Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt (Answer Key)

1. Steve Jobs
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197538

1. What was the name of the company Steve Jobs cofounded?

• Apple
2. What year was his company founded?
• 1976
3. Where did Steve Jobs attend college and when did he graduate?
• He attended Reed College but dropped out after one semester.

2. Walt Disney
http://www.biography.com/people/walt-disney-9275533
1. Who cofounded Disney Productions with Walt Disney?
• Roy Disney (his brother)
2. When Disney returned from France in 1919, he moved back to Kansas
City to pursue a career as a __________________________________.
• Newspaper Artist
3. What year did Disney Theme Park open?
• 1955

3. Pierre Omidyar
http://www.biography.com/people/pierre-omidyar-9542205
1. Pierre is the founder and chairman of what successful company?
• EBAY
2. Where did Pierre attend college? What year did Pierre graduate?
What is Pierre’s degree in?
• Pierre graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree in
computer.
3. Which two successful companies did Pierre work for before founding
his company?
• Macintosh and Apple
4. By the end of 1998, how much money did Pierre’s company generate
in revenue?
• $750 million
4. Oprah Winfrey
http://www.biography.com/people/oprah-winfrey-9534419
1. What was the name of the hit TV chat show Oprah hosted after
moving to Baltimore?
• People are Talking
2. What college did Oprah attend?
• Tennessee State University
3. What year was the Oprah Winfrey Show launched as a nationally
syndicated program?
• 1986
4. What is the name of Oprah’s production company? What is the name
of Oprah’s television network?
• Harpo Productions. Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
5. Ray Croc
http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/ray-kroc.html
1. What was Ray’s job/career before founding his company?
• Sales Manager for Tulip Cup Company
2. What is the name of the company Ray founded?
• McDonalds
3. Who was Ray’s inspiration for establishing the company?
• McDonald brothers
4. Where was the first business/company opened? What year?
• Chicago in 1955
5. By 1963, how many stores had been opened?
• 500

6. Madam CJ Walker
http://www.biography.com/people/madam-cj-walker-9522174
1. What product did Madame CJ Walker invent in 1905?
• A line of African American hair care products.
2. As profits continued to grow, in 1908 Walker opened
_________________________________________in Pittsburgh.
• a factory and a beauty school
3. Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company had become wildly
successful, with profits that were the modern-day _________________.
• equivalent of several million dollars
7. Mark Zuckerberg
http://www.biography.com/people/mark-zuckerberg-507402
1. Where did Mark attend college?
• Harvard University.
2. When did Mark graduate from college?
• He dropped out his sophomore year.
3. What company did Mark cofound?
• Facebook
4. What is the name of the movie based on the establishment of Mark’s
company?
• The Social Network
5. How much money did Accel Partners invest in Mark’s company in
2005?
• $12.7 million
6. In 2010, what was Mark’s estimated net worth?
• $6.9 billion
8. Jeff Bezos
http://www.biography.com/people/jeff-bezos-9542209
1. Where did Jeff attend college?
• Princeton University
2. What year did Jeff graduate from college and in what area?
• He graduated summa cum laude in 1986 with a degree in
computer science and electrical engineering.
3. What company did Jeff establish? What year?
• Amazon. 1995.
4. In two months, what was the amount Jeff’s company reached per week?
• $20,000 per week
9. Bill Gates
1. What was the name of the computer program that Bill Gates and his
partner developed when he was 15 years old?
• "Traf-o-Data," a computer program that monitored traffic
patterns.
2. How much was Bill and his partner paid for their efforts?
• $20,000
3. What was Bill’s SAT Score out of 1600?
• 1590
4. What company did Bill cofound?
• Microsoft
5. What year did Bill place himself as head of his company? How much did
the company gross at that time? How old was he at that time?
• Bill placed himself as the head of Microsoft, which grossed $2.5
million in 1978. Gates was only 23.
10. Henry Ford
1. What company did Henry establish? What year?
• Ford Motor Company. 1903.
2. What product did Henry Ford create in 1908?
• Henry Ford created the Ford Model T car in 1908.
3. What famous inventor/entrepreneur did Henry present his product
plans to?
• Thomas Edison