The stories of successful entrepreneurs who have developed the business to unprecedented heights, of course, inspire. But even more rapture is caused by stories about people who have created themselves from the "zero"
John Paul Dejoria
John Paul Dejoria is not known to a wide audience as Steve Jobs or Ilon Mask. But he made no less breakthroughs in business and business management. John started work as a newspaper courier, driver of a garbage truck and a tow truck. But to make ends meet, he decided to get a job in a hair care company, where he met Paul Mitchell.
With a loan of $ 700, these two people started a business that turned into a conglomerate, now known as John Paul Mitchell Systems. Later, Dejoria was co-founder of Patron Spirits and one of the founders of the House of Blues network. Today his fortune is estimated at $ 3.1 billion.
Kevin Plank
Kevin Plank, creator and CEO of Under Armor, was largely at risk when he began selling clothes under the brand name Under Armor. He took all the saved cash (about $ 20 thousand) and a loan of $ 40 thousand and invested them in the company.
His first major deal was a sale for the sports team of the Technical University of Georgia for $ 17,000, which became an impetus for filing deals with two dozen teams of the National Football League of America. Since that time, the amount of his sales has grown to millions. Today Under Armor sells for $ 2 billion a year, and its team consists of 5,900 employees.