Top 10 Best Entrepreneurs in the World

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  John D. Rockefeller
  
  Born in 1839, he was the owner of the Standard Oil Company and revolutionized the way the oil industry worked. He was also known for his philanthropic works.
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  Andrew Carnegie
  
  Born in 1835, he was a Scottish-American steel industrialist who is also known for his many philanthropic endeavours. He sold his Carnegie Steel industry to J.P. Morgan for a whooping $480 million in 1901.
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  Mark Zuckerberg
  
  Born in 1984, Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of facebook.com which has played a massive role in shaping social media as we know it. He is a college dropout from Harvard. With a personal net wort of $13.3 billion, Mark is looking set for big things.
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  Henry Ford
  
  Born in 1863, he was a major American industrialist who was also the founder of Ford Motor Company. He is one of the early adopters of the mass production technique and was the richest man in the world. He left a significant part of his wealth to charity.
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  Charles Merrill
  
  Born in 1885, he was a broker and a known philanthropist who co-founded the Merrill Lynch and Company. He was a successful businessman in general and his company is still a well known name in the stock industry.
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  Sam Walton
  
  Born in 1918, he was an American businessman and the founder of Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retail store chain. He started the business in 1945 and the first Wal-Mart opened in 1962, which now boasts thousands of stores all over the world and 2 million plus employees.
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  Charles Schwab
  
  Born in 1937, Charles is an accomplished broker who owns Charles Schwab Corporation. The company has over 300 offices in US and boasts assets worth more than 1.65 trillion dollars. His personal networth is $4.3 billion.
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  Walt Disney
  
  Born in 1901, he was an animator, writer and director who co-founded the Walt Disney Company. He is also known for his philanthropic works. Currently the average revenue of the company is around 36 billion dollars a year.
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  Bill Gates
  
  The Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is a college dropout. Born in 1955, he was the world’s richest man between 1995 and 2006. Currently he is engaged in philanthropic works of various kinds to make life better for the under privileged people. His personal networth is $67 billion.
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  Steve Jobs
  
  Born in 1955, he was an entrepreneur and an inventor who co-founded Apple, with which he later worked in the capacity of Chairman and CEO. He is known to understand the needs of the users and revolutionized the whole electronics industry with his innovations.
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