Famous entrepreneurs
Donald Trump
Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell: The Feud is Back On
E! OnlineHollywood.com - May 11, 2012
Donald Trump responded by lashing out at Rosie O'Donnell. Sure, that doesn't really make sense, but apparently attacking O'Donnell is Trump's answer for everything. It all started when Cher wrote, "If ROMNEY gets elected I don't know if I can breathe ...
Michael Dell
Michael Dell On Dell's Present And Future Success
ForbesForbes - Apr 16, 2012
I had a chance to do a quick interview with Michael Dell last week and thought it would be interesting to capture his thoughts on what is going on at the company in anticipation of the analyst meeting later this month. I'm going to use some editorial ...
Steve Ballmer
The Smartest Bet Steve Ballmer Ever Made (FB, MSFT)
Business InsiderSan Francisco Chronicle - May 3, 2012
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets a lot of criticism, some deserved, some not. But he made at least one decision that now looks to be pure genius. Back in 2006, Microsoft took a $240 million stake in Facebook. It also gave Facebook an implied value of ...
Bill Gates
Bill Gates helps pay for East senior's dreams
Aurora Beacon News - May 10, 2012
The scholarship was established in 1999 by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, to provide minority students with the opportunity to complete their undergraduate degree in any discipline, and eventually earn a graduate degree in math, ...
Henry Ford
Graduates from Henry Ford Early College program receive diplomas
Dearborn Press and Guide - May 12, 2012
By Katie Hetrick DEARBORN — It was five busy years, but the first 22 graduates from the Henry Ford Early College received their diplomas Thursday night and 14 also received an associate's degree. Even those without a college degree have college ...
Richard Branson
Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? Richard Branson's Mother Says Yes
TIMETIME - May 9, 2012
The film, which features Richard Branson (of Virgin), Russell Simmons (of Def Jam), Arthur Blank (of the Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons) and Tom Scott (of Nantucket Nectars), among others, examines the impact that mothers have on sparking ...
Steve Forbes
Celebrity 100: Steve Forbes Vs. Jimmy Fallon's Mets Bucket Hat Guy
ForbesForbes - May 16, 2012
They are, indeed, an odd couple: Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes and Jimmy Fallon writer Mike DiCenzo, aka Mets Bucket Hat Guy. Fans of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon know Mets Bucket Hat Guy from his orange hat, Hawaiian shirt and word association riffs ...
Rupert Murdoch
Former Senior Murdoch Aide Testifies About Relationships With British Elite
Vanity FairNew York Times (blog) - May 11, 2012
LONDON — Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper subsidiary, defended her often close ties over many years with the political elite on Friday in closely watched testimony before a judicial inquiry into media ...
Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett Backs Coty in Raising Avon Bid to $10.7 Billion
ForbesSan Francisco Chronicle - May 10, 2012
May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Coty Inc. boosted its offer to acquire Avon Products Inc. to about $10.7 billion and said Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will provide financing as the perfume-maker seeks to kickstart negotiations with Avon.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs rallies the Apple troops in newly discovered 1984 internal movie
AdweekDigitaltrends.com - May 4, 2012
Everyone remembers '1984,' the advertisement that launched Apple onto the world stage, but the same year saw the debut of '1944,' a nine minute in-house film where Steve Jobs told the Apple faithful that IBM users were zombies who needed to be cured.
Ray Kroc
Kyrgyzstan: Bishkek Burger Barons Channel Ray Kroc's Spirit
EurasiaNet - May 11, 2012
These attributes, developed by McDonald's owner Ray Kroc in the mid-20th century, enable a chain to establish a competitive advantage, grow, and increase market share. Begemot, which is also known as “Gippo,” is one of the few success stories, ...
Sam Walton
What Sam Walton And China's Lao Tzu Can Teach You About Team Building
ForbesForbes - May 11, 2012
Sam Walton was famous for saying that if his management team was not making support of employees “Job #1,” then they could go work somewhere else. This shows that Sam understood that the value of a vibrant and growing company comes primarily from the ...
Anita Roddick
Handbag queen named businesswoman of the year
The GuardianThe Guardian - Apr 18, 2012
Previous winners include Dame Anita Roddick, the Body Shop founder, and Dame Marjorie Scardino, head of the Pearson media group. Hindmarch said she hoped her success would encourage others: "Hopefully, women will sit up and realise it's really exciting ...
Jeff Bezos
Amazon plans its next conquest, your closet
Kapitall BlogSalt Lake Tribune - May 12, 2012
"It's Day 1 in the category," Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, said in a recent interview. Though characteristically tight-lipped on bottom-line details, Bezos said the company was making a "significant" investment in fashion as it tried to convince designer ...
Pierre Omidyar
A Letter From Civil Beat
Honolulu Civil Beat - May 1, 2012
By Pierre Omidyar, Patti Epler, and Sara Lin 05/01/2012 Two years ago we launched a new experiment in Hawaii public affairs reporting: an online news site and community staffed by reporter-hosts who asked tough questions, and didn't stop asking until ...
Larry Ellison
If You Can Copyright an API, What Else Can You Copyright?
TheStreet.comWired News - May 15, 2012
By Cade Metz Oracle's Larry Ellison says APIs can copyrighted – and that raises questions across the computer industry. Photo: Oracle Sometimes, says Brian Pagano, it looks like this: /users. Or this: /products. Brian Pagano is a software architect at ...
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner: Playboy May Have Left Chicago, But Hef's Little Black Book Stays ...
Daily MailHuffington Post - May 8, 2012
Although Playboy magazine officially uprooted its Chicago offices to head west for Los Angeles last month, the magazine has left behind several relics, including the little black book that once belonged to its legendary founder Hugh Hefner.
Sergey Brin
Google's Brin Makes Strides in Hunt for Parkinson's Cure: Health
BloombergSan Francisco Chronicle - May 11, 2012
May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sergey Brin, the 38-year-old co- founder of Google Inc., is making strides in his quest to find a cure for Parkinson's, a progressive disease his DNA and family history suggest may afflict him as early as 10 years from now.
Larry Page
Larry Page practices the art of evasion in court
The Associated PressCNET - Apr 18, 2012
Of course, that could depend on what "familiar" and "knew of him" mean. by Dan Farber April 18, 2012 1:34 PM PDT Follow @dbfarber Larry Page was well-schooled by his legal team. But despite the training, which is essential for any CEO of a major ...
Ted Turner
Ted Turner: 'I wanted CNN to be like the New York Times'
Fox NewsPolitico (blog) - May 3, 2012
By DYLAN BYERS | Amid falling ratings and negative press, CNN founder Ted Turner is defending his network's attempts to offer straightforward, nonpartisan cable news while the competition -- Fox News and MSNBC -- drifts ever further toward the ...
Wayne Huizenga
Altman Companies Chairman and CEO Joel L. Altman Inducted Into H. Wayne ...
MarketWatch (press release) - May 1, 2012
... Chairman and CEO of The Altman Companies, a national leader in the development of exceptional quality rental communities, has been inducted into the Nova Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga Business School's Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
David Geffen
Sweet diet slows thinking, rat study shows
New York Daily NewsNew York Daily News - May 16, 2012
"Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," study author Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said. "Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your ...
Giorgio Armani
Cannes 2012: Fest to Host Dinner and Concert to Benefit Three Haiti Charities
Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter - May 3, 2012
PARIS - The Cannes Film Festival will take time out from the media circus for a "Carnival in Cannes" gala dinner to benefit Haiti, starring Sean Penn, Paul Haggis, Petra Nemcova and Giorgio Armani. Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) and ...
Ingvar Kamprad
IKEA's Dirty Little Secret
Huffington Post (blog) - May 14, 2012
WDR also cited STASI documents that claimed that IKEA's multi-millionaire founder Ingvar Kamprad, a public-relations disaster all by himself, thought cooperating with the communist authorities was "completely in the interests of society.