Created Facebook in his dorm room.
Mark Zuckerberg
Turned makeup into a billion-dollar brand at age 21.
Kylie Jenner
Invented the Dyson vacuum after 5,000 prototypes.
James Dyson
she was demoted from her job because she was “unfit for TV.”
Oprah Winfrey
Dropped out twice and built Microsoft.
Bill Gates
Turned the idea of “unboxing” into a YouTube empire and burger chain.
MrBeast
Created an app for booking places to stay in strangers’ homes.
➡ What is Airbnb (Brian Chesky / Joe Gebbia)
Before creating a global animation studio, he was fired for “not being creative enough.”
Walt Disney
Co-founded Apple and obsessed over product design.
Steve Jobs
Created Off-White and became the first Black artistic director at Louis Vuitton menswear.
Virgil Abloh

Invented modern coffee pods for quick coffee at home.
Nespresso
Before becoming a billionaire, she failed the LSAT twice.
Kim Kardashian
Founded Alibaba and became China’s most famous e-commerce entrepreneur.
Jack Ma
Jack Ma
Changed beauty by offering 50+ foundation shades from day 1.
Rihanna (Fenty Beauty)
Started as an art school software startup before becoming a global design tool.
Canva
This entrepreneur secretly spent months working as a barista to learn operations.
Howard Schultz (Starbucks)
