Entrepreneurs have a vital role in any economy. They use their intellect and to set up pragmatic businesses and bringing valuable ideas to the market. So, primarily, we can say that an entrepreneur is a person who sets up a new business, handling most of the risks and ultimately enjoying most of the perks. Generally, Entrepreneurs who are more prone to taking risks for setting up a startup usually earn more profit and fame. Keeping this in mind, we are going to mention the Top 10 entrepreneurs around the globe to provide some inspiration to our young entrepreneurs.
Elon Musk:
Nobody should be surprised by seeing the name of this renowned entrepreneur at the top of our list. Elon Musk is a star entrepreneur who owns Tesla Motors, the first fully electric sports car company. In addition to that, he is a co-founder of a famous online payment system, PayPal, and owner of SpaceX. Currently, he is planning to make his company pilot in landing on the surface of our neighboring planet Mars.
Jeff Bezos:
Jeff Bezos is the mastermind behind the e-commerce giant Amazon. A remarkable genius personality who transformed shopping altogether through its Amazon Empire. Hea native of New Mexican and began his career by getting books sold online in the 1990s. Millions of people shop at Amazon daily to get their household items and even groceries! Jeff Bezos was also awarded the Time Person of the Year in 1999. However, he left his post as CEO of Amazon and left a lasting legacy!
Mark Zuckerberg:
One of the most popular social media platforms Facebook started at the college campus of Harvard University back in 2004. In a short period of time, it managed to attract immense fame among American colleges. Literally, it spread like a wildfire. It was founded by a young entrepreneur, Mark Zuckerberg, who is also one of the richest personalities in the world right now. With his entrepreneurship orientation, he became a billionaire at the young age of 23. At this age, normally people around the globe can only dream about attaining this much wealth but Mark Zuckerberg possesses it in real life.
Kevin Rose:
All the tech geeks must be pretty familiar with Kevin Rose, as he was the star of ‘The Screen Savers,’ a reality show related to computers and modern technology. Still, if you are not familiar with the show, you must have gone through ‘Digg,’ which is the social news site that lets users share and discuss news.
Jay Adelson:
Back in 2008, Jay Adelson was one of Time’s Top 100 Most Influential People in the World. He managed to achieve such a feat as he was the CEO of Digg that was founded by Kevin Rose. Before Digg, Adelson co-founded Equinix, a firm that renders data centers and Internet exchanges.
Jack Dorsey:
Jack Dorsey is also of the most famous and visionary tech entrepreneur of this modern world. He is the co-founder of a popular social media platform, Twitter. Lately, he has initiated a new start-up called Square, which is operating on making the payment process less sophisticated. His recent startup Square has already earned $341 Million in venture funding and is estimated at a value of around $3.25 Billion, which is a staggering number.
Andrew Houston:
Andrew Houston, or commonly called Drew Houston is a tech entrepreneur and CEO of Dropbox which is the widely popular cloud computing service. Drew Houston is also a supporter of Code.org and motivates people to learn to code. He co-founded Dropbox in collaboration with his MIT colleague in 2007. They generated $257 Million in venture capital, and never looked back since
