Famous American Entrepreneurs

• John D. Rockefeller-$305 Billion
  John D. Rockefeller is the richest American of all time, his net worth surpassing $300 Billion. He started in the grocery business until he and his business associates discovered a superior process for refining oil. He started the company Standard Oil, and because of his tough business practices, his company virtually monopolized the oil industry. And when the automobile revolution boomed, his wealth amassed in unprecedented proportions. Rockefeller was also a philanthropist and started the Rockefeller Foundation.


• Marshall Field-$60 Billion
  Marshall Field started as a stock boy in a Chicago emporium, and later he founded the well known Marshall's retail stores. And while his retail stores gained mass popularity and had wild success, most of his $60 Billion dollar fortune came from his Chicago based wholesale company.


• Sam Walton-$58 Billion
  Sam Walton was born in an Oklahoma farm town, and later he ran his own variety store in Arkansas. He opened the first Wal-Mart at the age of 44, which was a huge success from the very beginning. He ran his business on razor thin margins, selling goods at deeply discounted prices. This is a principle that is installed in each Wal-Mart store, and one that helped Sam Walton build one of the biggest fortunes in history.


• Bill Gates-$121 Billion
  Bill Gates was an early computer enthusiast who dropped out of college his sophomore year to pursue his own entrepreneurial visions. The combination of his passion and know-how for technology and his ruthless competitive business practices made Gates unstoppable, and he has completely dominated the computer software industry since the 1980's. He is also a great philanthropist and started the largest philanthropy in the world with his wife.


• Warren Buffet-$46 Billion
  What happens when a young math whiz-kid is hit with an obsession with business? You get Warren Buffet, the most successful investor in the world. He was mentored by investment genius Benjamin Graham, and later he developed his own system for choosing stocks. By focusing on well-run, undervalued companies, Buffet has vastly outperformed the S&P 500 since he began in 1956. $1000 entrusted to Buffet in the 50's would be worth nearly 30 Million by 2006.


• Larry Page, Sergey Brin
  Who are these guys? Do not be surprised if you have not heard of these two wealth amassing entrepreneurs, but surely you have used their service. These are the founders of Google, the largest, most widely used search engine on the internet. By revolutionizing the internet and the world of marketing and advertising, these two young men have not only had a huge impact on people all over the world, but they have created one of the most profitable businesses the world has ever seen.