Famous Entrepreneurs
This internet entrepreneur created and co-founded an app called “Facebook” at the age of 19?
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
This company has a homophone meaning 2 words that sound the same, and it means 1 with 100 zeros?
What is google?
This company had lost over $1B on an expansive line of products that included flops like the Newton MessagePad when Steve Jobs with the help of a $150M investment from Microsoft saved what company?
What is Apple?
Which entrepreneur based their Fast food restaurant after their daughter's name “wendy” in 1969?
Who is Dave thomas? $400
Founded by chip Wilson in 1998, this athletic brand sold worldwide is known for their “wunder under yoga pants” and “women's yoga tank tops”?
What is Lululemon?
This company that creates Twinkies battled bankruptcy twice in the 2010s?
Who is Hostess Brands?
What entrepreneur grew popcorn in his backyard in Brazil, India in order to make extra money?
Who is Orville Redenbacher?
This luxury brand is known for its quality leather products and fine craftsmanship and opened up its first store in 1921 in Florence Italy?
What is gucci?
What company went belly up in late 1996 after the speculative collectors market cratered in its core comic book business and the trading card business, yet was saved by movies like Blade and X-men?
What is Marvel?
This African American female entrepreneur founded a multimedia production company “Harpo”?
Who is Oprah?
What multi-millionaire company that now sells shoes worldwide started in the back of the entrepreneur's trunk?
What is nike?
This company was founded in 1908 but it found massive success 9 years later with the release of its canvas All-Star sneaker, and basketball star Chuck Taylor famously wore these shoes. They fell into bankruptcy when the Great Depression hit?
What is Converse?
This entrepreneur is known for being the founder of the hip hop business “FUBU” in 1992 along with being a television star, author, and motivational speaker?
Who is Daymond John?
What company was founded in 1892 by Asa Griggs Candler, their headquarters can now be found in Atlanta GA?
What is Coca-Cola?
This Company had been a staple of children’s playrooms for decades, but in 2003 found itself $800M in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. The ____ Movie produced by Warner Brothers in 2014, was a smash hit that helped increase profits by 15% year-over-year.
What is Legos?