Famous entrepreneurs
Donald Trump
Donald Trump manages to be nice: 'Celebrity Apprentice' cast see his other side
Digital SpyNew York Daily News - Mar 11, 2010
... people start out doing one thing Sunday in the season premiere of "Celebrity Apprentice," and they end up doing something else: disarming Donald Trump. ...
Michael Dell
Discounting Continues to Haunt Dell as Its Turnaround Struggles
Wall Street Journal - Feb 19, 2010
When Michael Dell returned as chief executive of his company three years ago, a key part of his turnaround strategy was that Dell Inc. ...
Steve Ballmer
Global CIO: Steve Ballmer's Cloud Commitment Makes Microsoft Relevant Again
The HinduInformationWeek - Mar 9, 2010
Steve Ballmer says he's betting the company on the cloud. And in doing so, I think he's doing nothing less than saving the company. ...
Bill Gates
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim unseats Bill Gates to top Forbes rich list
The HinduDaily Mail - Mar 11, 2010
A Mexican billionaire has today been named the world's richest person – knocking Bill Gates off the top spot for only the second time in 15 ...
Henry Ford
Skin transplant offers hope to vitiligo patients
BBC NewsBBC News - Mar 11, 2010
The surgery was carried out under local anaesthetic at Henry Ford Hospital. "The results achieved in our study were of obvious significance to our patients ...
Richard Branson
Branson slams airline alliance
Holiday NewsThe Press Association - Mar 10, 2010
... Airways and American Airlines over the two carriers' proposed link-up is "woefully inadequate", Virgin Atlantic president Sir Richard Branson has said. ...
Steve Forbes
Gates edged out as world's richest man
Times OnlineAtlanta Journal Constitution - Mar 11, 2010
"A mere $500 million separated the two," editor-in-chief Steve Forbes told the New York Daily News. "In a billionaire's world, that is close. ...
Rupert Murdoch
Murdoch Urges More Freedom for Middle East Media
The GuardianVoice of America - Mar 10, 2010
Photo: AP Chairman and chief executive of the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, right, talks to Allen & Co. managing director Jack Schneider (file) Chairman ...
Warren Buffett
Slim passes Gates, Buffett to become Forbes richest
The Guardian (blog)San Jose Mercury News - Mar 12, 2010
Mexico's Carlos Slim beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazine's annual list of ...
Steve Jobs
Apple's Steve Jobs threatened former Sun CEO with lawsuits, too
DailyTechMobile Burn - Mar 10, 2010
Last week Apple filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that HTC is infringing on 20 of its patents, a move many think is ...
Ray Kroc
Jeremy R. Zimowski, of Chicopee, awarded McDonald's Ray Kroc award
MassLive.com - Mar 10, 2010
HOLYOKE - Jeremy R. Zimowski, manager of the McDonald's on Northampton Street on Route 5, was recently honored with the Ray Kroc Award ...
Sam Walton
Neli Vazquez-Rowland on Sam Walton, Conrad Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas
Crain's Chicago BusinessCrain's Chicago Business - Mar 6, 2010
Autobiographies like "Sam Walton: Made in America" and Conrad Hilton's "Be My Guest" illuminate "people who were responsible for paradigm shifts. ...
Anita Roddick
37 years of solitary confinement: the Angola three
This is LondonThe Guardian - Mar 10, 2010
The case of the Angola three first came to international attention following the campaigning efforts of the Body Shop founder and humanitarian Anita Roddick ...
Jeff Bezos
An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Smart Data Collective (blog) - Mar 11, 2010
This post might not be a wise move but I never claimed to have a perfect batting average in the ...
Pierre Omidyar
WikiLoan WKLI Provides Social Media Platform for Microfinance
PR-USA.net (press release) - Mar 8, 2010
... stake in Circle Lending and Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, donating $100 million to Tufts University to start a for-profit fund dedicated to microfinance.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison's Other Sporting Passion: Tennis
Yahoo! EurosportBusinessWeek - Mar 9, 2010
21 By Rick Horrow and Karla Swatek Most people who follow the jet set life of Larry Ellison, Oracle (ORCL) co-founder and chief executive, know that he is a ...
Hugh Hefner
Kendra Wilkinson Introduces Baby Hank to Hugh Hefner
Digital SpyPeople Magazine - Mar 10, 2010
Kendra Wilkinson's baby boy, Hank Baskett IV, has finally met mommy's famous ex-boyfriend, Hugh Hefner. "The baby is a winner!" Hefner, 83, tells PEOPLE ...
Sergey Brin
Visas for the Next Sergey Brin
Wall Street Journal - Mar 8, 2010
Google was founded by Sergey Brin, a Russian immigrant, and American Larry Page by borrowing funds from their own credit cards. Why on earth would we want ...
Larry Page
Oracle's Ellison, Google's Brin and Page get richer on billionaires list
San Francisco Business Times - Mar 11, 2010
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rose in rank, tying at No. 24 on the list, a significant contributor to watercooler ...
Ted Turner
TRUSTEES OF THE IRONWORKERS UNION NO. 16 PENSION PLAN v. TED TURNER CO.
Leagle.com - Mar 11, 2010
16 Pension Plan filed; Defendants/Judgment Debtors Ted Turner Co. and Ted Turner's Objection to Answer of Garnishee, Opposition to Motion for Judgment ...
Wayne Huizenga
RedBox Becomes More Popular As Video Stores Close – Compare Netflix To Blockbuster
Best SyndicationBest Syndication - Mar 5, 2010
The first Blockbuster store opened on October 26, 1985 in Dallas, Texas, but didn't become a force to be reckoned with until Wayne Huizenga bought the ...
David Geffen
Bill Gates falls on world's-richest list
Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter - Mar 11, 2010
Spielberg's DreamWorks partner David Geffen lands at No. 154 with $5 billion; third partner David Katzenberg didn't make the list. Tied at No. ...
Giorgio Armani
Packaging tycoon who's worth a $7.5b bundle
ArabianBusiness.comThe Dominion Post - Mar 11, 2010
He shares the 144th placing with fashion tycoon Giorgio Armani, Greece's richest man, Spiro Latsis, and American investor Ira Rennert. ...
Ingvar Kamprad
Some mega-fortunes come easier than others
The Guardian (blog)Telegraph.co.uk - Mar 11, 2010
Long before Ingvar Kamprad, number 11, founded retailer Ikea, he was a poor Swedish farm boy who figured out that he could make a good profit margin by ...