Self-made entrepreneurs are admired for their ideas and talents and their resilient efforts to transform them into successful business ventures. This article focuses on ten such self-made entrepreneurs who have excelled in making our lives better, easier, and happier.
Jack Ma
Can you believe a former English teacher can become a billionaire? It is true indeed, and the name is Jack Ma. He is the third-richest person in China. He was the co-founder of an e-commerce company named Alibaba, which eventually became one of the world’s largest e-commerce enterprises.
Early in his career, Ma faced a lot of struggles. He failed three times in his attempts to get into college. Faced about 30 rejections when trying for a job after graduating. But Ma made it a point that he would not end trying till success is achieved. Alibaba, his company, became one of the world’s most valuable technology ventures with $25 billion worth of business.
Patrick Drahi
Patrick Drahi has made a fortune of $12 billion in his career. He achieved this by making smart investments in the telecom sector. He moved to France when he was young. As a teenager, after his graduation, he worked for many Satellite TV and cable companies. Later he co-founded two successful companies in 1990, which he sold for a whopping 40 million pounds.
In 2001, he formed a multinational telecom company Altice, which operated successfully in the USA, France, Israel, and Portugal. In 2021, Patrick Drahi made the company private, which was $7.3 billion worth that time. Recently Drahi became the biggest shareholder of BT, a UK-based conglomerate, one of the biggest telecom companies in the world.
Aliko Dangote
Dangote is the richest person in Africa. He founded Dangote Cement and remained the largest cement producer in Africa. He is successful in various businesses that include sugar, flour, oil and gas, and telecommunications. In 2009, he was named the leading employment provider in the Nigerian construction company.
At 21, Dangote borrowed $3000 from his uncle, which he repaid in three months, and since then, it was all success for Dangote.
Sameer Gehlaut
Founder of Indiabulls, an Indian company, the Housing Finance Division is India’s second-largest mortgage lender. Sameer later expanded into consumer lending, real estate, heavy equipment rental, pharmaceuticals, and lighting.
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi
Al Moudi is an admirable Ethiopian-Saudi billionaire who made a fortune from mining. He has several businesses that include manufacturing, construction, agriculture, energy, healthcare, and hotels. He has made riches in Africa also. He owns Preem, a fuel company, which is Sweden’s largest.
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Del Vecchio, a former die-maker, founded Luxottica – an eyewear company – in 1961. Now Luxottica is the world’s largest manufacturer and retailer of spectacles and lenses.
Zhong Huijuan
Zhong Huijuan is the co-owner of Chinese drugmaker Hansoh Pharmaceutical, well known for cancer and diabetes drugs. In 2019, the company went public with a worth of $10.4 billion. An interesting fact is that her husband is also a billionaire, that too in pharmaceuticals! With her daughter’s association with Hanson, Zhong’s is the richest pharma family in the world.
Meg Whittman
Meg is listed third by Forbes on America’s self-made women 2021. She was the CEO of eBay, the e-commerce giant taking more than $15 million as profits. She enjoyed envious positions at Quibi and Hewlett Packard. Presently, Meg is a board member of Dropbox and Proctor & Gamble.
Kim Kardashian West
The Famous TV star made a spot in World Billionaires List 2021 and ranks 24 in Forbes America’s self-made women 2021. She owns a cosmetic firm KKW Beauty, and she earns from other sources that include brand deals, endorsements, reality television, and small-scale investments.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Forbes declared Whitney the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire in 2021, right after her dating app Bumble went public. Whitney’s net worth is estimated to be $1.3 billion.
She also owns Badoo, a dating-focused social media platform that enjoys about 3 million paid subscribers across 150 countries.
The afore-mentioned entrepreneurs are examples of those who have fought the odds and trounced the obstacles with elan. They have stood by their unique traits throughout their journey and amplified them to become entrepreneurs of the highest levels.
