The Top 10 Entrepreneurs of our Time

Share The Secret to Their Success

ENTREPRENEUR Is someone who starts their own business,

often showing incredible initiative or taking on considerable personal or financial risk to begin their venture.

The initiative and hard work of these 10 super-successful entrepreneurs of the 2000s paid off tremendously, such that these people are now household names and their businesses flourish worldwide.

Mar k Z u c ke r b e rg

This l ies in bel iev ing in his invent ion ,not being afra id to take r isks , andcar ing about making a pos i t ive changein the wor ld .

The world’s youngest billionaire entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg has only ever held one job in his life -- CEO of Facebook.

Zuckerberg was a computer programmer wholaunched “The Facebook”. Within just threeyears, Zuckerberg was a billionaire, thanks toFacebook’s outrageous success.

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing

really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking

risks."

Steve Jobs

Though he passed in 2011, Steve Jobs remains one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 2000s, and perhaps of all-time. Jobs founded Apple in the mid-‘80s, leading to the creation of the Macintosh computer.

Jobs was ab le to reach this leve l ofsuccess by fo l lowing his heart andhold ing himsel f to a high standard .

“Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.”

Bill Gates

Like Jobs, Bill Gates, former CEO and co-founder of Microsoft, is one of the entrepreneurs of the PC revolution. His personal wealth is greater than the GDP of Iceland, and he shares the fruits of his success through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is among the richest men in the world. He started working while he was still in grade school. By age 20, Buffett was already an incredibly successful investor, who would go on to open his own investment partnerships. The billionaire entrepreneur is known to be very frugal in his personal life

B u f fe t t ’s q u o t e s o n s u c c e s s s h o w h e h a s ave r y p ra g m a t i c v i e w o n e n t re p re n e u rs h i pa n d i nve st m e n t . H e i s ve r y f r u ga l a s w e l l ,n e ve r o n e t o w a s t e a p e n ny.

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

Charles R. Schwab

With a net worth of $5.1 billion, Charles R. Schwab is a highly successful investor and entrepreneur. In 1963, Schwab launched the investment newsletter Investment Indicator. In 1975, Schwab founded the brokerage Charles Schwab Corporation, which would become one of the world’s largest brokerage firms.

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“Never invest short and borrow long.”

Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban is the billionaire investor, businessman and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He started MicroSolutions and later started Audionet, which would become Broadcast.com. Today, Cuban owns Landmark Theatres and Magnolia Pictures, and also stars on the reality TV show “Shark Tank.”

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“Doesn’t matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.”

Ralph Lauren

Lauren started his iconic Polo company out of a drawer in the Empire State Building, taking rags and fashioning them into neckties. Lauren opened his first store in 1967; by 2007, Ralph Lauren had more than 35 luxury boutiques in the U.S.

Lauren’s entrepreneurship quotesspeak to the importance of insp irat ionand creat iv i ty in his bus iness process .

“I don’t design clothes, I design dreams.”

“You have to create something from nothing.”

Elon Musk Elon Musk is the brilliant entrepreneurial mind

who started companies like PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX. Musk also envisioned the high-speed Hyperloop transportation system.

According to Musk, you must dreambig in order to innovate and establ i shsomething great .

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”

Bono Bono is a U2 frontman that ventured in capitalism

and entrepreneurship as a means of helping lift people out of poverty. In addition to his band and charities, Bono founded the Edun fashion line and in recent years became a billionaire.

A c cord ing to B on o, e nt re p ren eu r i a lca p i ta l i sm i s th e best med i c in e fori mp rov i ng p e op le ’s l i ves a round t hewor l d .

“It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.”

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey worked hard to become the billionaire media mogul that she is today. She started as a news anchor and went on to become the most popular talk show host in the world. She has founded the Oxygen TVnetwork and Harpo Productions.

W h i l e O p ra h a c k n o w l e d ge s t h e ro l e o f l u c ki n h e r s u c c e s s , h e r p r i m a r y m e s s a ge i s t h att o b e s u c c e s s f u l , y o u n e e d t o fo l l o w y o u rp a s s i o n a n d d o w h a t y o u l o ve .

“Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.”