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Famous Entrepeneur Scavenger Hunt
Famous Entrepeneur Scavenger Hunt
Date: 2/2/16
Famous Entrepreneur
Scavenger Hunt
1) Charles Schwab - http://aboutschwab.com/about
a) What is Charles Schwabs net worth?$1,765,271
b) What year was his company founded?
1973
1969
1980
1975
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1977
Philip Hampson
$1000
d) What does NIKE stand for? NIKE stands for the greek goddess of victory.
7) Martha Stewart - http://www.biography.com/people/martha-stewart-9542234
a) What was Marthas first career/job?
At first she was a stock broker.
b) What was the name of the brokerage firm for which Martha worked from 1968
1972? Pearlberg
c) What type of business did Martha start in 1976?
business.
8) Orville Redenbacher - http://members.aol.com/acalendar/July/Orville.html
a) What did Orville dedicate his life to doing? He dedicated it to making the perfect
popcorn.
b) Who was Orvilles business partner?
Charlie Bowman
c) In what year did Orville and his partner perfect their hybrid popcorn?
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1965
c) What was his ambulance for the Red Cross covered with? It was completely
covered in disney cartoons.
10) Jerry Yang - http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/jerry-yang
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197564
http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Yahoo!_(YHOO)/Data/Revenue/1998
a) What did Jerry and David develop?
Yahoo!
b) Why?
$203.3 Million
All of these entrepreneurs had great ideas and created businesses on those ideas. Each one
became successful; maybe you can too.
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