1.
Donald Trump (Real Estate Mogul )
Innovation: widely regarded as a man who makes the rules
116 points - added 15 years ago by redmark - 1 comment
Comments:
smart
Added 6 years ago by redbarron80, 13 points
2.
Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company)
Innovation: inventor of the moving assembly line
37 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
3.
Rupert Murdoch (Media Mogul)
Innovation: balanced media and political interests
14 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
4.
Steve Jobs (Apple)
Innovation: responsible for changing the way the world works and plays
13 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
5.
Ingvar Kamprad & Family (IKEA)
Innovation: stylish, original furniture that are easy to take home and put together.
13 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
6.
Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
Innovation: establishing an innovative and daring approach to business (Wal-Mart)
11 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
7.
Jack Welch (General Electric)
Innovation: streamlining GE and brining the value of GE up from $12 billion to $280 billion, the largest increase for any company under any CEO
9 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
8.
Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Innovation: established the software industry
9 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
9.
Roman Abramovich (oil magnate)
Innovation: impressed the world with daring and surprising business decisions
8 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
10.
Chad Meredith Hurley (YouTube)
Innovation: YouTube - a better way to share home videos. Sold to Google for $1.65 billion.
8 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
11.
Sir Richard Branson (Virgin)
Innovation: maverick business sense and enterprises - all successful
7 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
12.
Ray Kroc (McDonald's)
Innovator: turned a small, family owned drive in into a multi-billion-dollar global franchise.
6 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
13.
Andrew Carnegie (Early Business Genius)
Innovation: developed markets and invested heavily in new technologies,
4 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
14.
Michael Dell (Dell)
Innovation: cutting out the middle man and selling PCs directly to consumers, plus allowing them to custom order machines by phone and mail.
1 point - added 15 years ago by redmark -
15.
Jim Buckmaster (Craigslist)
Innovation: Craigslist is the world’s premiere classifieds service
-1 point - added 15 years ago by redmark -
16.
Arkadi Kuhlmann (ING Direct)
Innovation: a bank without ATM machines or brick-and-mortar branches plus all transactions are carried out electronically, without minimum deposits or customer fees.
-1 point - added 15 years ago by redmark -
17.
Steve Wynn (The Mirage, Treasure Island, and Bellagio - Las Vegas Hotels)
Innovation: transformed the Las Vegas landscape
-2 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
18.
Chris Albrecht (Home Box Office)
Innovation; led HBO in TV programming as the premier channel for original programming
-3 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
19.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google)
Innovation: Google (the world's best search engine)
-6 points - added 15 years ago by redmark - 1 comment
Comments:
Everyone uses Google, they have the largest market share. You want to buy an apple product or a Microsoft computer what services do you use to find them?
Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points
20.
Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
Innovation: amazon.com (a pioneering etailer which has also transformed web comerce through exploring and mainstreaming technologies)
-19 points - added 15 years ago by redmark -
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