Surprising Facts about 10 Famous CEOs


BANGALORE: Being a CEO is proven to be much more difficult than trying to become one. CEOs are the backbone of a company. They have to monitor the whole company and understand about business problems, opportunities, and many more. However, like anyone else, they’ve their qualities and quirks. Here is a list of 10 interesting facts about CEOs

#1.John Mackey

John Mackey is an American businessman and the current co-CEO of Whole Foods Market which he co-founded in 1980.

John Mackey co-founded his first health food store, Safer Way with his girlfriend, Renee Lawson Hardy in Austin in 1978. They borrowed $45,000 from family and friends to start Safer Way and rented an old, three-storey Victorian house. On the first floor they ran the market, on the second floor a vegetarian cafe which had some seating and a little deck where people could eat outside. The couple lived on the third floor of the building and since they didn’t have a bathtub or a shower, as it was supposed to be a commercial space, so they took showers in their Hobart dishwasher, which had a hose.

#2.Donald Trump

Donald Trump was born and raised in America. His mom was Scottish and his grandparents were German immigrants. Donald Trump’s family name is “Drumpf,” as his grandfather was a German immigrant named Frederick Drumpf who immigrated to the United States in 1885 and became a naturalized citizen in 1892. His grandfather likely changed it to avoid injustice Americans held against Germans during the World War II era.

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