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Top 10 Most Inspiring Business Leaders Of All Time
A small idea can revolutionize the world drastically. From a light bulb to an assembly line, every idea or invention changed the way we think or do the simplest of things. From entrepreneurs to CEOs, many greats have inspired millions of people all around the world. We bring you the top 10 most inspiring business leaders of all time:
#1 Tim Cook (Apple Inc.)
After working for Apple for over 13 years, Cook was appointed as the CEO of Apple Inc. in 2011 after taking the position from Steve Jobs. Ironically, Cook was asked to join Apple by Steve Jobs only. Cook served as Apple CEO for two months in 2004 and for several months in 2009 due to illness of Jobs. Cook started out as a part-time newspaper delivery boy in his childhood and ultimately became the CEO of the one of the biggest companies in the world. His decision to continue the idea of small tablets which Jobs rejected in his time gave birth to the iPad Mini which is the best selling tablet on the market, according to most analysts. Apple creates 75 percent of its energy from renewable sources which is double of what it was getting a year ago.
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#2 Larry Page (Google)
Larry page founded Google in 1998 with Sergey Brin. Page is also the inventor of PageRank. The duo started Google in their garage and expected to make some revenue by selling it off soon. They were unlucky as no one bought their website in around 1999 for a million dollars. From just a small idea they both created a website which is the most used on the internet. Page’s personal wealth is estimated to be US$32.3 billion entering him into the top 20 richest persons in Forbe’s list.
#3 Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)
If you know about the assembly line, you should know this guy. He didn’t invent the technique, but his idea to implement it in production of automobiles revolutionised the technique so much that it is still used today. Henry Ford was a man of high honour. He introduced the Model T automobile which transformed transportation. He became one of the richest and highly respected people in the world. He was even more respected even more for creating mass number of goods and gave his workers high wages and then also made a shiny profit.
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#4 Thomas Edison (The Light Bulb)
The electrographic vote recorder, the commercially practical light bulb, Kinetographic Camera and the list goes on. Thomas Edison registered over 1000 patents in the US alone while having registered patents in France, Germany and UK too. He was one of the people who failed more than any one else to create masterpieces from scratch. His inventions led him to a business streak and he founded 14 companies, one of them still one of the largest traded public companies.
#5 Howard Schultz (Starbucks)
“I always wanted to do something to make a difference”. These words came from the mouth of a man who had a dream. The man was Howard Schultz who is the chairman and CEO of Starbucks Corporation. A very few know that Schultz was born and raised in a very rough environment. Some days were so gloomy that his family didn’t have food to eat. Desperate to create a better future, Howard excelled in sports and earned an athletic scholarship. After graduation got noticed in his work until one day he came across the concept of Starbucks. He recreated the coffee experience in the hearts of the Americans making Starbucks USA’s no 1 specialty coffee retailer.
#6 Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Bezos, a science whiz kid from the start showed interest in the scientific section right from school. He went to Princeton to study physics, but soon his love for computers overtook his love for physics and he graduated in electrical engineering and computer science.In 1994, he left his job to start working on Amazon which was then called cadabra.com.Amazon has now spread its reach with separate retail websites for over 13 countries while many more are in progress. The company generated almost $75000 million of revenue in 2013 and growing rapidly.
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#7 Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway)
Investing at the right time and at the right place is probably considered to be luck. But people like Buffet make their own luck. Tagged asthe wealthiest man in 2008, third richest in 2011 and tagged as one of the most influential men by Time magazine. From an investment salesman to a multi billionaire, the road wasn’t easy. In 1956 he started Buffett Partnership Ltd., an investment partnership in Omaha from his savings. Investing in the right places paced him from an investor to a millionaire and then a billionaire. He is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and owns 7% share in Coca-Cola Company.
#8 Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo)
An Indian lady, yes! Born and brought up in Chennai, Nooyi joined PepsiCo at the age of 39 in 1994 and became the president and CFO in 2001 and in 2006; she became the CEO of the company. She was the fifth person to be named CEO in the company’s history. The Forbes magazine put Nooyi fourth on the 2008- 2014 lists of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. 7 years consistently on the fourth spot is a big achievement.Nooyi has also been named the ‘Most Powerful Business Woman in the world’ in 2006 and 2007 by Fortune magazine. She is currently the Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo.
#9 Steve Jobs (Apple Inc.)
While most know this wizard as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. a very few know that he was also the co-founder and CEO of Pixar animation studios and founder and CEO of NEXT Inc..In 1976 Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Computers in Job’s parent’s garage in order to sell Apple 1 created by Wozniak. Wayne soon left and the duo was left to reach for the sky.Jobs, who was a college dropout was highly acclaimed for creating such a ground breaking company. In 1985, Jobs resigned from the company due to some problems and started his own computer company NEXT computers.In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NEXT for $427 million. In 2000 Jobs again became CEO till 2011 where he resigned from the post. He died in the same year due to pancreatic cancer issues.
#10 Richard Branson (Virgin Group)
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is the founder of the Virgin Group as we know it. Starting from Virgin Records in 1972, Branson grew with company which now has over 400 small companies working under it. His net worth is of US$4.6 billion.Branson formed Virgin Atlantic Airways in 1984 and initiated Virgin Mobile in 1999. In 2004he announced that a deal was signed under which a new space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, will license the technology behind Spaceship Oneto take paying passengers into suborbital space.In March 2004, Branson set a world record by travelling across the English Channel in 1 hour, 40 minutes and 6 seconds which is the fastest crossing of the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle beating the previous record of 6 hours.
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