10 Great Entrepreneurs Who Daringly Changed History


Ray Kroc

Lived: October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984

Kroc was a businessman who revolutionized the eating habits of people in the United States and later globally. He joined the Mc Donald’s in 1954 and successfully built it to the most successful fast food operation in the world. He was included in the ‘Time 100’ list, for the most important people of the century. He also made a fortune during his lifetime with the business and he also owned the San Diego Padres baseball team until his death. He built on the concept of limited menu and fast service creating a revolution in the food industry sadly impacting the lifestyle of Americans and now the entire world.

Ross Perot

Born: June 27, 1930, aged 82

Ross Perot is an U.S. business magnate best known as the founder of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This diminutive Texan became popular and was best known in the recent years as a political gadfly. He founded the company using $ 1000 as loan from his wife in 1962. His luck was clear when two new federal health-care programs, Medicare and Medicaid wanted his data processing and computer technology for their activities during the mid 60’s. His tremendous effort in this field brought him fame and money and soon he was becoming one of America’s richest citizens.

Jobs & Wozniak

Jobs: February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011

Wozniak: August 11, 1950 until present

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are two iconic figures in the tech industry. Though they weren’t the first Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to launch a billion dollar business from their garage, in fact Hewlett and Packard did it before them, but they were certainly the first ones to innovate the machine to a different level. The duo worked out a magic, Wozniak’s design on operating system and Jobs did his part in marketing, and the result was phenomenal. Though Bill gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft much before Apple Inc, Jobs and Wozniak revolutionized the world with their amazing products.