There is nothing like a good example to motivate and inspire future
entrepreneurs. Here we present some of the best in action

Donald Trump
Billionaire Real Estate Tycoon
With a long list of accomplishments, the outspoken star and producer of The Apprentice is one of the world's most famous entrepreneurs. He demonstrates one of the most important entrepreneurial traits: the ability to stand back up when you fall down.

Oprah Winfrey
Most Admired Entrepreneur
Winfrey is among the few Forbes 400 members whose wealth derives from their fame rather than the other way around. She is an ubiquitous media presence with her own TV show and magazine, and each year the publishing industry produces at least one new biography of hers.

Hugh Hefner
The Ultimate Lifestyle Entrepreneur
Hugh Hefner is the supreme bachelor of our time. He has forever changed our world by breaking the boundaries related to sexuality, age, and gender. He created a revolutionary magazine, Playboy, with naked women and great articles in a time when sexuality was not even appropriate to talk about.

Howard Hughes
The Aviator, The Innovator
Howard Hughes was once the most talked-about entrepreneur in the world – legendary for both his bold business tactics and his outlandish personal life. The recent popular movie The Aviator has prompted a new interest in this fascinating entrepreneur.

Michael Dell
Innovator of the PC World
Michael Dell started the road to success out of his University of Texas dorm room in with just US$1000 and an idea in 1984. Dell is both chairman and CEO of his company with a net worth of over US$30bn. Dell sells directly to the customer to avoid middleman mark-ups.

Ingvar Kamprad
IKEA Founder
IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad is among the wealthiest in the world. What started as a person-to-person business selling everything from pens to picture frames has grown to over 200 stores in 31 countries, employing over 75,000 people and generating over US$12bn in annual sales.

Henry Ford
Founder of Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford was not the inventor of the automobile, but his innovations in assembly-line techniques and the introduction of standardised interchangeable parts contributed to making the US a nation of motorists and produced the first mass-production vehicle manufacturing plant.

Anita Roddick
Redefining Business As We Know It
Anita Roddick is the founder of The Body Shop, a store that purchases outstanding natural ingredients for a line of cosmetics, helping the disadvantaged communities generate income and providing women with superb cosmetics.

Mary Kay Ash
Most Outstanding Woman in Business in the 20th Century
The founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics created a business that has helped some half a million women fulfil their dreams of business ownership. A best-selling author and powerful motivational speaker, Lifetime Television named her the Most Outstanding Woman in Business in the 20th Century.

Wayne Huizenga
Fortune from Waste
Wayne Huizenga is the only person in history to have founded three Fortune 500 companies and six NYSE-traded companies. He is the founder of the third largest US waste disposal company, the global leader in video entertainment and world's largest publicly-traded automotive dealership.

Adam Osborne
The Innovator of the First Portable Computer
Adam Osborne was an entrepreneur best known for the first portable computer, but also was an author who made a successful move into publishing computer books and software. He gets credit for understanding that there was a market of buyers who were not computing hobbyists.

Harvey Mackay
Mr Make Things Happen
Harvey Mackay is the author of five business bestsellers, a nationally syndicated columnist, and popular business speaker. He is also chairman and CEO of Mackay Envelope Corporation, which he founded at age 26, and now employs over 500 people and earns US$85mn a year in revenue.