I have to do a report on an entrepreneur, but it seems like all the most famous ones are taken. I want someone who is famous, and maybe in the fashion industry. Really, i just want an entrepreneur who is interesting and has an interesting story on how they got their business started. Can anyone help me please?
Henry Ford
May 26th, 2010 at 3:56 am
Henry Ford
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May 26th, 2010 at 4:10 am
Henry Ford
JP Morgan
Vanderbilt
Yang (founder of Yahoo)
Bezos (founder of Amazon.com)
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Firestone
Spike Lee
Ray Kroc (McDonald’s)
Boeing
Sam Walton
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May 26th, 2010 at 4:50 am
Alan Sugar
Any of those on Dragon’s Den
Richard Branson
David Sullivan
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May 26th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Fashion Industry – Coco Chanel ? -Her signature fragrance, Chanel No. 5, was the first perfume to bear the designer’s name. (this one probably taken already)
KAREN MILLEN – Karen Millen Holdings
After a City & Guilds course in fashion at Medway College, Karen Millen set up a sewing machine at her parents’ house and started selling clothes at the fashion equivalent of the Tupperware party. That was in 1981. After a difficult start, where she learnt the pitfalls of manufacturing, she opened a first store in Maidstone. She has never looked back since, and today there are more than 50 stores in Britain. In 2001, she sold a 49% stake in the business to Icelandic investors, but retains a 50% stake through trusts. In 2002, Karen Millen Holdings made a £6.5 million profit on & 163;67.5 million sales.
A business film ”The YES Movie” produced by Louis Lautman – Stories of successful young entrepreneurs today.
References :
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk
”The YES Movie” at http://www.TheYESmovie.com