Successful Individuals
Proof that it doesn't matter how poor you are or how bad of a situation you may currently be in… Anyone can be successful
Mohed Altrad (Montpellier rugby club president and Entrepreneur of the Year)- $2.6 billion
After growing up without parents in Raqqa (now capital for ISIS), he took a risk to move to France to attend University. When he moved to France, he knew no French and lived off of one meal a day for a very long time. He later bought a failing scaffolding company that he transformed into one of the world's leading manufacturers of scaffolding and cement mixers. It is called Altrad Group. Howard Schultz (CEO of Starbucks)- $2.9 billion Schultz grew up in a housing complex for the poor. He later got a football scholarship which allowed him to go to college. After getting the opportunity to take over a Starbucks store, he turned a franchise with 60 stores to a world renowned company with 16,000 stores. Do Won Chang (Founder of Forever 21)- $3.3 billion When he first moved to America, he worked three jobs as a janitor, gas station attendant, and coffee shop barista simultaneously to make ends meet. Him in his wife opened a clothing store together. This was the first to a 790 store empire which is known as Forever 21. George Soros (Legendary Trader)- $8 billion Mr. Soros survived the Nazi Occupation of Hungary while growing up. After escaping Hungary, he put himself through college in London. Here, he worked two jobs as a waiter and railway porter. After saving some money, he moved to America, got a job as a banker, and started investing. After heavily investing, he was able to build up his net worth to 8 billion dollars. Roman Abramovich (Russian business tycoon and Chelsea Football Club)- $11.5 billion After being orphaned at age two, Mr. Abramovich later started a toy company that allowed him to found an oil company. After making a name for himself and building his company up to the fourth largest oil company in the world, he sold it for 13 billion dollars. He then became so successful that he bought Chelsea Football Club as well as the largest yacht in the world. Francois Pinault (Luxury Goods Mogul)- $32.7 billion After dropping out of high school for being bullied because he was “too poor”, he later started PPR which now owns high-end fashion houses including Gucci, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, and Yves Saint Laurent. |
Individuals Who Exemplify Work Ethic and Consistency
Apple CEO Tim Cook routinely begins emailing employees at 4:30 in the morning. Mary Barra rose to the top of General Motors after 33 years at the company. Venus and Serena Williams were up hitting tennis balls at 6 a.m. from the time they were 7 and 8 years old. NBA legend Michael Jordan spent his summers taking hundreds of jump shots a day. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer routinely pulled all nighters and worked 130-hour weeks while at Google. GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt spent 24 years putting in 100-hour weeks. |
Elon Musk: Founder and CEO of Tesla and Space X
You just have to put in 80- to 100-hour weeks every week. If other people are putting in 40-hour work weeks and you're putting in 100-hour work weeks, then, even if you're doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve."
You just have to put in 80- to 100-hour weeks every week. If other people are putting in 40-hour work weeks and you're putting in 100-hour work weeks, then, even if you're doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve."