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William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for his roles at Microsoft Corporation.He co-founded the software company with his childhood friend Paul Allen and later held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect.
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative. [1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
—Steve Jobs Paul Jobs worked in several jobs that included a try as a machinist, several other jobs, and then "back to work as a machinist". Paul and Clara adopted Jobs's sister Patricia in 1957, and by 1959 the family had moved to the Monta Loma neighborhood in Mountain View, California. Paul built a workbench in his garage for his son in order to "pass along his love of mechanics". Jobs ...
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. [3] She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, [4] a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India [5] and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. [6]
Warren Edward Buffett (/ ˈ b ʌ f ɪ t / BUF-it; born August 30, 1930) [2] is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n /; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc. His other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.
His brand boAt was titled the World's Top 5 Wearable Brand in 2020 and 2021. [23] In 2021, he was named one of the Economic Times 40 Under 40. [21] He won the Lokmat Most Stylish Entrepreneur of the Year in 2021. [24] [25] In 2024, he won the National Creator Award for Celebrity Creator. [26] [27]
Jeffrey Preston Bezos (/ ˈ b eɪ z oʊ s / BAY-zohss; [2] né Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American business magnate best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.