Entrepreneurship is not just about people who build successful business, it’s about creating new ideas and making a positive impact on the world. Entrepreneurs created the world we live in today. They shaped history, society, culture and influenced people’s lifestyle.
Starting a business and opening a company in Serbia is quite a challenge, but can also be rewarding. A great idea can turn out into a profitable business and these entrepreneurs are a good example of this.
Bill Gates – Microsoft
This American business magnate is best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution.
His entrepreneurial instincts and innovative approach have made him one of the most financially successful and influential people in the world.
He wrote his first software program at the age of 13. He has achieved success and influenced a whole generation of entrepreneurs, and his name is written in the history of the most powerful people in the world.
Steve Jobs – Apple
Steve Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. He drop out of collage because he felt bad for spending his parents’ money on an education that he didn’t really see the value in.
If you use smartphones, especially the iPhone, you probably have heard about him.
He was the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc., which is considered one of the big four technology companies, along with Amazon, Google and Facebook.
He was also the president and majority shareholder of Pixar, an American computer animation studio founded in 1986.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg – Facebook
Born in 1984, Mark Zuckerberg is an American programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Facebook.
Back in 2004, he spent a lot of time in his dorm room in Harvard University’s Kirkland House where the then-19-year-old built the website that would launch social networking and eventually become one of the most valuable and influential companies in the world.
Lawrence Edward Page i Sergay Brin – Google
Lorens Edvard Page or Lary Page is an American businessman and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin.
They met at Stanford University while studying for PhD.’s in computer science and launched Google in 1998. Together, they invented Google’s Page Rank algorithm, and in 2015 they created Alphabet, which includes Google, Nest, Calisco and other entities.
The first seed money they received was a $100,000 check written to them by one of their professors. Today, the parent company, Alphabet, is worth over $1 trillion.
Lawrence Joseph Ellison – Oracle
Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Oracle Corporation. If you’re into technology or software, you’ve probably heard of Oracle. Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
One of the most inspirational Ellison’s quote:
“If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you’re going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to be different”
Jeff Bezos – Amazon
Jeff Bezos’ mother was barely 17 and a junior in high school when she gave birth to him in 1964. but she decide to try to balance being a student and being a mother. As a child Jeff was very intelligent and creative at the same time.
He founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his Seattle garage. Bezos stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in 2021. He owns a bit less than 10% of the company.
Amazon quickly became the leader in e-commerce. Open 24 hours a day, the site was user-friendly, encouraging browsers to post their own reviews of books and offering discounts, personalized recommendations, and searches for out-of-print books. (Foto: pixabay.com)