FAMOUS BUSINESS PEOPLE.

Steve Jobs, American

Co-Founder of Apple Inc. and co-founder of Pixar.
Early childhood and education
- He was adopted by the Jobs.
- Met Steve Wozniak when still in high school
- He dropped out of college after 6 months because his family could not afford to send him to
college.
Career
- He started working for Apple after dropping out of college but was eventually fired in 1985.
- After being fired, he founded NeXT Computer and later on founded Pixar animation studios.
Both went on to become very successful.
- In 1996, Jobs returned to Apple when the latter bought NeXT computer.
- With the introduction of iPod and and iTunes store, he almost single handed-ly lifted the
company from bankruptcy.
- He was known to be a perfectionist and he expected it out of the people he worked with.
Take away
He is a good example for someone who has had a less-than-perfect introduction to life, and who
became very successful and became a household name despite being a college dropout. We can
use his example for someone who never gave up. When he was fired from Apple, he did not
wallow and instead went to founding two successful companies. He believed in himself.

Indra Nooyi, Indian-American

Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo
Early childhood
- She was born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Graduated from Yale school of management in 1978
- She worked for Johnson & Johnson, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Motorola, and other
companies before joining PepsiCo
PepsiCo
- She joined PepsiCo in 1994.
- She was one of the first people who saw the importance of moving the company in a more
healthier direction and introduced PepsiCo bottled water. This alone set PepsiCo a decade ahead
of its competitors.
- She also helped in the acquisition of Tropicana and a merger with Quaker Oats which brought
'Gatorade' with it.

Honors, and awards.

- Through the years, she has received many awards both national (American) and international.
She has been named Forbes "Most powerful women" many times in the last 2 decades.
Take away
She is a great example of a woman in business who is extremely successful. She is one of the
most powerful business in the world. She is Indian born. She has really taken PepsiCo to a whole
new level since becoming the CEO. She could also be used as an example for someone who was
born in a developing nation but moved to a different country and became successful.
SCIENCE
DR LOUIS PASTEUR

born and lived in France in the 1800s

a chemist and microbiologist
came from a poor background, an average student in his early years
Contributions
1. germ theory of disease
2. created a vaccine for rabies and anthrax
3. responsible for process of pasteurisation
4. saved the silk industry-curing a disease that affected silkworms
5. did work in the wine and beer industry-new brewing techniques, helped economy
6. founded the Pasteur institute of research
7. first stereo chemist
work was initially treated with skepticism but he persevered
was paralysed towards the end of his life but continued his research
famous quotes-Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies
solely in my tenacity
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

MARIE CURIE

Polish physicist and chemist

came from a poor family
first woman to win a Nobel prize, first person to win 2 nobel prizes
pioneering research on radioactivity
Contributionstheory of radioactivity
1. discovered 2 elements- radium and polonium
2. conducted research on treatment of neoplasms with radioactive isotopes
3. founded the radium institute

faced opposition for being a woman, was refused permission to work in laboratories, not
allowed to study in certain universities, was not even nominated for the nobel prize
initially was vilified for being a woman,a foreigner and an atheist, later celebrated for her
workassisted in WW1 by directing instalment of mobile radiological units
refused to patent some of her work so others could conduct research easily
donated her award money to scientific institutions
died from radiation poisoning

NIKOLA TESLA

Serbian American, Inventor

inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for
his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity
supply system
Worked for Thomas Edison, later struck out on his own with financial backers, setting up
laboratories/companies to develop a range of electrical devices.
Ever wonder who built the first hydroelectric plant at Niagara falls and proved to the
world that this type of power was a practical energy source? --- Nikola Tesla
Has about 111 US patents, 29 British Patents, 7 canadian and 7 spanish patents and over
100 in the rest of the world, including 1 in india.
Tesla was a genius. He knew over 8 languages, he could visualize devices entirely in his
head and then build them without ever writing anything down.
Edison did not invent light bulb, he just improved upon ideas of Tesla.
Marconi used 70 patents of Tesla to invent radio.
Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off
through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to
reality.
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly,
but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering
flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.
Tesla also devised the first wireless transmission of infinite electricity, but his was
stopped half way when the man who financed the construction of the tower shut it down
when he learned that there would be no way to regulate the energy and therefore it
wouldnt make money
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla --- Interesting

Benjamin Franklin

Born: Jan 17, 1706 in boston , Massachusetts

Schooling ended at age 10
Worked in printer shops till age 17
A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician,
postmaster,scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Contributions: lightening rod, bifocals, the franklin stove, glass armonica
Had an illegitimate son
Died on 17 April, 1790from pleuretic attack.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

Antoni Gaud i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ntni wi]; 25 June 1852 10 June 1926)
was a Spanish architect born in Reus, in the Catalonia region of Spain and figurehead of Catalan
Modernism. Gaud's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely
concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Famlia.
Much of Gaud's work was marked by his big passions in life: architecture, nature, religion.[3]
Gaud studied every detail of his creations, integrating into his architecture a series of crafts in
which he was skilled: ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging and carpentry. He
introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencads, made of waste
ceramic pieces.
After a few years under the influence of neo-Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaud became
part of the Modernista movement which was reaching its peak in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. His work transcended mainstream Modernisme, culminating in an organic style
inspired by nature. Gaud rarely drew detailed plans of his works, instead preferring to create
them as three-dimensional scale models and molding the details as he was conceiving them.
Gauds work enjoys widespread international appeal and many studies are devoted to
understanding his architecture. Today, his work finds admirers among architects and the general
public alike. His masterpiece, the still-uncompleted Sagrada Famlia, is one of the most visited
monuments in Spain.[4] Between 1984 and 2005, seven of his works were declared World
Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Gauds Roman Catholic faith intensified during his life and
religious images permeate his work. This earned him the nickname "God's Architect"[5] and led to
calls for his beatification.[6][7][8]

Redundant- no future use or need of something

Avaricious-greedy for wealth

Frivolous-not serious about anything

Ephemeral-not lasting for long

Altruistic-unselfish