Bill Gates is probably the best known industrialist of the 21st century. He’s the founder of Microsoft, probably the biggest tech company in the world, and is the wealthiest person to date. He was born in Seattle, Washington, and got…

Fraser Doherty is a bit of an oddball in the entrepreneur world He didn’t do it in what I think are stereotypical fields, such as social media, investing, or making a tech company. Instead, he made jam. And he’s successful, having sold…

Andrew Carnegie might just be one of the best known entrepreneurs and magnates of the late 19 century. His particular trade was steel, and his massively successful Carnegie Steel made him one of the wealthiest people in his time, and…

Another one of the infamous “robber barons” he was the steamboat king and then the railroad tycoon. He’s no other man other than the one and only Cornelius Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt directly challenged the political entrepreneurs who tried to use government bailouts…

Walt Disney, unlike Richard Branson, didn’t immediately become an entrepreneur. In fact, after having dropped out at 16, he tried to apply for the army, not something a lot of businessmen do, but was luckily rejected for being too young.…

Richard Branson seemed to be an unlikely billionaire. Unlike most others, who were prodigies, smart in general, or went to reputable colleges and universities, he did poorly at school. This can partially be blamed on dyslexia. And yet, he is…

James Hill is a myth buster to one of the states myths about large-scale projects requiring government intervention and “aid.” I consider that a trans-continental railroad is a large-scale project, especially in the time when railroads were starting to take…

Everybody knows about the Whole Foods Market. I personally just didn’t know who made it. Well, John Mackey was one of the founders that did. He claimed to be a “democratic socialist,” whatever the heck that’s supposed to be, while…