Conrad Hilton!

It is now all know that there are a chain of hotels with the same name and the same as the level of service throughout the world - be it London, Paris, Moscow or the Cayman Islands. But the first hotel chain has created an American Conrad Hilton, who gave all of its hotels own name and offered them a standard set of services. It was he who first coined hotels assign "stars" (similar to brandy) and first started trading in the lobby of their hotel to all, that you may need clients.

Conrad Hilton was born on December 25, 1887 in the town of San Antonio on the southern United States, in a respected family of immigrants from Europe. His father, August, immigrated from Norway, and his mother, Marie, - from Germany. In San Antonio family owned department store. In the late nineteenth - early twentieth century, things went very well - my father had built a solid house with a dozen bedrooms - for all households. The welfare of the family thoroughly shaken in 1907, when the first serious economic downturn. Sales volumes fell in the store, my father had to lay off all salaried employees - but it did not allow the family to exist normally. At the family council decided to try to take the guests of the rooms - the time was suitable, many thousands of people in search of a better life traveling around the country. Every evening, twenty Conrad went to the local station, where to look for potential customers to the "family" hotel. For a room with half board took only $ 1 - it was a "fair" price, so the lack of lodgers were not. This business has helped Hilton survive times of recession and maintain a store that with the revival of the economy once again became profitable.After raising funds on the stock exchange the Hilton empire has become the most successful hotel chain.

While he owns 9 hotels valued at $ 51 million, his business employs more than 10,000 people from California to New York. Fund raising and expansion of business in a few years bring the Hilton is a very serious personal success. In 1949 he bought his dream luxury hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Many years before, he always carried a photo of the hotel. In 1954, the position of the company further strengthened, in October the record at the time transaction 9 hotels Statlera - one of the first U.S. hotel magnates, including a huge unfinished hotel rooms by 1000 in Dallas, which was completed in January 1956 year.

By the beginning of the 1960s, "Hilton" has become the "tech" hotel chain in the world and its extension has encountered obstacles. By the end of 1960 at the Conrad was about 40 hotels in the United States and as many outside. "Hilton" was a natural affiliation London, Rome, Caracas and Barbados. In 1964, Hilton noted all the "overseas" assets of the company Hilton Group, which from now on shall be entitled to the Hilton brand outside of the U.S. and Mexico.

Conrad himself away from the management of the company in 1966 at age 78. Control passed to his son Barron. A year later published the autobiography of Conrad Hilton, "Be my guest." After that, he devoted himself to the joys of a happy old man's quiet a multimillionaire. For example, Conrad loved to speak to students at the opening of the hotel business faculties. He also organized a Catholic foundation named after and generously distributed prizes. In the three years before his death, Hilton married a third time. He died on January 4, 1979 in Dallas, where he once built his first "Hilton". He was then 91 years old.

All his property by will Conrad wrote to a charity Hilton Foundation. And his son Barron spent another nine years to contest the last will of his father. So the control of the U.S. part of the Hilton empire still belongs to his family.

Bill Gates!

Bill Gates, the recognized father of computer software industry, stands for a portrait Adler prosperous person. Magazine "Inc." Gates describes as "a restless bundle of energy."
The success story of Bill Gates recalls the American dream. Hard work, he achieved not only the prosperity of the company, but also the title of one of the richest men on earth. Now state Gates is about $ 57 billion list of the richest people in the world for 2011, published annually by Forbes magazine, Bill Gates came in second, with $ 56 billion offer to learn the biography of Bill Gates, and learn the story of his success.

A success story started by Bill Gates in Seattle Washington a little over half a century ago.
Bill Gates was in the most privileged schools in Seattle. Parents expect that he will follow his father and went to Harvard Law School. But Gates did not do well in grammar. In 1968, when Bill and his high school friend Paul Allen went to middle school, the school decided to buy computer time at the company General Electric.
This has changed the life of Bill. He got carried away, and Allen is not a joke, they even skipped classes to explore all of the available computing literature. At the same time Bill wrote one of his first programs - simple simulator that allows you to play against the machine .. Juvenile hackers quickly understand the intricacies of the machine, find vulnerabilities and started causing trouble - broke the defense on several occasions led to a system crash, changed the files which records information about your computer time. Noticing this, the CCC removed them from working with computers for a few weeks.

Meanwhile, the company's business began to suffer from constant failures and poor protection. Remembering the destructive activities of computer users Lakeside, CCC invited them to identify flaws and security holes. Another project Gates at school was a program to schedule classes. In the tenth grade, Bill had not studied Computer Training, and taught him. Small group of programmers regularly received orders. Bill Gates, he said, was the initiator, "I was the guy who said, 'Let's call the real world and offered to sell him something." And the most interesting thing that did find and sold - for example, he has developed a program to optimize traffic and sold it for $ 20 000. This in 15 years!
That same year, Bill Gates offers to create a company for software development and gives it the name Microsoft.

The first five customers Microsoft went bankrupt, but the guys did not despair, and in 1979 returned to Seattle.
In September 1980, IBM signed a contract with Microsoft deployed. This contract was destined to change the history of the personal computer industry. In 1993, the number of registered users of Microsoft Windows is 25 million people. Thus, Windows is the most popular operating system in the world with a graphical interface. After two years, the production was running Windows 95. The excitement that accompanied the sale of Windows 95, was so great that in line for this operating system were even people who do not have a computer. In January 1996, has sold 25 million copies of Windows 95.

Since the end of June 2008 Gates retired from active management of Microsoft. He gave his authority CEO Steve Ballmer. Despite this, Bill Gates does not break with the company for good. He is chairman of the Board of Directors, and is the largest shareholder of the corporation.
Resigned to Microsoft, Bill Gates founded a third company «bgC3» means Bill Gates Company Three (third company of Bill Gates).

On the very rich investor and also to write, rewrite. There are at least hundreds of publications in the official sources, which include inventories of the biography of the man. Perhaps Bill is not the only one who did not avoid incriminating facts of his biography, described by different reporters meticulous, but it was he with the heroic resistance went his own way, regardless of the public jumping jacks. "Janet Lowe. Says Bill Gates "- and has become one of the most published in the last century. It is estimated the idea of ​​personality Bill as a person bright and influence the world in a terrible concept. His work found almost diabolical escapades, and in the very beginnings of the idea of ​​billet destruction of the world.

 I believe that whatever is said about Gates, not to recognize his influence is impossible. Known, it is famous for, it is necessary to this world more than the world to him - it is unique.

Enzo Ferrari!

 

Perhaps the word "speed" or "racing" in the mind of any person has a unique brand - Ferrari. This company in its history has been and continues to be an integral part of the world of racing. Present competition "Formula 1" without the Scuderia Ferrari is simply impossible.

 For the first time to the world of cars Ferrari Enzo met at the age of ten, when his father and older brother took him to racing. That was in 1908. In 13 years, son of the owner of a modest metal workshop of the town of Modena took the wheel of his father's car. But the First World War, and went racing to the periphery of society. Private Ferrari shoeing mules and repaired artillery wagon.
Intuition told Ferrari: Do not grasp at any job offer, the world of motors, which he dreamed, be sure to open doors. It happened. The automotive industry after the war began to grow rapidly, and Enzo was a test machine at the firm CMN. It would seem that the young driver pulled the winning ticket. But in 1920 he did, as it might seem from the outside, imprudent: moved to the then little-known firm Alfa-Romeo.

Intuition, and this time did not disappoint Ferrari. The company Alfa-Romeo at that time to develop better cars than the CMN. The owners of one of the first to understand: there is nothing that does not spin fast new car brand, as success in motorsport, and organized a good race team. Enzo felt: he will be able to reveal their abilities. And so it happened: Ferrari became official pilot Alfa-Romeo.
But the way Enzo Ferrari to worldwide fame was not similar to the asphalt road. In 1929, his sports career was on the verge of collapse. Global economic crisis has hit the auto industry in Italy. Alfa-Romeo started thinking about curtailing his racing program. Exit Enzo saw one: to continue to work with the company on a contractual basis. And he registered his own company, naming it uncomplicated - Scuderia Ferrari («Team Ferrari"). Because of their own money is not enough, a novice businessman took them from friends.

What allowed the novice entrepreneur quickly climb racing Olympus? Ferrari had a fantastic capacity for work, he was working 16 hours a day! And his management decisions directed all the same innate intuition. Already in the first season Scuderia Ferrari in the 22 races won eight victories. She agreed to act for the most "expensive" aces Italy. And all thanks to the fact that the owner of the team reformed payment system pilots! Ferrari abolished egalitarianism, replacing permanent salary percent of the prize money. Racers such a system like a lot more than a stable, but low wages are equalized champions and beardless beginners. In 1931, Achille Varzi on a car owned by Ferrari, set the Italian record for the amount of prize money - 247 thousand pounds for the victory. The owner of Scuderia Ferrari personally raced until 1932, until his son Dino.

In the 30 years a typical image of Ferrari, who later became known to millions of fans around the world.. Known pilot Rene Dreyfus recalled, "Enzo Ferrari had a very pleasant person, friendly disposition, but rather strict. He was engaged in the business, never mix it with the family. He was quite closed, never joked. He was going to build an empire, and I do not doubt that, in the end, so be it. "
In later years, Enzo Ferrari was not easy. In the late 60's generally thought that his days might be numbered. Production of expensive sports cars have mastered the company Lamborghini, Mazeratti, Lotus, Porshe. But Enzo dealt an unexpected blow to competitors. Being owned enterprises in Maranello and the brand Ferrari, he left his company to the Italian people by offering to consider it as a national treasure. A line of "worthy representatives of the Italian people" lined up at the entrance to Maranello almost immediately. And it was the first head of the FIAT Gianni Agnelli, who bought 50% stake in the company, letting out a prestigious car.

Akio Morita!

 The most famous inventor, creator of one of the leading consumer electronics companies, for many Japanese, he remained until his death boy upstart and violator of corporate traditions. Akio Morita, the last five years as with the unusual name of "founder Sony Corp.", Died Oct. 3 at age 78.
Morita managed to do quite a lot. For example - what is it, without false modesty, admits in his autobiography - to make the world respect the goods with the mark Made in Japan (before the second world mark "Made in Japan" was associated with consumers only with poor quality). Create from scratch a large corporation. Invent some unknown before the goods. Bring together the markets of Japan and America.

Japanese by birth and blood, in the business of Akio Morita was more like an American. In the "old Japanese" after the Second World War has been accepted blame the U.S. for the "Coca-Kolno civilization." Japanese companies have been done in Japanese, according to old national traditions - such was the prevailing view.

Birthday Sony (originally it was called "Tokyo Tsushin kenkuse" - Tokyo Research Laboratory of Telecommunications) - May 7, 1946. company with an initial capital of $ 500, was created by two former military engineers - Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka. The role of their split as follows: Morita engaged primarily in general management.

Business premises - burned in the war Tokyo department store "Siroki." Staff - 20 people. Business profile? Yes, there was no structure. Morita and Ibuka know I need to make and sell a product, but could not figure out what it is. Had the idea of ​​selling pies, but the founding fathers decided that any will be able to bake cakes, and success can only bring something original.
Thus, in a single copy was made instrument called elektrorisovarka. Alas, in practice it turned out to be rice constantly undercooked then overcooked. While they were experimenting with a rice cooker and elektropechkoy (another unique design tool for cooking rice), was over the initial capital. And workers have to pay salaries. Cash managed to get by selling "black market" heating pads. The principle of operation was even easier - a spiral, covered with a cloth.

The firm then moved on to more sophisticated technologies. Attachment to the receiver, allowing to take shortwave radio in great demand on the "black market."
for the first time over the appearance of the tape bothered technical designer. Thus, Sony released a new, potentially huge market of household appliances.

The first transistor radio went on sale in 1955. He was very large and did not fit any pocket. After two years, the market has been released receiver smaller. It was the world's smallest receiver, but he was still more than the usual man's shirt pocket.

While the size of the receiver to fit the size of the pockets, the firm Morita and Ibuka changed its name. After a long study of dictionaries Akio Morita found the Latin word "sonus" - "sound." At the same time it is an English slang sonny (boy, boy). That's only in the native Japanese "dream-no" meant "to lose money," but because of the name does no good. Throwing one "n", Morita received the "Sony" (sony). The word sounded nice, did not mean anything and it remained in the name of the firm.

The list of goods, it is first released by Sony, you can also include the first transistor television (1959), the first TV based on liquid crystals (1962), the first home video recorder (1964) and the first CD (developed in conjunction with Philips). Today Sony capital estimated at 416 billion yen, the company employs 21 thousand people.

Despite loud post "founder" in 1994 Morita and Sony Corp. actually existed independently. Changes in consumer electronics sector in recent years are so significant that they easily navigate the new business formation. Digital methods of information processing, multimedia, pervasive computerization, convergence between the computer business and trade in consumer electronics - all signs of a new time. And already from a different generation of engineers and managers depends on whose fate repeat came on the market next novelty - rice or Walkman player

Oprah Gail Winfrey!

 Oprah Gail Winfrey was the richest African American of the 20th century, however Orpah Gail Winfrey wasn't born into a rich, or even middle class family. Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning  winning talk show, which has become the highest rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986-2011.

Oprah Winfrey was born poor and black in Mississippi in 1954, when poor and black meant no flush toilets, no shoes, and no real chance to get ahead in the world. She was supposed to be "Orpah" Winfrey, named for the Biblical Ruth's sister-in-law, but the name was spelled wrong on her birth certificate, and soon everyone was calling her Oprah. She learned to read at home, and skipped kindergarten to go straight into first grade. She skipped second grade, too. At 17 she was working as a reporter for a local radio station. She was a bright kid.

And beautiful -- at 18, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. At 19, she was anchoring a newscast on Nashville's WTVF-TV. She later co-anchored the nightly newscast at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, and co-hosted a local talk show called People Are Talking, before jumping to Chicago's WLS-TV. Her morning talk show there debuted in 1984, and rose to number one in the ratings within a month. Outside of local telecasts, Oprah first drew national attention in her film debut, The Color Purple, for which she snagged an Oscar-nomination as best supporting actress. She's acted in other films since, but never nearly so well.

And beautiful -- at 18, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. At 19, she was anchoring a newscast on Nashville's WTVF-TV. She later co-anchored the nightly newscast at WJZ-TV in Baltimore, and co-hosted a local talk show called People Are Talking, before jumping to Chicago's WLS-TV. Her morning talk show there debuted in 1984, and rose to number one in the ratings within a month. Outside of local telecasts, Oprah first drew national attention in her film debut, The Color Purple, for which she snagged an Oscar-nomination as best supporting actress. She's acted in other films since, but never nearly so well.

Winfrey's talk show went national in 1986, and as it had in Chicago, Oprah took the top spot almost immediately. It's been the top-rated daytime talk show ever since. Winfrey's interview style is intimate, emotional, and seemingly sincere. It's been described as televised therapy, and diehard fans say she does more than merely entertain and interview, she helps her viewers deal with life. Others are immune to Winfrey's powers, but the pro-Winfrey crowd can point to her dozens of Emmy awards.Winfrey has spoken of being sexually abused as a child, and stated publicly that she'll never have children of her own. She testified before Congress in support of "The Oprah Bill", establishing a national database of convicted child abusers.

She is the first black American woman billionaire -- net worth $2.4B (Forbes 2010) -- and reportedly makes about half a million dollars a day from her TV show alone. She owns or co-owns the Oxygen Network, O Magazine, her own Harpo Studio, Harpo Productions, Harpo Films, Harpo Print, Harpo Video, and the Oprah Winfrey Network. Harpo, of course, is Oprah spelled backwards.