Famours Entrepreneurs Who Have Created Top Global Brands And What You Can Learn From Them

There are brands that are known in almost every corner of the world in such a way that they are used and loved by hundreds of millions of people across the planet earth but who has created such phenomenon brands that we all get satisfaction by using them?. Coca-cola, amazon, facebook and Dell computers are among them but who are the individuals behind their discovery and introduction into the world? They are famous entrepreneurs who are known to everyone who has an interest in entrepreneurship and dreams of becoming like them one day one time.

I have said many times before, I’m saying it now and I’m going to say many more times that we should aim at building the next Amazon.com, virgin group and the likes but for us to do that a little encouragement and inspiration might come as a bonus to propel us do the things we previously thought unimaginable and unachievable for reasons best known to us.

In this article I will be listing some of the famous business people who have built multibillion companies from scratch and out of ideas they convinced themselves will work if they put effort and worked on it. The inspiring thing about these famous billionaires is that most of them dropped out of school or college to work on their business projects which will later turn to be global brands that are known and used in almost all corners of the world. Facebook is used everywhere on earth, amazon is a global brand, Dell computers are used where a computer is used and that has simply made them global brands which improve the lives of users in so many ways and above all make their owners super rich.

These famous billionaire business moguls have demonstrated to us very clearly that going to class and getting undergraduate and masters degrees is not the ultimate key to success both in life and in business. Reading this list and not taking action might not do us a favor but instead it’s important that you get inspired by their resilience and hard work that has enabled them to be global shinning business stars who perfectly fit the tag “perfect entrepreneurs”. Without doubt this world will be a very boring place without these individuals and the multibillion companies they have started and built from scratch because we find ourselves constantly using their products and getting satisfaction out of it.

The best thing about entrepreneurship and building businesses of your own isn’t about the millions and billions that will ultimately come your way that will no doubt afford you a life of luxury few can dream of but the fact that you are improving the lives of others through such things as provision of employment to many who were jobless and hopeless before you came to their rescue.

To cut the long story short here below are some of the top famous entrepreneurs who have created global business brands without much education and startup capital. The ultimate goal of it all should be an inspiration for you to build the next big business brand in whichever place on planet earth you are.

1. Richard Branson

Best known for his adventurous spirit and outrageous business tactics, Richard Branson is an entrepreneur worth following his footsteps if by any chance you dream of building successful businesses for fun. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 to start his first successful business venture; Student Magazine which didn’t become a hit instantly. He also bought his own 79-acre Caribbean island when he was just 24 and he was knighted in 1999. He is the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group which comprises of more than 360 companies including the famous Virgin Atlantic Airways and virgin mobile. Today virgin group is one of the most successful companies in the world and that may be as a result of his diversification policy

2. Bill Gates

Bill Gates is another notable down to earth entrepreneur worth following his footsteps for the ultimate business success. He is the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, the world largest software company and if you have ever used a computer chances are that you have used his products (windows computer operating system). Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to focus on building Microsoft which is currently a globally known software company. According to Forbes magazine, Bill Gates has held the position of the world richest man for thirteen consecutive years and even though he may not always be the richest man on the planet he has created a name and wealth for himself.

3. Thomas Edison

In this world if you are determined you will make the impossible to be possible and that is exactly what Thomas Edison did. This is a guy who encountered all sorts of difficulties in his early life but didn’t allow them to finish him off. He rose from being a poor, a person who could not hear properly, selling candy and newspapers on trains running from Port Huron Detroit to one of the world’s most celebrated and respected inventors/entrepreneurs. He also sold vegetables to make ends meet. Despite all the challenges he had in his early life he followed his entrepreneurial dream and founded many businesses the most popular being general electric which is one of the largest publicly owned companies in the world.

4. Li Ka Shing

Li Ka Shing is the billionaire owner of Hutchinson Whampoa which is one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong and Asia in general. With operations that span over fifty countries and more than 220,000 staff worldwide Shing is a business icon that you can learn a lot from. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 but that didn’t stop him from achieving his dream of being a well known billionaire. He started out by selling watch bands in the streets and as they say, the rest is history but he remains a global business icon who inspires would be entrepreneurs to change the world with their business ideas.

5. Michael Dell

If you use Dell computer and you are happy about its performance then you have to thank it for none other than Michael Dell. He dropped out of college at the age of 19 to start PC’s Limited which was later renamed Dell Computers Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world making Michael Dell a billionaire.

6. Lawrence J. Ellison

What if you were told that “you are a total useless and junk material” by your own father? Well, that is exactly what Ellison was told. Larry Ellison dropped out of college twice and was told by his adoptive father that he would never amount to anything but he went on to defy all the negative thoughts and feelings towards him to become a well known billionaire by building Oracle, the world's second largest software company as of today. Can you do the same?

7. Steve Jobs

When Steve jobs passed on late last year (2011), the world and particularly the technology lovers were all in shock and no one could take away the gloom and disappointment on their faces. With Steve jobs the world has no doubt lost a technology pioneer and icon. Steve Jobs was the Billionaire co-founder of Apple Inc. He dropped out of Reed College to start Apple inc. which has since become one of the top brands the world over. Steve Jobs may not be with us today but his entrepreneurial spirit which has resulted in the discovery of products we all love will forever remain with us.

8. Henry Ford

Henry Ford, the successful and famous automobile billionaire was born in abject poverty. He never saw the four walls of a classroom but being a determined person he went on to build the famous Ford Motor Company and become one of the richest men that ever lived on planet earth. If you drive a ford brand car and you are satisfied with it, then you have to thank and appreciate no one else but the founder, Henry Ford

9. Ray Kroc

Billionaire Ray Kroc never saw the four walls of a classroom and spent most of his life working as a salesman for other people to earn a living. Being poor and starting from rags didn’t stop him from becoming rich. In the year 1961he bought the famous McDonald’s for $2.7m and grew it into a multibillion dollar company that is today known the world over.

10. Ingvar Kamprad

Kamprad is the billionaire founder of IKEA Furniture Company. He dropped out of high school at the age of 17 to start IKEA which is now the top home furniture retailer in the world with over 90,000 employees working in its 200-plus stores. Annual revenues from the company are estimated to be in excess of $10 billion.

11. Mark Zuckerberg

You use facebook, right? But who has started such a lovely social networking website that we all love so much that we end up logging into it every day? If you didn’t knew, facebook was created by mark zuckerberg from his Havard college room. Today Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionaires in the world thanks to facebook which has made him famous and more importantly generates him billions of dollars every year in advertisement revenues. He dropped out of Harvard to work full time on his social networking site, Facebook.

There you have them. The above was a brief introduction of some of the famous entrepreneurs the world has ever had but what was my aim of compiling that list? Definitely to encourage you do the same and change the world with your entrepreneurial ideas. The list should act as encouraging you to build the next big company in the world.