PRESORES, BELEN B.

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HERE ARE SOME WELL KNOWN ENTREPRENEURS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD . FOR WHAT IS EACH
ENTRENEUR MOST FEMOUS?

 THOMAS EDISON
- Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He
developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation,
mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. Edison
exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions
such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the
motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and
telephone.
 PT BARNUM
- Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and
politician, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the
Barnum & Bailey Circus with James Anthony Bailey. P.T. Barnum
employed outrageous stunts, repetitive advertising, and exaggerated
publicity to excite international attention for such amusements as the
public museum, the musical concert, and the three-ring circus
 WILLIAM HARLEY & ARTHUR
- William Sylvester Harley was an American mechanical engineer and
businessman. He was one of the co-founders of the Harley-Davidson
Motor Company. sold their first motorcycle in the backyard of the
Davidson family home in Milwaukee in 1903. That same year, they were
joined by Arthur's brother Walter. By 1907, their brother William joined
them. They could have scarcely imagined what they had started
 MAGGIE LENA WALKER
- Maggie Lena Walker was a businesswoman and teacher. In 1903, Walker
became both the first African American woman to charter a bank and the
first African American woman to serve as a bank president. She was the
first African American woman in the United States to found a bank.
As a leader her successes and vision offered tangible improvements in the
way of life for African Americans and women .The bank was a powerful
representation of black self-help in the segregated South. The Penny
Savings Bank not only attracted adults but Walker worked to appeal to
children by passing out banks which encouraged them to save their
money.
 INGVAR KAMPRAD
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad was a Swedish billionaire business magnate best
known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specializing in
furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014. Ingka Group operates
three businesses; IKEA Retail which is our core business, Ingka Centers and
Ingka Investments. Ingka Holding BV is the parent company of Ingka Group.
 STEPHEN WONZNIAK AND STEVE JOBS
- Stephen Gary Wozniak, also known by his nickname "Woz", is an
American electronics engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist,
inventor, and technology entrepreneur. April 1, 1976, by college
dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who brought to the new
company a vision of changing the way people viewed computers.
 RUSSELL SIMMONS
- Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, writer and
record executive. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam
Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyle
culture, and Tantras. Simmons' net worth was estimated at $340 million in
2011. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, and created
the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, argyle culture, and Tantras.
 DINEH MONAJER
- Dineh Mohajer is the Founder and Creative Director at About-Face. She
previously worked as the Co-Founder and Creative Director at Smith &
Cult.