7 Iconic Businessmen Who Inspire The World

By siliconindia | Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 12:50 Hrs

Bill gates (Founder, Microsoft)

The Former CEO and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates does not need much introduction. He has been one among the richest individuals in the planet from more than two decades. He is considered as entrepreneur of personal computer revolution. Hailing from an upper middle class family in Washington, Gates At age 17, formed a venture with Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor. But the idea didn’t work out. He did not give up the spirit and rest is history.

Jack Ma (Founder and Executive Chairman, Alibaba)

Jack Ma is a Chinese businessman and the richest person in china. He is the founder of Alibaba Group which is a family of highly successful internet based business. He is the best example to get inspired from. Although he failed to clear the college entrance exam twice and got rejected from 30 jobs he never gave up the fighting spirit and self belief. In 2000 during his common travel to U.S. he learned about internet and thought about the possibilities of its use in China. Thus went on to become the billionaire, he is today.