Bangalore: While entrepreneurship is considered to be the most innovative style of business, people do have a skeptical outlook towards it. Some innovations revolutionized the modern world while the others boomed up for a short span yet giving the best to the current generation. Entrepreneurs are constantly working on ideas that can create a difference in the world and these men rigorously strive towards the betterment of their business and mankind.  Here are few men who can be boldly called the greatest entrepreneurs of all time for their outstanding contribution and innovation in their respective areas of expertise as compiled by msn.com

King Croesus

King of Lydia from 560 to 547 BC

Croesus was a rich king from Asia who successfully ruled a minor kingdom of Lydia in the sixth century B.C. His name is not unfamiliar to the modern world as most of us in our casual talks do mention his name rather mockingly saying ‘He is as rich as Croesus.’ He was a pioneer in minting the world’s first coinage which in turn developed the notion of trade and business.