDEX to the Japanese telecommunications corporation SoftBank Japan for $862 million. After that, in 1988, the businessman acquired the popular gambling establishment The Sands Hotel & Casino. Celebrities such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin played there, and 1960's Ocean's 11 was filmed there.
However, Adelson later personally blew up The Sands Hotel & Casino to build in its place the luxurious Venetian hotel-casino, decorated in Venetian style (right down to the canals and gondoliers). And then he entered the international arena, building luxurious hotel-casino complexes in a number of countries.
Throughout his career, Sheldon Adelson has created over 50 diverse companies.
Russia was represented in the list of outstanding entrepreneurs of the century by Yuri Milner (55th place). He participated in the creation of Mail.Ru Group and the international venture fund DST Global.
It has always been difficult to do business in Russia, but success stories still happen. Sometimes former serfs turned into tycoons thanks to their tenacity and entrepreneurial spirit. “The Secret” talks about five entrepreneurs from the times of the Russian Empire who managed to build a large business.
Alexander Chichkin
The merchant of the first guild, Alexander Chichkin, changed the dairy market of his time. Before he opened the “Milk” store on Bolshaya Dmitrovka, the product was sold exclusively on the streets and markets. Over the course of several years, he managed to build a network. In 1914, he had 91 stores, two dairies and a curd and sour cream branch, and 40 butter stations. The plant processed 100–150 tons of milk per day. At the company "A.V. Chichkin" employed 3,000 people.
The entrepreneur paid a lot of attention to marketing: all the stores were lined with snow-white tiles, the clerks were dressed in snow-white uniforms, and there were never-before-seen cash registers in the hall, which guaranteed fair treatment of customers. Every evening, fresh milk in cans was ceremoniously brought into the stores, and yesterday's product was publicly poured into the sewer on the street in the morning.
By 1917, the enterprise's fixed capital amounted to more than 10 million rubles. After the revolution, Chichikov's entire business was nationalized. He was unable to avoid exile: he had to spend two years in Northern Kazakhstan until Molotov and Mikoyan rescued him from there. Then Chichkin became an ordinary Soviet pensioner, but still participated in the development of plans and projects for the development of the dairy industry in the USSR.
Stepan Abrikosov
The founder of the family, Stepan Abrikosov, was a serf; his family supplied sweets to the master’s table - marshmallows and apricot jam (hence the family name). In 1804, 64-year-old Stepan received his freedom and soon opened an artel family production in Moscow. They bought sweets here for parties and weddings, and soon they managed to open a fruit and confectionery shop. The Apricots' fame grew.
In 1820, after Stepan’s death, production passed to his sons Ivan and Vasily. But they were unable to maintain the pace set by their father. After 20 years, they lost production due to debt. It seemed that the famous family business had ceased to exist, but by that time Stepan’s grandson, Alexey, had grown up. He was a capable young man, with a particular interest in accounting. He decided to revive the family business and organized home production: the Abrikosovs again made jam, made sweets and baked gingerbread. To reduce the cost of production, he began purchasing fruit in Crimea, and later he was the first to establish year-round supplies of fruit to Moscow. His goal was to make production truly large-scale. As a result, after 30 years, by 1872? Alexey had 40 confectionery workshops, employing 120 workers. A total of 512 tons of sweets were produced per year.
Alexei's sons continued the business. They formed a partnership and built a factory. By the beginning of the 20th century, the Abrikosovs’ business became one of the leaders in the country’s confectionery market. Its annual turnover was 2.5 million rubles.
After the revolution, the family's enterprises were nationalized. In 1922, the factory was named after the Bolshevik Pyotr Babaev, but for several more years the name of the Abrikosovs remained on the labels to attract attention. Some family members managed to flee abroad, but others were unable to avoid arrest.
Peter Smirnov
Pyotr Smirnov came from a family of serfs who brewed and sold wine on holidays. Having received their freedom, Peter’s father and uncle decided to make the wine business their main business. Peter worked in this field since childhood: first he became a clerk for his father, and then founded a small winery.
The business of Peter Smirnov developed quickly: the number of cellars, factories, warehouses, stores increased, and brand recognition grew. The secret of success lay in the impeccable reputation of the entrepreneur and his good connections in the trading field. He worked with relatives who did not dare to let him down or deceive him, and used only high-quality raw materials: spring water, alcohol from grain grains (not from beets), good fruits and berries.
Peter looked for the latter himself: he traveled to regional farms, obtaining unknown varieties. Smirnov's company produced wine, liqueurs, liqueurs, vodka and liqueurs - more than 400 items in total. The technical equipment of its factories was constantly updated, the enterprise quickly became the largest in the world and received international recognition. Smirnov became a supplier to the imperial court and received the right to place the coat of arms of the Russian Empire on labels (now the quality of his products was guaranteed by the state). He also supplied alcohol to the court of the King of Sweden and opened branches in London, Paris and New York.
At the end of the 19th century, Smirnov’s income fell sharply: the state decided to take control of the alcohol market and introduced a “wine monopoly”. He was still a very rich man, his fortune was estimated at almost 9 million rubles, but difficulties in business undermined his health, and he died in 1898. Peter's son, Vladimir, fled the country after the revolution and created the Smirnoff brand. In Russia, the brand was revived only after the collapse of the USSR.
Grigory Eliseev
Grigory Eliseev was born into a wealthy family. His great-grandfather also sold expensive foreign goods in Russia: wines, tropical fruits, oysters and truffles. To deliver them, the company had its own merchant fleet at its disposal: four sailing ships and a steamer. At the age of 32, he inherited a trading empire with a fixed capital of 3 million rubles. He established the Eliseev Brothers Trading Partnership and began managing the business at his own discretion. In the first year of operation, the enterprise’s turnover amounted to 64 million rubles.
One day, Eliseev came up with a daring idea: to organize an exhibition of vintage wines in Paris. It is difficult to surprise the French with wine, but the young entrepreneur succeeded. He was even awarded the Legion of Honor. The furor strengthened Eliseev’s position in the market.
Two years later, the entrepreneur bought a house on Tverskaya and commissioned the best specialists to turn it into an architectural miracle. The work was completed by 1901, then the “Eliseev Store and Cellars of Russian and Foreign Wines” was inaugurated. Gastronomic luxury was sold here: wines, fruits, sweets, colonial groceries, crystal. Everything was fresh, clean, high quality. It was the country's first general food store.
The most famous product of Bure was the gift watches that the emperor gave to diplomats, officials and cultural figures. It is known that during the reign of Alexander III, 3,477 gift watches were awarded in the amount of 277,472 rubles, the vast majority of them were from the Bure company.
In addition, the company produced prize products for officers of the Russian army, as well as simple watches: they could be bought in the store at an affordable price. The brand has become very recognizable. In the works of Chekhov alone, the expression “the clock of the storm” appears more than 20 times. To maintain recognition at the same level, Pavel Bure and his descendants invested a lot of effort in participating in exhibitions, where their products won medals many times. By the beginning of the 20th century, the company occupied 20% of the Russian watch market.
Business did not cease to exist with the revolution. He was saved by the fact that the production was located in Switzerland. The Bure company still exists today.
Cover photo: Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Public domain, Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress
On the occasion of Bill Gates's birthday, we decided to remind you who you should look up to in business today. Here are the “magnificent eight” billionaires of 2014. Condition size and inspirational quotes included.
State:$76 billion
Occupation: IT, investment activities
A country: USA
Quote: “My children, of course, will have a computer. But first of all they will get books."
The richest man on the planet, multi-billionaire William Henry Gates III, popularly known as Bill Gates, celebrated his 59th birthday yesterday, October 28. For almost two decades now, he has been leading the international race for the American dream, not counting a short respite at the end of the last decade, when Gates was briefly surpassed by the Mexican Carlos Slim.
At the end of 2013, the man who created the modern world was once again on the horse. Over the past year, Gates earned another $9 billion without doing anything special - since February, he has been listed as a “technical advisor” to the new head of Microsoft, Satya Nadella.
Bill's main financial activity today is giving money to those in need. His fund to fight polio in third world countries has collectively allocated about $28 billion to these needs. In his free time, the multi-billionaire, without further ado, plays bridge and enjoys a successful life.
State:$72 billion
Occupation: telecommunications
A country: Mexico
Quote: “Many people want to change the world for the better for their children. I’m trying to change my children for the better so that they can serve the world.”
Gates's main "offender", the Mexican oligarch with Arab roots Carlos Slim, ended last year by $4 billion behind the leader of the rating. The collapse of his companies' shares led to the loss of a whole billion; However, in the summer of 2014, Slim more than made up for the fall, bringing his fortune to $79.6 billion - and, as Forbes reports, he again overtook Bill Gates. But while the results of 2014 have not been summed up, we still left the palm to Bill - especially his birthday.
The 74-year-old oligarch owns assets of many companies, including in the United States. In particular, Slim is one of the minority shareholders of The New York Times Co. publishing house. and retailer Saks Fifth Avenue.
A monopolist in the Mexican communications market, Carlos Slim willingly invests in non-core assets. So, in 2012, he acquired the famous football club from Spain, Real Oviedo, which was on the verge of bankruptcy; this was preceded by a powerful flash mob to raise funds, launched by former club players.
State:$64 billion
Occupation: fashion retail
A country: Spain
Quote: does not give interviews
The king of fashion retail, founder of the legendary Inditex chain, Amancio amassed a fortune so successful that even three years after leaving the company, it keeps him among the three richest people on the planet.
Over the previous two years, Ortega received $26.5 billion from the powerfully growing shares of his own company and various real estate properties in Spain, the US and the UK.
The billionaire has a particular weakness for buying skyscrapers: today his collection already includes 26 buildings, including the 43-story Torre Picasso in Madrid. After the death of his wife Rosalia Mera in 2013, he was the only one left at the helm of Zara, the future giant Inditex, back in 1975. Ortega himself has three heirs: daughters Sandra and Marta and son Marcos.
State:$58.2 billion
Occupation: investments
A country: USA
Quote: “I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and I am a better businessman because I am an investor.”
The restless old man, the same impenetrable Oracle of Omaha, increased his fortune by another $4.7 billion over the past year. Investment genius Warren Buffett has spent his entire life managing such sums that his own bank account hardly evokes any special feelings in him.
State:$48 billion
Occupation: IT
A country: USA
Quote: “It’s not enough for me to just win. Everyone around should go broke"
The founder and owner of Oracle Corporation became richer by $5 billion in a year, but still could not repeat his own record of 2012 - third place in the ranking of the world's richest people. In September 2014, Ellison, following a certain global trend, left the post of CEO of Oracle after 38 years in this position.
Larry first appeared on the Forbes list of rich people in 1986, when he had $185 million in his accounts. Today, the businessman collects villas on the coast of Malibu and is listed as the owner of almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai, where he is trying to create “paradise on Earth.” Why? Because he can afford it.
State:$40 billion each
Occupation: industry
A country: USA
Quote: "Power is coercion"
Biography of Leonid Mikhelson
Date of birth: August 11, 1955 Place of birth: Kaspiysk, USSR Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson is a Russian entrepreneur, owner of the Sibur holding and OJSC Novatek. Leonid Mikhelson was born in August 1955 in Kaspiysk, graduated from school No. 8 in Novokuibyshevsk. In 1977 he graduated from the Kuibyshev Institute of Civil Engineering with a degree in civil engineering. After that, he worked as a foreman, and in 1985 he rose to the position of chief engineer of the Ryazanttruboprovodstroy trust. In 1987 he began to manage the Kuibyshevtruboprovodstroy trust, where he replaced his father. The company became JSC Nova in 1991. There Leonid took a management position, and soon became the general director of Novafininvest, where he included this company. The holding began to engage in gas production, and not in the construction of pipelines, as before.
Biography of Sheryl Sandberg
Date of birth: August 28, 1969 Place of birth: Washington, USA Sheryl Kara Sandberg is an American social activist and writer. Sheryl Sandberg was born in August 1969 into a Jewish family. She was the eldest of three children in the family of an ophthalmologist and an English and French teacher. Her mother founded a charity to support the hearing impaired, her grandmother Cheryl graduated from Berkeley, but her mother never received a master’s degree. Parents helped Jews from the USSR move to Israel; in 1975 they were detained in Chisinau and deported to the USA. In 1971, the family moved to Florida, where Cheryl graduated from high school. She was a successful student, participated in school social activities, participated in the National Honor Organization, and taught aerobics. In 1987 she became
Biography of Louis Mayer
Date of birth: July 12, 1884 Place of birth: Dymer, Minsk, Russian Empire Date of death: October 29, 1957 Place of death: Los Angeles, USA Louis Barth Mayer (Lazar Meir) is an American film producer, head of Hollywood studio, and entrepreneur. Lazar Meir was born in a small town near Minsk into a Jewish family. He had two sisters. In 1887, the family emigrated to the United States and gave birth to two more sons. In 1892 they moved to Canada, where Mayer went to school. Lazarus was a bully and subjected to anti-Semitic ridicule. My father founded the business by creating a company that purchased scrap metal. In 1903, Lazar left for the USA, got married (he remained married until 1947), and founded his own enterprise for receiving metal. The business was not profitable, so it was necessary to combine work. As a part-time job, Louis
Biography of Carlos Slim
Date of Birth: January 28, 1940 Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican businessman. Carlos Slim Helu was born in January 1940 in Mexico City. His father was a refugee from Libya who, together with his older brother, founded a grocery sales company. After 10 years, they already owned 11 buildings in the center of the capital, and even later he became president of the Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, for which he was given citizenship of the country. Five children, including Carlos (he is the fourth oldest), have been busy with work since childhood, they were taught to run a business. They were given lessons in saving and investing, so that at the age of 12, Carlos had already opened his own bank account for purchasing shares. A year later, my father died. Carlos began studying at the National Autonomous University, achieved such success that in his last year he even became
Biography of Elon Musk
Date of birth: June 28, 1971 Place of birth: Pretoria, South Africa Elon Reeve Musk is a Canadian-American engineer and businessman. Elon Musk was born in June 1971 in South Africa, the eldest child. His brother owns a chain of health food restaurants, and his sister is a successful actress. His mother May was a model and nutritionist, his father Errol was from England, worked as a builder and owned $20 million. The fortune was made from the development of minerals, emeralds. The family was wealthy, he grew up an introvert, did not like sports and entertainment, he was called a nerd. He was interested in comics, physics, encyclopedias, computers and programming. I changed several schools, graduated and began studying physics and mechanical engineering at the University of Pretoria. In 1988 he went to Montreal to visit his mother’s relatives in Canada, including
Biography of Michele Ferrero
Date of birth: April 26, 1925 Place of birth: Dogliani, Italy Date of death: February 14, 2015 Place of death: Monaco Michele Ferrero is an Italian entrepreneur, chocolatier, owner of the Ferrero company. Michele Ferrero was born in April 1925 in the small town of Alba. His father Petro owned a small confectionery shop. The boy graduated from a Catholic school but did not receive a higher education. After World War II, income from the sale of sweets helped the family survive. Their success was the sweetness of gianduja, which included hazelnuts instead of scarce cocoa beans. The sweetness was loved by local residents, so by 1946 it was already being sold in tons, and in 1947 over 10 tons of the product were sold. At first it was sold in briquettes, like butter, but soon it was packaged in glass jars. Father
Biography of Jorge Lehmann
Date of birth: August 26, 1939 Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jorge Paulo Lehmann is a Brazilian entrepreneur, multi-billionaire, and the richest man in Brazil. Jorge Paulo Lehmann was born in August 1939 in Rio de Janeiro. His father Paul was of Swiss origin and founded a local dairy factory. The boy attended an American school in Rio and repeatedly became the best student in his class. At the age of 14, his father died. In his youth, Lehmann was fond of tennis, took part in the prestigious Wimbledon and Davis Cup competitions, and became the national champion five times. After school, he entered Harvard and began studying economics. Due to lack of support, too young an age and homesickness, his grades were the worst on the course. At the end of the first year I even received a severe reprimand
Biography of Jeffrey Bezos
Date of birth: January 12, 1964 Place of birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman. Jeffrey Bezos was born in January 1964. His mother divorced his father before the boy was born, and he was raised by his grandfather. Then his mother married a Cuban man, who adopted him. His parents insisted that he needed to grow up early. Already as a child I was interested in technology. He graduated from school successfully and even gave a ceremonial speech to the graduates. He began studying at Princeton University in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Physics. During my studies, I realized that the competition was great, so I began to focus on studying computer support, correctly predicting the growth in this specialty. In 1986 he graduated with honors. Then he began to look for himself, rejecting uninteresting
Biography of Alisher Usmanov
Date of birth: September 9, 1953 Place of birth: Chust, Namangan region, Uzbek SSR, USSR Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is a Russian entrepreneur. Alisher Usmanov was born in the Uzbek city of Chust in the family of a Tashkent prosecutor. As a child, he was active, loved to read, and was fond of fencing. He was sent to a sports school, where he showed success and was invited to the Kazakhstan youth team. Having become a master of sports, Alisher became a member of the USSR national team. After school, he entered MGIMO and began studying international economics. In 1976 he completed his studies and began working. He devoted 4 years to his career in the Academy of Sciences, the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the Foreign Economic Association of the Soviet Committee for the Defense of the World. In 1980, together with a friend, he was sentenced to 8 years on three criminal counts, served 6 years and was released
Biography of Bernard Arnault
Date of birth: March 5, 1949 Place of birth: Roubaix, France Bernard Arnault is a French businessman and multi-billionaire. Bernard Arnault was born in March 1949 in the town of Roubaix, bordering Belgium. His father had a construction business, so he expected his son to continue his business. Bernard was not attracted to construction, but he still completed his studies at the Polytechnic School and became an engineer. After that, he worked a little in his father’s office, headed the business, but soon sold it, which he notified his father about after the transaction was completed. After that, he moved to America to realize himself. There he began to study business, a few years later he returned to his homeland and began to decide what to do. At the same time, it coincided that one of the largest textile factories went bankrupt. Arno invested in it
Biography of Larry Page
Date of birth: March 26, 1973 Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA Lawrence Edward Page is an American developer, one of the creators of Google Larry Page was born in March 1973 in the capital of Michigan. His father, Karl Victor, was a professor of computer science at a local university, and his mother, Gloria, is a master’s student and teacher there. The parents' work left an imprint on the boy's future. My father was a pioneer of artificial intelligence and stood at the origins of computer science. His brother also works in the information technology field and created a company that was later bought by Yahoo. After graduating from high school, Larry became a student at the College of Technology at the University of Michigan, and soon began leading a student society and developing new products in the field of computer science. Then he studied at
Biography of Richard Branson
Date of birth: July 18, 1950 Place of birth: London. Great Britain Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English entrepreneur. Richard Branson was born in July 1950 in London. He was the eldest child of four in the family. His father's name was Edward, his mother's name was Eva Huntley, she was a flight attendant and was able to get a job without education or knowledge of languages. As a child, Ricci suffered from poor coordination of movements and speech disorders, so his mother worked with him. Sometimes these were non-standard approaches - dropping off the child and sending him to find his way home on his own. Richard subsequently confessed his gratitude to her for this. Richard had an excellent memory, but dyslexia, which became an object of ridicule for his classmates. Having become a student, she began to search for successful business ideas. At first it was
Biography of Mayer Rothschild
Date of birth: February 23, 1744 Place of birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Date of death: September 19, 1812 Place of death: Frankfurt am Main, Germany Mayer Amschel Bauer - German entrepreneur, banker, founder of the Rothschild dynasty. Mayer Rothschild was born in February 1744 in the Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt. The father of the family kept a money changer's shop, which had a red sign. This phrase “red sign” in German sounded like RotSchild, which became the basis for the creation of a dynasty. At the age of 12, Mayer went to study banking in Hanover. Very soon the boy learned and began to grasp knowledge on the fly. At the age of 16 (1760), both of his parents died, so he returned to his hometown and began to develop his father’s business. He soon gained access to antique clubs.
Biography of Sam Walton
Date of birth: March 29, 1918 Place of birth: Kingfisher, Oklahoma, USA Date of death: April 4, 1992 Place of death: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Samuel Moore Walton is an American entrepreneur, founder of the Walmart chain. Sam Walton was born in March 1918 in Oklahoma into a family of farmers. In 1923 the family moved to Springfield. At the age of seven, the boy began selling newspapers to help his family. He went to first grade in Marshall, Missouri, was a class president, joined the Boy Scouts, and at age 13 became the youngest Eagle in the history of the state movement. The high school was in the city of Selbin, later there was Columbia - my parents moved often. After graduating from school, he began studying at the University of Missouri, and was active and inquisitive. Even before graduation, I received my first job offer - at the J company.
Biography of Howard Hughes
Date of birth: December 24, 1905 Place of birth: Humble, Texas, USA Date of death: April 5, 1976 Place of death: Houston, Texas, USA Howard Robard Hughes Jr. is an American industrialist and entrepreneur. Howard Hughes was born in December 1905 in Humble, Texas. His mother Allyn Stone was a descendant of the royal Tudor dynasty, his father Howard was an inventor, designer of a drill with a diamond tip, which helped extract hard-to-reach oil. In 1909, his father founded the Hughes Tool Company. Already from childhood, Hughes showed a talent for invention; at the age of 11 he assembled a radio transmitter, and at 12 he appeared on the page of a local newspaper as a Houston boy who had assembled a motorized bicycle powered by a steam engine. As a student, Robard was interested in mathematics, aeronautics, and other exact sciences.
Biography of John Morgan
Date of birth: April 17, 1837 Place of birth: Hartford, Connecticut, USA Date of death: March 31, 1913 Place of death: Rome, Italy John Pierpont Morgan is an American entrepreneur and financier. John Morgan was born in April 1837 into an American family. His father Junius Spencer was the founder of the bank named after the family name. John received a good education - in 1848 he became a student at the Hartford Public School, then studied at the Cheshire Academy. In September 1851 he became a student at the English School of Boston, where he began to study mathematics and commerce in depth. In the spring of 1852 he fell ill with rheumatism and lost the ability to walk, so he was sent to the Azores for treatment. A year later he returned and continued his studies. Having received higher education, he was sent to Switzerland for training
Biography of Armand Hammer
Date of birth: May 21, 1898 Place of birth: Manhattan, New York, USA Date of death: December 10, 1990 Place of death: Los Angeles, USA Armand Hammer is an American entrepreneur, business tycoon, chairman of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Armand Hammer was born in May 1898 in New York. His parents were Jewish immigrants, his father Julius was from Odessa, moved to the Bronx in 1875 and began practicing medicine, owning five pharmacies. In 1919, Armand graduated from Columbia University, became a bachelor and entered the College of Medicine and Surgery. Along with his studies, he worked with his two brothers to support his father’s business. During the First World War, he persuaded the family to buy all the medicines and then sell them. This enriched the family - Armand himself alone earned a million dollars. In 1921 he finished his studies,
Biography of Michael Bloomberg
Date of birth: February 14, 1942 Place of birth: Boston, USA Michael Reubens Bloomberg is an American entrepreneur. Michael Bloomberg was born in February 1942 into an ordinary American family of Jewish origin. His father, Henry, was an immigrant who supported the family through various jobs, and his mother, Charlotte, was a secretary. After graduating from Boston Public School, he became interested in history and literature. While studying, he worked part-time, saved money, sold Christmas decorations, and went to scout camp. Graduated from Johns Hopkins Institute and Harvard Business School. At the first institute, in his final years, he became the best student, president and chairman of the student fraternity council, and group leader. In 1964 he graduated, became a bachelor and decided to go into management. After studying marketing,
Biography of Li Ka-shing
Date of Birth: June 13, 1928 Place of Birth: Chaozhou, China Li Ka-shing is a Hong Kong entrepreneur. Li Ka-shing was born in June 1928 into a small, simple working-class family in Guangdong Province. In 1940 the family moved to Hong Kong, and two years later the father died. Lee also suffered from tuberculosis and miraculously escaped death. He failed to complete a secondary education, so he got a part-time job at a factory producing artificial flowers, where he soon began working full-time, sometimes up to 16 hours a day. At the same time, he attended night school and saved money. At first he sold flowers, and soon founded his own company for the production of plastic products, where he became its head. At the same time, he managed production and did accounting. Soon the Sean Cohn company entered
Biography of Isaac Singer
Date of birth: October 27, 1811 Place of birth: Pittstone, New York, USA Date of death: July 23, 1875 Place of death: Paignton, UK Isaac Merritt Singer is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Isaac Singer was born in October 1811 in the American town of Pittstone, the child of assembler Adam Singer and German emigrant Ruth Benson. In total there were 8 children in the family. His father married a second time, the family moved to the city of Hannibal, but due to problems with his stepmother, at the age of 12, Isaac went to live with his older brother in Rochester. He had a machine shop, where Singer began working. Here he learned the machinery trade, which in the future brought him fame and fortune. He married in 1830, and in 1833 the family moved to Cooperstein, where the young man worked as a mechanic. In 1835, after the birth of his son William, he began to live in
Biography of Leland Stanford
Date of birth: March 9, 1824 Place of birth: Colonies, New York, USA Date of death: June 21, 1893 Place of death: Palo Alto, California, USA Leland Stanford - American entrepreneur, industrialist, politician, founder of Stanford University, 8- 1st Governor of California. Leland Stanford was born in March 1824 in the USA into a family of 8 children. He spent his childhood on the family farm in Lisha Kill and Rosenville. The father was a farmer, immigrant ancestors appeared in America in the 17th century. Until 1836 Leland attended school, and until 1839 he studied at home. In 1841 he entered the Clinton Liberal Institute, graduated in 1845 and began working as a lawyer in Albany. In 1848 he was admitted to the bar, moved to Washington and began practicing law. His father gave him a law library. In September 1850
Biography of James Walton
Date of birth: June 7, 1948 Place of birth: Newport, Arkansas, USA James Carr Walton is an American businessman. Jim Carr Walton was born in the American city of Newport in June 1948. He lived there for two years, and in 1950 the family moved to Bentonville. In 1952, his father Sam opened the family store. Helen's mother came from a wealthy family. In addition to Jim, the family had an older brother and sister. He graduated from school, was an active, talented child, and valued new knowledge. In elementary school he was president, after graduation he became interested in football and began playing for the state team. Also another hobby was airplanes, he even learned to fly them. His sports and aviation career was a thing of the past - he began studying at the University of Arkansas, graduating in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
Biography of Gavrila Solodovnikov
Date of birth: 1826 Place of birth: Serpukhov, Russian Empire Date of death: May 21, 1901 Place of death: Moscow, Russian Empire Solodovnikov Gavrila Gavrilovich - Russian entrepreneur, merchant, multimillionaire, philanthropist. Gavrila Solodovnikov was born in 1826 in Serpukhov into the family of a merchant of the third guild, Gavriil Petrovich Solodovnikov. There were five children in the family. The father sold paper goods, and from childhood his son helped him, swept, and brought goods. Because of this, I couldn’t write or express my thoughts normally. After the death of his father, he received his share of the inheritance and left for Moscow, where he successfully built a career and at the age of 20 became a merchant of the first guild. At the age of 30 he already received the title of honorary citizen, and at 40 he became a multimillionaire with a capital of over 10 million rubles. There were rumors that the merchant
Biography of Alexander Polovtsov
Date of birth: May 31, 1832 Place of birth: Rapti, St. Petersburg province, Russian Empire Date of death: September 24, 1909 Place of death: ibid. Polovtsov Alexander Alexandrovich - Russian industrialist, philanthropist, statesman. Alexander Polovtsov was born in May 1832 on the family estate and was a nobleman from an old family. His father Alexander Andreevich was an active state councilor, his mother Agrafena Fedorovna was the daughter of officer Tatishchev. The family was not rich. Alexander graduated from the Imperial School of Law in St. Petersburg, after which he began to serve in the department of the Senate. In 1851 he became Secretary of State and made a career, becoming Secretary of State to Alexander III and an active adviser. He was also a member of the State Council and Secretary of State. Married
Biography of Sheldon Adelson
Date of birth: August 6, 1933 Place of birth: Boston, USA Sheldon Gray Adelson is an American entrepreneur. Sheldon Adelson was born in August 1933 in Boston, America. His Jewish family was very poor, emigrants. Mother is from Ukraine, father is from Lithuania. My father worked as a taxi driver, but there was never enough money due to giving money to the mafia. Already at the age of 10, Sheldon began to earn money on his own by selling newspapers, but soon he himself hired boys who sold the press, and he only managed it. After graduating from school, he and his friends no longer worked for the concierges or carried out their small errands. They began selling toiletries to hotels. Unfortunately, he did not have the time or money to obtain a higher education. In the 1970s, he was already an experienced businessman and decided to start
Biography of Charles Koch
Date of birth: November 1, 1935 Place of birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA Charles Koch is an American entrepreneur. Charles Koch was born in November 1935 in Kansas. His descendants were Dutch emigrants. His father Fred founded Koch Industries, a company involved in the oil refining, plastics and chemical industries. Charles had three brothers, who in the future became co-owners of the business inherited from their father. After graduating from high school, Koch began studying at Massachusetts Technological University, from which he graduated in 1958 with three academic degrees - a bachelor's and master's in mechanical engineering, and a master's in chemical engineering. He began his career in a small consulting company, Arthur D. Little, but soon returned home and, at the request of his father, began to take care of the family business.
Biography of Alice Walton
Date of birth: October 7, 1949 Place of birth: New Port, Arkansas, USA Alice Louise Walton is an American businesswoman, heir to the Walmart empire. Alice Louise Walton was born in October 1949 in New Port. She was the fourth child in the family and the only girl. Her parents Sam and Helen began developing a business even before their daughter was born, which later became a world-famous empire. After graduating from school, Alice began studying at Trinity University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance and economics. Her professional activity began in her father’s company, but despite this, she built her career herself. Having joined the company as an analyst manager, two years later she became the head of the analytical department, and a little later, when she founded one of the banking groups, she became his
Biography of Milton Hershey
Date of Birth: September 13, 1857 Place of Birth: Derry Church, Pennsylvania, USA Date of Death: October 13, 1945 Place of Death: Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Milton Snavely Hershey is an American entrepreneur, confectioner, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company and the city of the same name in Pennsylvania. Milton Hershey was born in September 1857 in the USA. Henry's father sought to earn more, so the family constantly moved. Milton called his mother Veronica Fanny and always took her opinion into account. Due to moving, Hershey did not finish school; in 1871, at the insistence of his mother, he went to work as a printer's apprentice in an English-German newspaper. Two years later, the business went bankrupt, so he apprenticed as a pastry chef. The boy began to study the production of candy, it was interesting to him, plus he began to show
Biography of William Wrigley
Date of birth: September 30, 1861 Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Date of death: January 26, 1932 Place of death: Phoenix, Arizona, USA William Wrigley is an American entrepreneur, founder of the Wrigley company (chewing gum production). William Wrigley was born in September 1861 in Philadelphia; in 1891 he moved from there to Chicago and began selling soap made by his father. To encourage purchases, he gave sachets of baking powder along with the soap. The latter was popular, so William switched to its production and sale. In 1892 he came up with a new trick - he gave two bags of chewing gum as a gift with the purchase. At that time it was not produced on an industrial scale, so Wrigley decided to focus on it. Founded a company under his own name, the very first products
Biography of Stefan Persson
Date of birth: October 4, 1947 Place of birth: Sweden Karl Stefan Erling Persson is a Swedish businessman. Stefan Persson was born in October 1947 in Sweden. His father Erling founded the H&M brand. The son became the sole heir to his father's empire, which he founded in the year of his birth. Before this, my father was engaged in delivering cheeses, but was inspired by American entrepreneurs and created his own clothing brand. It was distinguished by affordable prices and sales directly from the warehouse. Gradually the chain expanded, and in 1968 it acquired a co-owner and expanded with men's clothing. In the 1970s, Stefan was entrusted by his father with the development of international markets. His first success was opening a store in the UK. He used an interesting tactic for developing the store - each customer was given a record by the popular group ABBA. Father believed
Biography of Christina Walton
Date of birth: February 8, 1955 Place of birth: Jackson, Wyoming, USA Christina Walton is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. Kristen Ruth Tallant was born in February 1955 in Wyoming. I spent my childhood and almost my entire youth here. She married John Walton, who founded the Walmart chain of stores in the 1970s. In 2005, her husband crashed in a plane, so the entire fortune went to Kristen. She received about $18.2 billion. Kristen was able to manage her fortune and increased it to 41 billion. Today she owns 9% of the shares of Walmart Corporation, she is part of the banking group ArvestBankGroup, Inc and receives income from a business related to solar panels. Achievements of Christina Walton: Personal wealth: $41 billion Ranked first several times
Biography of William Hewlett
Date of birth: May 20, 1913 Place of birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Date of death: January 12, 2001 Place of death: San Jose, California, USA William Reddington Hewlett - American entrepreneur, engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Corporation (HP) . William Hewlett was born in May 1913 in Michigan, USA. His father taught medicine at the University of Michigan. At three years old, the family moved to California, where his father was invited to teach at Stanford University. William suffered from dyslexia as a child, but graduated from high school with excellence in mathematics and engineering. He was interested in creating homemade bombs and mountain climbing. When the boy was 12 years old, his father died. After graduating from school, the young man decides to get an education at Stanford University.
Biography of Earl Muntz
Date of birth: January 3, 1914 Place of birth: Elgin, Illinois, USA Date of death: June 21, 1987 Place of death: Los Angeles, USA Earl Muntz is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Earl Muntz or Muntz was born in the American state of Illinois in January 1914. Already from childhood he began to get involved in electronics, assembled his first radio at the age of 8, and at 14 he designed a car radio for his parents. At age 15, during the Great Depression, he dropped out of school and began working in his family's hardware store. In 1934, I bought my first car on credit, went to California and discovered the difference in cost. In 1940 he moved to California and founded a used car sales company. He sold 13 right-hand drive cars purchased in Glenleil in two weeks. Soon he opened a second branch in Los Angeles. In 1948 received
Biography of Alexey Alchevsky
Date of birth: 1835 Place of birth: Sumy, Kharkov province, Russian Empire Date of death: May 7, 1901 Place of death: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire Alexey Kirillovich Alchevsky is a Russian entrepreneur, industrialist, merchant, founder of a mortgage bank. Alexey Alchevsky was born in Sumy, Kharkov province. His father was a small merchant, selling groceries and colonial goods. He graduated from the Sumy district school, and in 1862 he left for Kharkov. Participated in the Ukrainian national movement, was the head of the circle of Ukrainian intelligentsia Hromada. He was involved in publishing books, magazines, and opening schools. My first business was a tea shop, and in my free time I studied economics and finance. In 1866 he initiated the opening of the Kharkov Mutual Credit Society - he issued money against
Biography of Ruslan Bayramov
Date of birth: August 7, 1969 Place of birth: Novo-Ivanovka, Gadabay district, Azerbaijan Ruslan Fatalievich Bayramov is a businessman. Ruslan Bayramov was born in August 1969 into a Russian and Azerbaijani family in a small village in Azerbaijan. The village where he was born was founded by his grandfather, the Old Believer Grigory Ivanov. Parents were philologists, specializing in Russian language and literature. I graduated from school with only one B grade. As a child, she tended geese and sold vegetables. The mother wanted her son to become a doctor, but after two attempts to enter medical school, Ruslan joined the army. There he became interested in yoga, philosophy, and religion. In 1992 he entered Moscow State University at the Faculty of Theory of State and Law. Then he registered a company, opened a small, but his own business - he rented Soyuzpechat's kits from
Biography of Alexander Konovalov
Date of birth: September 17, 1875 Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire Date of death: January 28, 1949 Place of death: Paris, France Alexander Ivanovich Konovalov is a Russian entrepreneur, industrialist, and politician. Alexander Konovalov was born in September 1875 in Moscow. His father was a merchant of the first guild, originally from Kostroma, and graduated from high school there. From 1894 to 1895, Alexander studied at Moscow University in physics and mathematics, then went to Germany. There he studied at the School of Spinning and Weaving. He also graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with Professor Siloti, but decided to build a career in entrepreneurship. In 1897, Ivan Konovalov and his son began to chair the family partnership. He began to develop the enterprise, modernized it, introduced new technologies and labor organization, which
Biography of Charles Schwab
Date of birth: February 18, 1862 Place of birth: Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, USA Date of death: October 18, 1939 Place of death: New York, USA Charles Michael Schwab is an American entrepreneur, steel magnate, head of Bethlehem Steel (the second largest in the country ). Charles Schwab was born in February 1862 in Pennsylvania. His grandparents emigrated from Germany. He graduated from Saint Francis College and after two years of study moved to Pittsburgh, where he got his first job. In 1897 he began his career at a steel mill under the leadership of chief engineer Carnegie. He soon became president and renamed the company Carnegie Steel Company. In 1901, Schwab negotiated the sale of the company to Morgan, after which he became president of U.S. SteelCorporation, companies
Biography of Lido Iaccoca
Date of birth: October 15, 1924 Place of birth: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Lido Anthony Iacocca is an American industrialist, manager, president of the Ford Motor Company and chairman of the board of Chrysler. Lee Iacocca was born in October 1924 in Pennsylvania into a family of Italian immigrants. His parents Nicola and Antonietta ran a restaurant. In 1942, Lee graduated from Lehigh High School and University with a degree in industrial management. After graduating from university, he began to study at Princeton. In 1946 he began his career as an engineer at Ford Motor Company, but then moved to the sales department, where he achieved success. He worked in the Philadelphia department and became an assistant sales manager, but was soon transferred to the main office. His career moved quickly, in 1960 he became vice president, in 1967 -
Biography of Franklin Mars
Date of birth: September 24, 1883 Place of birth: Hancock, Minnesota, USA Date of death: April 8, 1934 Place of death: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, USA Franklin Clarence Mars is an American entrepreneur, founder of the confectionery company Mars Incorporated. Franklin Mars was born in September 1883 in Minnesota, USA into a poor family. The boy suffered from polio and walked on crutches, which is why he did not attend school and studied at home. It was there that he began to watch his mother preparing sweets and studied the cooking process. He dreamed of making chocolate, and in 1902 he first started doing this - making sweets and selling them. He married the same year, and in 1904 the family had a son, Forrest. The couple soon divorced and Mars remarried. Sweets took a backseat for now - Franklin worked
Biography of Alexander Mantashev
Date of birth: 1842 Place of birth: Tiflis (Tbilisi), Russian Empire Date of death: April 19, 1911 Place of death: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire Alexander Ivanovich Mantashev is a Russian entrepreneur, oil industrialist, and philanthropist. Alexander Mantashev was born in 1842 in Tiflis into the family of the Armenian merchant Hovhannes Mantashyants. He spent his childhood in the city of Tabriz, where his father traded in cotton and fabrics. The son delved into the intricacies of trade from a young age. In 1869, Alexander left for Manchester, England, and began working in cotton and textiles. In 1872 he returned to Tiflis and opened a textile store with his father. In 1887, his father died, Alexander began to develop the business and soon became an influential figure in the city. Began to engage in trade in various industries, finance, shareholder of the Commercial Bank and showed
Biography of Harvey Firestone
Date of Birth: December 20, 1868 Place of Birth: Columbiana, Ohio, USA Date of Death: February 7, 1938 Place of Death: Miami Beach, Florida, USA Harvey Samuel Firestone - American entrepreneur, industrialist, founder of the Firestone Tireand Rubber Company . Harvey Firestone was born in December 1868 in Ohio, USA. His father ran a farm. After graduating from high school, Garvey began working as a manager in a company while studying at Columbia University. After graduation, he began working at a rubber tire production plant in Columbus. This was the time of the last years of draft carriages and the use of horses for transportation. In 1900, Firestone moved to Akron, where he created his own company, investing $20,000 in it. The company was engaged
Biography of Isidor Strauss
Date of birth: February 6, 1845 Place of birth: Otterberg, Germany Date of death: April 15, 1912 Place of death: Atlantic Ocean Isidore Strauss is a German-American entrepreneur, co-owner of the Macy's department store chain, and a member of the US House of Representatives. Isidor Strauss was born in February 1945 into a Jewish family in the city of Otterberg. He was the eldest child of five. In 1854, the family emigrated to the United States, began living in Georgia, and opened a store. During the Civil War, he wanted to become a member of the Confederate army, but because he was 16 years old, he was not taken into the war. During wartime, he worked as a clerk in his father's store and represented the family business in England. After the war, the family moved to New York, where Isidore and his brother Nathan founded a business selling tableware at the Macy's department store. Married in 1871
Biography of David Packard
Date of Birth: September 7, 1912 Place of Birth: Pueblo, Colorado, USA Date of Death: March 26, 1996 Place of Death: Stanford, California, USA David Packard is an American entrepreneur. David Packard was born in September 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from high school and began to show interest in science, sports, and research at an early age. His makings of a leader were also discovered there. In 1934 he became a bachelor at Stanford University, where he played American football and basketball. At Stanford, he met his future wife and business partner, William Hewlett. After Stanford, he studied at the University of Colorado, went to New York and began working for General Electric. In 1938 he returned to Stanford, became a master of electrical engineering, and got married. In 1939 he and Hewlett founded
Biography of Jay Miner
Date of Birth: May 31, 1932 Place of Birth: Prescott, Arizona, USA Date of Death: June 20, 1994 Place of Death: Mountain New, California, USA Jay Glen Miner is an American entrepreneur, chip designer, and engineer. Jay Glen Miner was born in May 1932 in Arizona. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. He began his career in electronics, working on medical automation projects. In the late 1970s, he got a job at a video game production company. Then he invented microcircuits, combining individual technological components into one. This chip was responsible for the appearance of the image on the screen. Soon the chip became widely known outside the company, and lucrative orders appeared. Miner's next successful work was the development
Biography of James Simons
Date of birth: 1938 Place of birth: Newton, Massachusetts, USA James Harris Simons is an American mathematician and trader. James (Jim) Simons was born in 1938 into a Jewish family in Massachusetts. His ancestors came from the Russian Empire, Matthew's father owned a shoe factory, and his mother Marcia was a housewife. In 1958 he began his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics. In 1961 he began his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the age of 23 he became a Ph.D. From 1964 to 1968 he was a member of the research group at the Defense Institute. He also taught mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. In 1968 he was appointed head of the mathematics department at Stony Brook University. In 1976 he received the Oswald Veblen Prize
Biography of Stepan Lianozov
Date of birth: August 9, 1873 Place of birth: Moscow, Russian Empire Date of death: August 10, 1949 Place of death: Paris, France Lianozov Stepan Georgievich (real name Lianosyan Stepan Gevorgovich) - Russian entrepreneur, industrialist, president and board member of 20 oil companies . Stepan Lianozov was born in August 1873 in Moscow. His father, the Armenian Georgy Martynovich, was a commercial adviser and merchant of the first guild, a major financier. Stepan graduated from the Moscow gymnasium and Moscow State University, natural and law faculties. In 1898 he graduated and worked for two years in the Moscow court as an assistant sworn attorney. In 1901 he moved to Baku and began to develop the oil business. In 1907 he founded the company Lianozov and Sons with a capital of 2 million rubles, became president and included in
Biography of Fedor Stakheev
Date of birth: 1870 Place of birth: Yelabuga, Russian Empire Date of death: 1945 Place of death: unknown. Fedor Vasilievich Stakheev is a Russian entrepreneur, engineer, philanthropist, and statesman. Fyodor Stakheev was born in 1870 in Elabuga to the son of the merchant of the first guild Vasily Grigorievich and philanthropist Glafira Fedorovyn. The Stakheev family was an old merchant family. In 1895, Fedor completed his studies at the Moscow Technical School and became a mechanical engineer. After graduation, he served in the navy, was a mechanical engineer on the battleships Peter the Great, Rurik, the cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, and sailed in the Pacific Ocean. Having retired to the reserves, he began expanding the Stakheev trading house and was engaged in social activities. In 1900, he was first elected to honorary justices of the peace for the Yelabuga district of Vyatka
Biography of Levi Strauss
Date of Birth: February 26, 1829 Place of Birth: Buttenheim, Bavaria, Germany Date of Death: September 26, 1902 Place of Death: San Francisco, California, USA Levi Strauss was an American entrepreneur, industrialist, and inventor of jeans. Born LebStrauss (Leviis Strauss) was born into a Jewish family in Bavaria. In 1845, his father died of consumption, and two years later the family of his mother, Loeb and his two sisters emigrated to the United States. There, Loeb became Levi and changed the spelling of his last name. They had somewhere to move - Levi's two older brothers were already working in New York, selling textiles. Levi also began to study trade, and in 1848 he left for Kentucky, where he began working as a traveling salesman, selling tools and haberdashery. A year later, a gold deposit was discovered on the California coast, thousands of people
Biography of Michael Milken
Date of birth: July 4, 1946 Place of birth: Encino, California, USA Michael Robert Milken is an American tycoon and financier. Michael Robert Milken was born in July 1946 in California into a Jewish family. He graduated from Birmingham High School and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968. Then he studied at the Wharton School in Pennsylvania and received an MBA degree. While still studying at the university, he began working part-time at an investment bank, and after graduating from MBA school, he became director of the low-yield bond research department of the same bank. He was also entrusted with managing part of the capital in order to conduct trading on the stock exchange. By the mid-1980s, the network of clients buying junk bonds had grown enormously. Since 1979, they began to monitor him because they suspected violations of rules and regulations
Biography of Liliane Bettencourt
Date of Birth: October 21, 1922 Date of Death: September 21, 2017 Place of Birth: Paris, France Liliane Bettencourt is a French businesswoman. Liliane Bettencourt was born in October 1922 in Paris. Her father Eugene already had an existing cosmetics business at the time of his daughter's birth, which was gradually expanding. At the age of five, Lilian lost her mother, her father never remarried, and raised his daughter on his own. At the age of 15, she joined the family business, starting from the bottom. During wartime, the company collaborated with the Nazis because it found itself in the occupation zone - there was no choice. But after the war, punishment was avoided. At this time, Lilian meets her future husband, a band member and law student. In 1950 they legalized their relationship, by which time Andre had already become a member of the cabinet
Biography of Pavel Durov
Date of birth: October 10, 1984 Place of birth: Leningrad, Russia Pavel Valerievich Durov is a Russian entrepreneur, founder of the Vkontakte social network. Pavel Durov was born on October 10, 1984 in St. Petersburg. His father is a doctor of philological sciences, his grandfather was a military man, and his brother Nikolai is a candidate of sciences in physics and mathematics. He went to school in Turin, where his father was at that time, and upon returning to Russia he entered a regular school and additionally studied a foreign language in depth. At the age of 11, I became interested in programming and started messing around with computers at school - changing screensavers, hacking passwords. In 2001 he graduated from the Academic Gymnasium with honors, and in 2002 he entered the philological faculty of St. Petersburg State University at
Biography of Nikolai Putilov
Date of birth: 1820 Place of birth: Novgorod province, Russia Date of death: April 18, 1880 Place of death: St. Petersburg, Russia Nikolai Ivanovich Putilov - entrepreneur, inventor, mathematician. Nikolai Putilov was born in 1820 in the village of Eryukhino, Novgorod province. The family was not rich, but noble. Since Nikolai was the eldest son, he was prescribed to become a military man. In 1830, he entered the naval company of the Alexander Cadet Corps, and after 2 years he was transferred to the Naval Corps, where he graduated as a midshipman. Then he continues to study in the Naval Cadet Corps and becomes a lieutenant. After this, Putilov was appointed teacher of such sciences as astronomy, navigation, and mathematics. In 1840, his first article on mathematics was published, which
Biography of Mary Kay
Date of birth: May 12, 1918 Place of birth: Texas, USA Date of death: November 22, 2001 Place of death: Texas USA Mary Kay Ash is an American entrepreneur, founder of MaryKay Cosmetics. Mary Kay was born on May 12, 1918 in the small town of Hot Wells in Texas. In 1939, she became a representative of a company selling household products and, in order to increase sales, came up with the idea of giving presentations. The success was stunning, and in 1952 she was invited to another similar company, where she worked for the next 10 years and left due to the inequality of women. In 1963, she decided to build her own business. With just $5,000 and a recipe for skin lotion, she opens a store in Dallas. The first store team consisted of 9 people and Mary and
Biography of Conrad Hilton
Date of birth: December 25, 1887 Place of birth: New Mexico, USA Date of death: January 3, 1979 Place of death: Santa Monica. USA Conrad Nicholson Hilton - entrepreneur, creator of a hotel chain. Conrad Hilton was born on December 25, 1887 in the USA. He had seven older sisters, and his father ran a grocery store. Hilton graduated from the Mining Institute as an engineer. In 1917, he volunteered for the army. He took part in military campaigns in Europe and was a second lieutenant. Returning from the war and discovering that his father had died, he moved to Texas. He always dreamed of becoming a bank manager and even created a small bank in 1919, but went bankrupt. There was enough money to buy a hotel, which he began to develop; this fascinated him. The introduction of such little things as increasing the number of sleeping places and
Biography of Veronica Orchid
Date of birth: September 15, 1990 Place of birth: Moscow, Russia Veronika Mironova (pseudonym Orchid) is a famous blogger, businesswoman, owner of a chain of salons in Moscow. Veronica Orchid was born on September 15, 1990 in Moscow into a family of intellectuals. Throughout her childhood she was surrounded by interesting and creative people. She was interested in art, music and painting. At school I studied dancing, music and vocals. As a child, she was calm and assiduous, studying and observing the world around her. She is characterized by a free and purposeful character; she does not like to sit idly by, but is constantly moving forward and developing. Graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and Moscow State University. Has 2 higher educations. While still a student, I created my own business projects, which still exist today.
Biography of Grigory Shelikhov
Date of birth: December 31, 1747 Place of birth: Rylsk, Russia Date of death: July 31, 1795 Place of death: Irkutsk, Russia Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov is a Russian explorer and entrepreneur. Grigory Shelikhov was born on December 31, 1747 in the city of Rylsk, Kursk province. His family was an old merchant and rich. Gregory received a first-class education at home and began working as a clerk in his hometown. According to contemporaries, he was especially successful in commerce. In 1770, his mother and brother died from the plague, and he moved to Kursk, and in 1773 to Irkutsk. In Irkutsk he buys furs, gets rich and organizes companies. In 1775, he doubled his fortune by marrying a noble girl. In 1776-1783 he was already the owner of 10 enterprises, and in 1781 after visiting
Biography of Vladimir Gusinsky
Date of birth: October 6, 1952 Place of birth: Moscow, Russia Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky is a media magnate and entrepreneur. Vladimir Gusinsky was born on October 6, 1952 in Moscow. In 1969, he entered the Gubkin Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry, but did not have time to finish, as he was expelled. In 1973-1975 he was drafted into the army, and he served in Ukraine in the chemical reconnaissance forces. In 1975 he entered the Lunacharsky Institute of Theater Arts and in 1981 graduated from the directing department. After graduation, he works in Tula as a director, but returns to Moscow again and takes part in the International Festival of Youth and Students and the Moscow Goodwill Games. Both times - as a director and production designer. Also
Biography of Iskander Makhmudov
Date of birth: December 5, 1963 Place of birth: Bukhara, Uzbekistan Makhmudov Iskander Kahramonovich is an entrepreneur. Iskander Makhmudov was born on December 5, 1963 in Bukhara into a family of teachers at Tashkent universities. In childhood and early youth he lived in Tashkent. At the insistence of his parents, he entered Tashkent University to study oriental studies. It was prestigious to study Oriental studies, since such faculties were invariably associated with the military and trained employees in the countries of the East. After graduating from the institute, Makhmudov worked first in Libya in the Main Engineering Directorate, then in Iraq in the construction department. After this, he is invited to the state organization Uzbekintorg, which is engaged in purchasing goods for the entire republic. Having worked in this company, Iskander gained a wealth of experience
Biography of Donald Trump
Date of birth: June 14, 1946 Place of birth: New York, USA Donald John Trump is an American entrepreneur. Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946 in the USA. He attended public school, but at the age of 13 his parents sent him to study at the New York Military Academy because he was too energetic and self-confident. While attending the academy, Trump played football and baseball. In 1965, he encouraged a group of cadets to march along Fifth Avenue, after which the next day he became famous in all the newspapers. In 1968 he graduated from the academy and became a bachelor of economic sciences, returning to his hometown, he worked in his father’s company. His first jobs were renting houses for the middle class, but Donald did not want to stop there. He modernized the apartment complex
Biography of Oleg Deripaska
Date of birth: January 2, 1968 Place of birth: Dzerzhinsk, Russia Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska - entrepreneur, Deripaska O.V. - billionaire Oleg Deripaska was born on January 2, 1968 in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky region. From 7 to 11 years old he lived with his grandmother on a small farm in the Krasnodar region, and then he moved there altogether. As a child, he was a passionate reader, and his relatives taught him strict discipline and not to be afraid of hard work. He served in the army from 1986-1988 in Transbaikalia in the missile forces. Deripaska graduated from Moscow State University and the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics. I studied physics, but after the collapse of the USSR they stopped funding it. Deripaska had to rely only on himself - in 1990, he and his classmates formed the Military Investment and Trading Company, which traded
Biography of Andre Citroen
Date of birth: February 5, 1878 Place of birth: Paris, France Date of death: July 3, 1935 Place of death: Paris, France Andre Gustave Citroen - entrepreneur, Andre Citroen - founder of the automobile concern. Andre Citroen was born on February 5, 1878 in Paris into a family of diamond merchants. At the age of 5, his father committed suicide. André had four brothers and sisters and was first educated at home, then at a religious school, and then at the Ecole Polytechnique at the Faculty of Law. Having decided not to continue the family business, Citroen and his friends organized a company for the production of spare parts for steam locomotives, which turned out to be profitable - in a year they received so much that they were able to buy the plant. Having repurposed it for the production of gears, after 1.5 years entrepreneurs become
Biography of Elena Baturina
Date of birth: March 8, 1963 Place of birth: Moscow, Russia Elena Nikolaevna Baturina is an entrepreneur, wife of Yuri Luzhkov. Elena Baturina was born on March 8, 1963 in Moscow. She received her higher education at the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Institute of Management. After graduating from 1982-1989, she worked as a researcher at the Institute of Economic Problems in Moscow, as well as a chief specialist at the Moscow City Executive Committee commission on cooperatives. In 1991, together with her brother Victor, she organized the Inteko cooperative, which produces polymer products. In the same year, she married Yuri Luzhkov, who a year later became the mayor of Moscow. In the early 1990s, the cooperative received municipal orders, and after some time it was joined by a raw materials
Biography of Peter Smirnov
Date of birth: January 9, 1831 Place of birth: Yaroslavl province, Russia Date of death: November 29, 1898 Place of death: Moscow, Russia Smirnov Petr Arsenievich - entrepreneur, Smirnov P.A. - founder of the Smirnoff brand. Pyotr Smirnov was born on January 9, 1831 in the village of Kayurovo, Yaroslavl province, into a family of serfs. Peter's older brothers were engaged in the production of wines and, with the proceeds from their sale, managed to buy the family's freedom and receive the Smirnov surname. This was in 1857. Peter continued the family business - he served with his uncle, helped him with household chores, and after his death he continued his business in the production of wines and vodka, as well as in their sale. Marriage to a merchant's daughter helped him develop his business. In 1860, Peter became a merchant and acquired his own factory. First at the factory
Biography of Sergei Tarut
Date of birth: July 23, 1955 Place of birth: village of Vinogradnoye, Ukraine Sergey Alekseevich Taruta - Ukrainian entrepreneur, Taruta S.A. - Deputy Sergei Taruta was born on July 23, 1955 in Ukraine. In 1979 he graduated from the Zhdanov Metallurgical Institute with a diploma in mechanical engineering. In 1999, he graduated from the Donetsk State Academy of Management with a diploma in foreign economic activity manager. In 1979, he worked at the Azovstal plant as head of the foreign economic relations department. Since 1995, he became a co-founder of the Azovintex company, which is engaged in foreign trade. Already in December 1995, Taruta was appointed executive director of the ISD (Industrial Union of Donbass) corporation he founded. He still holds the post of chairman of the ISD board and president
Biography of Jack Welch
Date of birth: November 19, 1935 Place of birth: Salem, USA Jack Welch is an American entrepreneur and business coach. Jack Welch was born on November 19, 1935 in Salem. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a bachelor's degree and then received a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois. A little later he became a Doctor of Science. In 1960, he began working as an engineer at General Electric; he didn’t really like working there, and a year later he even wanted to quit, but management dissuaded him. In 1969, he already headed the plastics department, and 2 years later the chemical and metallurgical department. In 1973, he became head of the company's strategic department, and at the end of 1977, head of the consumer goods sector. In the 1980s, the company's business was completely revised, it was
Biography of Amancio Ortega
Date of birth: March 28, 1936 Place of birth: Leon, Spain Amancio Ortega Gaona - entrepreneur Amancio Ortega was born on March 28, 1936 in Spain into a simple family of a railway worker and a maid. The family did not have money for his education, so he had to work as a messenger in a shirt store. In 1950, he works in a haberdashery store, where he meets his future wife. At the age of 14, the family leaves for Galicia, as his father is transferred there for military service. Ortega becomes an apprentice to a fashion designer from Italy, crimping and draping fabrics. In the 60s, Amancio worked as a store manager, and in 1972 he opened his first knitting factory. The first items produced by the factory were lingerie and nightgowns. They sew them together with their wife in
Biography of Heinrich Schliemann
Date of birth: January 6, 1822 Place of birth: Schwerin, Germany Date of death: December 26, 1890 Place of death: Naples, Italy Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann - German entrepreneur, Heinrich Schliemann - archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann was born on January 6, 1822 in a small town Neubukov in the territory of modern Germany in the family of a pastor. At the age of 14, he became an apprentice at a trading company and, inspired, wanted to develop his own business. He traded in America, but the business was unsuccessful, and he had to return to Germany and start trading with Russia. Schliemann had an extraordinary passion for languages - they came easily to him, in just a few months he learned Russian and left for St. Petersburg, where he began working in the representative office of a Dutch company. And a year later he managed to open his own business and started
Biography of Igor Ashmanov
Date of birth: January 9, 1962 Place of birth: Moscow, Russia Igor Stanislavovich Ashmanov - entrepreneur, Ashmanov I.S. - programmer and writer. Igor Ashmanov was born on January 9, 1962 in Moscow into a student family. His father studied at Moscow State University, and then became a professor and wrote textbooks on programming, and his mother and grandmother also graduated from Moscow State University and its Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. Igor also attended a mathematics club at Moscow State University and studied at an art school. The choice of higher education was predetermined - the same Moscow State University and Mechanics and Mathematics. From 1978 to 1983 he studied at the department of higher algebra, and after graduation he worked at the computer center of the USSR Academy of Sciences and was engaged in the development of special systems and economic calculations. A little later, thanks to his development of a spelling system
Biography of Tim Cook
Date of birth: November 1, 1960 Place of birth: Robertsdale, USA Tim Cook is the head of Apple. Tim Cook was born on November 1, 1960 in Alabama in the family of a worker and a housewife. His real name is Timothy Donald Cook and has two brothers. In 1978 he graduated from school and entered the university. In 1982 he graduated from the university as a bachelor of industrial production organization. In 1988, he graduated from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and received a master's degree in business management. After graduation, he went to work in his specialty and worked at IBM, where he advanced through the ranks to regional sales director. His job was to produce and supply goods to North and Latin America. In 1994 after 12 years of experience
Biography of Larry Ellison
Date of birth: August 17, 1944 Place of birth: New York, USA Larry Ellison is an American entrepreneur. Lawrence Joseph Ellison was born on August 17, 1944 in New York. He was the illegitimate son of a pilot and a Jewish woman. At 9 months old, his mother gave him up to his uncle and aunt, who later adopted him. He saw his mother only 48 years later. Ellison grew up in Chicago, attended school there, and after graduation studied at the University of Illinois. Then he entered the University of Chicago and began studying computer engineering. In 1964, after the death of his mother, he moved to Northern California. In the 1970s he worked for software companies. Subsequently, he creates the Oracle DBMS, the second software in the United States after Microsoft. In 1977 he founded the company
Biography of Nikolai Tsvetkov
Date of birth: May 12, 1960 Place of birth: Krasnogorsk district, USSR Tsvetkov Nikolai Alexandrovich is one of the galaxy of modern Russian rich people. Nikolai Tsvetkov is also known as the head of Uralsib, a Russian corporation involved in finance. Nikolai was born in a small village in the Moscow region. There he went to a regular rural school, and after graduating he decided to become a military man. To receive a military education, he went to Tambov and entered the Air Force Academy. I studied well there and received a gold medal at the end of my studies. After that he was sent to Afghanistan and then to the Far East. During the collapse of the Soviet Empire, he found a promising niche for himself - financial, although at that time he was already working at the military department of the Institute of Radio Engineering. He
Biography of Alexey Kuzmichev
Date of birth: October 15, 1962 Place of birth: Kirov region, USSR Alexey Viktorovich Kuzmichev is one of a galaxy of Russian entrepreneurs who created their own business in modern Russia. Alexey Kuzmichev is also known as a major owner of Alfa Group shares. A boy named Alexey was born in an ordinary Soviet city, finished school and went to serve in the army. He completed this compulsory service on the USSR border with China, where he served as a radio operator. At the same time he became a member of the CPSU. Having been demobilized, he decided to get a higher education and entered an institute dedicated to the study of steel and alloys. It was at this university that he met his future companions - G. Khan and M. Friedman. At first it was ordinary communication between students, which soon
Biography of Dmitry Pumpyansky
Date of birth: March 22, 1964 Place of birth: Buryatia, USSR Dmitry Aleksandrovich Pumpyansky is one of a galaxy of rich people who made their fortune in modern Russia. Dmitry Pumpyansky is also known as an industrialist working in the pipe industry. Dmitry was born in the capital of Buryatia, in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics that still existed in 1964. After graduating from school, he received higher education at the Polytechnic Institute, studying metallurgy. After receiving his diploma, he continued his scientific research in metal science and became a candidate of technical sciences. Having started doing business, he took the position of commercial director of one of the metallurgical plants. Soon he rose to the rank of deputy at the plant, although located in another city. And soon
Biography of Sergei Galitsky
Date of birth: August 14, 1967 Place of birth: Sochi, USSR Sergey Nikolaevich Galitsky is one of the talented modern Russian businessmen. Sergei Galitsky is also known as an entrepreneur who created an all-Russian chain of supermarkets. Sergei was born in the Krasnodar region. After school, like all Soviet young men, he went into the army. Then he thought about higher education and entered Kuban University. From the second year of studying at the Faculty of Economics, he began working in a bank, after he wrote an article on economics and was noticed by one of the bankers. Before that, he worked part-time as a loader. By the time he graduated from university, he had made a good career as a banker, and a year after receiving his diploma he was already a deputy manager in one of the Krasnodar banks. Having decided that
Biography of Mikhail Gutseriev
Date of birth: March 9, 1958 Place of birth: Tselinograd, USSR Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev is one of a galaxy of modern entrepreneurs in Russia. Mikhail Gutseriev is also known as the owner of British and Russian assets. Mikhail was born in Kazakhstan, in a large Ingush family. After the family moved to Grozny, I went to school there. As a teenager, he began working part-time as a loader selling vegetables and fruits. After returning to Kazakhstan, he began working at a factory that produced handicrafts. In six years of work, he rose to the level of sewing shop master. At the same time, the young man received higher education at the evening faculty. He mastered the specialty “Leather and Fur Technology”. In addition to this education, the Financial Academy and
Biography of Leonid Fedun
Date of birth: April 5, 1956 Place of birth: Kyiv, USSR Fedun Leonid Arnoldovich is one of the notable representatives of the galaxy of modern rich people. Leonid Fedun is also known as a shareholder of Spartak. Leonid was born in Kyiv, in the family of a military doctor. However, he spent his entire childhood at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where his father was sent. Deciding to continue his military career, he became a cadet at the military command school in Rostov. After completing his studies, he decided to enroll in an adjunct program, after which he began teaching at a military academy. After working for about eight years, I decided to go into business and organized my own company, calling it “Oilconsult”. This happened after a business trip to Siberia, where during one of his performances he was noticed by V. Alekperov. After receiving
Biography of Filaret Galchev
Date of birth: May 26, 1963 Place of birth: village of Tarson, Georgian SSR Filaret Ilyich Galchev is one of the richest entrepreneurs in modern Russia. Filaret Galchev is also known as a shareholder of Eurocement Group. The future entrepreneur was born in one of the regions of Georgia, in a small village near Tsalka. After moving to Russia, the young man graduated from school and entered the Mining Institute located in Moscow. Upon graduation, he became an employee of a mining trading house. It was at this time that hard times began in the coal industry, when the mines, and therefore the miners, did not receive funding. Filaret, as the manager of the coal market organization, had to work in this direction. The work was not in vain, as soon the beginner
Biography of Vadim Novinsky
Date of birth: June 3, 1963 Place of birth: Staraya Russa, USSR Vadim Vladislavovich Novinsky is one of the representatives of a galaxy of modern entrepreneurs and public figures. Vadim Novinsky is also known as a philanthropist. Vadim was born in the Novgorod region in the USSR. After school, he decided to become an aviator and entered the Academy of Civil Aviation, which is located in Leningrad. After receiving a diploma in the specialty "Operation of Air Transport", he became an employee of the air squad in Petrozavodsk. There he was an employee of the civil aviation department for eleven years. Then, after resigning, he began working at the more promising ANO Center for Advanced Research. Soon, together with his partners, he became the founder of the company, the main goal of which was supplies to
Biography of Bidzina Ivanishvili
Date of birth: February 18, 1956 Place of birth: s. Chorvila, Georgian SSR Ivanishvili Bidzina Grigorievich is a modern Georgian entrepreneur who created his fortune in the Russian Federation. Bidzina Ivanishvili is also known as the founder of the Georgian Dream party. Bidzina was born in a small village near Chiatura, where his father worked as a miner extracting manganese. The boy went to a regular school, and received higher education at the Georgian State University, becoming a certified economist. After receiving his diploma, he became an employee of the Labor Research Institute. After working briefly as a research assistant, the young specialist decided to organize his own enterprise and became the organizer of a cooperative that produced hoses. With the beginning of the digital era
Biography of Peter Aven
Date of birth: March 16, 1955 Place of birth: Moscow, USSR Aven Pyotr Olegovich is one of a galaxy of entrepreneurs in modern Russia. Peter Aven is also known as an art collector. Peter was born in Moscow, into a professorial family. His father, Oleg Ivanovich, was a prominent specialist in computer technology. Peter's parents have Russian, Latvian and Jewish roots. From childhood, the boy began to prepare for an outstanding career - first he went to a specialized physics and mathematics school in Moscow, then continued his education at Moscow State University at the Faculty of Economics. Three years after receiving his diploma, he defended his dissertation and became a candidate of sciences in economics. He began his career as a junior researcher at the Institute for Systems Research.
Biography of John Rockefeller
Date of birth: July 8, 1839 Date of death: May 23, 1937 Place of birth: New York, USA Rockefeller John Davison is the first person in the world to earn a billion dollars. Also Rockefeller D.D. known as a philanthropist who founded several universities. John was born in the MSHA into a large Protestant family. The mother was mainly involved in raising the children. She was religious, perhaps also because there was a catastrophic lack of money and she had to save. John's father first worked in forestry and then decided to become a traveling salesman. It was he who taught the boy his first lessons in sales and shaped his worldview. From the age of seven, John began to earn his own money - he helped neighbors and was engaged in poultry farming. From a very young age he did accounting. IN
Biography of Steve Jobs
Date of Birth: February 24, 1955 Date of Death: October 5, 2011 Place of Birth: USA Jobs Stephen Paul is an entrepreneur who redefined what communications should be like today. The name of Steve Jobs is also associated with the creation of the well-known company “Apple”. Founded the Pixar studio. Stephen was born to an unmarried couple and was an unwanted child. His father had Syrian roots, and his mother had German roots. Soon the boy was adopted by the Jobs family. The adoptive parents served as officials and lived practically in Silicon Valley itself. Probably, the fact that from childhood the boy grew up among engineers and inventors associated with various technologies played a role. Almost all the men in this community had some kind of engineering background, and Steve often saw barns filled with different types of
Biography of Mikhail Fridman
Date of birth: April 21, 1964 Place of birth: Lvov, USSR Mikhail Maratovich Fridman is one of the most famous entrepreneurs of modern Russia. Also Fridman M.M. known as one of the most influential people in Russia. Mikhail was born in April 1964 into an intelligent family of engineers. The child was late and wanted, so he was pampered and loved very much. Mikhail's father was a laureate of the State Prize for one of the military developments. The parents maintained close contact with the Jewish community. As an adult, Mikhail himself began to support the Jewish community. Mikhail studied at school, played the piano, and was even the organizer of a youth music group. True, he chose a technical profession for himself and even tried to enter the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, but failed
Biography of Viktor Vekselberg
Date of birth: April 14, 1957 Place of birth: Lvov region, Ukrainian SSR Vekselberg Viktor Feliksovich is one of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia. Vekselberg V.F. is also known. as a philanthropist and president of two large structures - Skolkovo and Renova. Victor was born in April 1957 in a small town in the Lvov region of the USSR. Like all Soviet children, he went to a regular high school. Then he decided to get a higher education in Moscow, where he received it at the Faculty of Computer Science and Automation at MIIT. After receiving my diploma, I decided to study further and became a graduate student at the Academy of Sciences. Later, as a researcher, and then as head of a laboratory, he worked in one of the narrow technical specialties. His area of responsibility was rodless
Biography of Vladimir Lisin
Date of birth: May 7, 1956 Place of birth: Ivanovo, USSR Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin is one of the richest businessmen in modern Russia. Also Lisin V.S. known as the chairman of the board of directors of the Metallurgical Plant in one of the districts of Lipetsk. Vladimir was born in Ivanovo. There was no sign that the boy would become a major entrepreneur. Vladimir was a member of the Komsomol, then received higher education in Novokuznetsk. In 1978 he became a certified metallurgical engineer. The first line in the work book appeared in 1965, there was an entry that Vladimir became an electrician at Yuzhkuzbassugol. Vladimir began working with metals later, at Tulachermet. There he started as an assistant steelmaker, continued as a shift supervisor, and subsequently rose to deputy.
Biography of Victor Baturin
Date of birth: October 2, 1956 Place of birth: Moscow Baturin Viktor Nikolaevich is an entrepreneur in modern Russia. Also Baturin V.N. known as the brother of the former wife of the mayor of the capital, Elena Baturina. Victor was born in the capital of the USSR in October 1956. Victor received his higher education at the Moscow Institute of Management. The future entrepreneur studied management and production organization there. This knowledge was useful to Victor when he became a project manager in the aerospace field. Victor was also in charge of some divisions of the Sukhoi aircraft plant. Since 1989, Victor decided to leave the civil service and develop his own business. The construction area was chosen for business. The entrepreneur became the director of the well-known company Inteko. Soon
Biography of Mark Zuckerberg
Date of birth: May 14, 1984 Place of birth: USA Zuckerberg Mark Elliott is a world-famous young billionaire. Mark Zuckerberg also created and manages the social network Facebook. Mark was born in May 1984 in the suburbs of New York in a large family. Father, Edward, worked as a dentist. His mother, Karen, practiced psychiatry. Computers have been interesting to Mark since his childhood. The boy took up programming while still at school, when he figured out how to play one of the popular games online. He also came up with a program that took into account the musical preferences of listeners. The young talent was noticed by such an employer corporation as Microsoft. To everyone's surprise, the teenager refused the vacancy and continued his studies at Harvard. Of course, I attended classes there too
Biography of George Soros
Date of birth: August 12, 1930 Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary George Soros is a world famous financier. Soros is also known as a major philanthropist. George Soros was born under the name Schwartz in August 1930 in the family of a lawyer. Just at this time, persecution of residents who had Jewish roots began. For security reasons, the family changed their surname to a sonorous Hungarian one - Shoros. This probably helped George both stay alive and move to England. There George graduated from the school of economics. After which he began to apply theoretical knowledge in practice. At first it was work in a haberdashery factory. She was replaced by a job as a traveling salesman. Of course, it was not a dream job and George continued to look for work in the banking sector. In the post-war period it was not easy
Biography of Vladimir Potanin
Date of birth: January 3, 1961 Place of birth: Moscow, USSR Vladimir Olegovich Potanin is an entrepreneur of modern Russia. Vladimir Potanin is also known as a philanthropist. Vladimir was born in the capital of the USSR in January 1961 into a diplomatic family. Father, Oleg Romanovich, worked in African countries. Mother, Tamara Ananyevna, was a doctor. It is not surprising that Vladimir followed in his father’s footsteps and chose MGIMO as his university. Graduates of this institution, as a rule, were prepared for good positions. Vladimir was no exception - he became an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. As soon as the opportunity arose and export activities to private companies were allowed, he became the head of Interros. His competence included financial consulting and management
Biography of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Date of birth: April 5, 1962 Place of birth: Kalmykia, USSR Ilyumzhinov Kirsan Nikolaevich - political figure. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is also known as the President of Kalmykia. He is the President of the Chess Federation. Kirsan was born in the capital of Kalmykia - Elista. Like many Soviet children, he went to school, but from an early age he demonstrated success in chess. So, as a fifteen-year-old teenager, he headed the chess team of the Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Of course, the gifted teenager graduated from school with flying colors, receiving a medal for academic success. Afterwards he worked at a factory and served in the army. While in the army I did not give up playing chess. Maybe this is what helped the young man to enter MGIMO. True, Kirsan did not study there for long - he was expelled for violating discipline. Kirsan decided
Biography of Savva Morozov
Date of birth: February 15, 1862 Place of birth: Moscow Date of death: May 26, 1905 Savva Morozov is a philanthropist and entrepreneur. Savva Timofeevich Morozov was a representative of one of the most famous dynasties in Russia. The family into which he was born belonged to a merchant dynasty, and his parents were Old Believers. Savva Morozov was a hereditary honorary citizen of Moscow and went down in history as one of the great entrepreneurs and representatives of the merchant class. As a child, he received his education during the years of study at the fourth gymnasium in Moscow, subsequently studying at the physics and mathematics department of Moscow University, he attended lectures by Vasily Klyuchevsky, who at that moment taught history and after graduating from university went to Europe. Having continued his studies in
Biography of Roman Abramovich
Date of birth: October 24, 1966 Place of birth: Saratov. Russia. Roman Abramovich is an entrepreneur. Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is one of the most successful oligarchs of the nineties from among the so-called “seven bankers”. “The owner of Chukotka”, who carried out many social projects in various positions in the region and, after leaving the post of governor of the region, moved to London. After his birth in Saratov on October 24, 1966, his parents died quite quickly. Mother Irina Vasilievna Abramovich, nee Mikhailenko, died when Roman was only a year old. At the age of four he loses his father Aron Nakhimovich Abramovich. Thus, at the age of four, his father’s brother, Leiba Nakhimovich, began to raise him, who transported him to Ukhta, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Having studied until the second grade, Roman Arkadyevich loses
Biography of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Date of birth: June 26, 1963 Place of birth: Moscow Mikhail Khodorkovsky is an entrepreneur. Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky - Putin's personal enemy and once the richest and most financially powerful man in Russia, Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, was able to head the largest oil company in the country. He wrote several books and scientific papers, and several journalistic works, for writing which he had a lot of free time during the ten years he spent in prison, after most likely a conscious choice to “go to jail.” On June 26, 1963, Khodorkovsky was born into a Moscow family of engineers, and his parents saw his future as an engineer and scientist who was to follow in their footsteps. In 1986, Khodorkovsky graduated with honors from Moscow
Biography of Shalva Chigirinsky
Date of birth: July 1, 1949 Place of birth: Kutaisi. Georgia. Shalva Chigirinsky is an entrepreneur. Shalva Pavlovich Chigirinsky was born in the Georgian city of Kutaisi on July 1, 1949. After graduating from high school, he entered the First State Medical Institute named after. Sechenov. In 1987, Shalva Pavlovich left the Soviet Union and emigrated to Europe. Finding himself first in Spain, he soon moved to Germany, where he worked in real estate and mastered the real estate business. In 1989, together with German businessman Ivot Stock, he became the founder of the development company S+T GroupHandels. Which is better known in Russia in narrow circles under the Russian name ST Group. Later he becomes a co-owner of another business, and also in 1991 Chigirinsky works closely with
Biography of Steve Wozniak
Date of birth: August 11, 1950 Place of birth: San Jose. California. USA. Steve Wozniak is an entrepreneur. Steve Wozniak became the founder of one of the greatest corporations that took the art of marketing to unprecedented heights. Actually, it was not the advertising component and ideology that weighed on Steve’s work, but what it technically translated into. Steve's career began shortly after graduating from high school, after which he entered the University of Berkeley, soon leaving him to work for Hewlett Packard in 1975. The computing industry at that time was at its nascent stage in the form in which we are accustomed to it, and at Steve’s work there was only one computer, which was made by his employees themselves. Steve's job was to develop a calculator and while doing it he had
Biography of Pavel Tretyakov
Date of birth: December 27, 1832 Place of birth: Moscow Date of death: December 16, 1898 Pavel Tretyakov is an entrepreneur. Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov was born on December 27, 1832, or December 15 according to the old style. He spent his childhood on his parents' estate and was educated at home. After reaching a conscious age, he began to help his father and together with him opened a pulp mill or, as it was called at that time, a paper spinning mill. Pavel Mikhailovich held many positions and was awarded various awards during his lifetime. He was an honorary hereditary citizen, whose charter he received in 1856. Tretyakov served in the government service as a commercial adviser, according to the table of ranks of that time. In 1897 he received the title of honorary citizen
Biography of Bill Gates
Date of birth: October 28, 1955 Place of birth: Seattle. Washington state. United States of America Bill Gates is an entrepreneur. William Bill Gates at one time managed to place a bet on software development, at a time when companies around them only produced computers themselves and did not perceive such an idea as a viable business model and did not see a future in it. Having managed to take over and practically monopolize the modern world of computers, he became one of the most famous and richest people on earth. The first program he developed was a simple script for regulating traffic, which he made together with his friend Paul Allen, and with it he was able to earn his first twenty thousand dollars. At the age of seventeen, Bill received an order for
Biography of Vagit Alekperov
Date of birth: September 1, 1950 Place of birth: the village of Razina in the suburbs of Baku, Azerbaijan SSR Vagit Alekperov is an entrepreneur. Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov was born into the family of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, who died when Vagit was 3 years old and subsequently his mother Tatyana Fedorovna Alekperova raised him and four other children. Vagit Alekperov was able to come a long way, holding various positions in government and commercial organizations and, according to Forbes magazine, was able to become one of the three richest citizens of Russia. In 1974, he received a diploma from the Institute of Oil and Gas of the city of Azerbaijan, graduating from the evening department and graduating with a degree in "Engineer in mining technology and integrated mechanization for the development of gas and oil fields." Beginning
Biography of Boris Berezovsky
Date of birth: January 23, 1946 Place of birth: Moscow Boris Berezovsky is an entrepreneur. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, a man of the era who stood behind the re-election of the first president of the Russian Federation, Yeltsin, was considered a “shadow general” at the helm of the country and one of the key figures in the so-called “seven bankers”. When Putin came to power, he was expelled from the country and most of his assets were “nationalized.” After graduating in 1967 from the Faculty of Computing Technology and Electronics of the Moscow Forest. Institute entered and graduated in 1973 from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. The period of study ended after graduating from graduate school at the Institute of Management Problems at the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1967 to 1969 he was an employee
Biography of Henry Ford
Date of Birth: July 30, 1863 Place of Birth: Dearborn. State of Michigan. USA. Henry Ford is an outstanding industrialist, Henry Ford is the man who, having gone from an apprentice mechanic to the owner of the largest automobile plant, became the founder of the automobile industry in the United States of America. His extraordinary mind and approach to work led to the emergence of a new philosophy of production, and he became the first to introduce the assembly line of cars, the very principle of assembly line production and many new principles of organization and work and the construction of scalable designs for production processes. Born on July 30, 1863, into a family of Irish immigrants, he spent his entire childhood on a farm, where he helped his parents, and also began his education at the Dearborn Country School
