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T.D. Jakes
Name at birth: Thomas Dexter Jakes T.D. Jakes, named "America's Best Preacher" in a 2001 Time magazine cover story, started as a part-time storefront minister in West Virginia in 1979. By 1996 he had…Henry Quadracci 2002 Deaths
Henry QuadracciAge: 66 entrepreneur who built his small business, Quad/Graphics, into a printing empire that posted sales of $2 billion a year. The company printed such publications as Time…Felice Lippert 2003 Deaths
Felice LippertAge: 73 entrepreneur who cofounded Weight Watchers in 1963. Died: Manhasset, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2003Larry LeSueurG - LBernard LoiseauAdam Osbourne 2003 Deaths
Adam OsbourneAge: 64 computer entrepreneur who, in 1981, introduced the first portable computer, the 24-pound Osbourne 1. Died: Kodiakanal, India, March 18, 2003Babatunde OlatunjiM - QRobert…James Chu Biography
James Chucomputer entrepreneurBorn: 1957Birthplace: Taiwan Chu's first job was selling Chinese-English dictionaries and English-language instruction tapes. He later got a job with a small…An Wang Biography
An Wangcomputer entrepreneurBorn: 1920 Arriving in the United States from China in 1945, Wang started his company, Wang Laboratories in 1951 with $600. The firm began by making calculators…Eldridge Reeves Johnson Biography
Eldridge Reeves Johnsoninventor, entrepreneurBorn: 1867Birthplace: Wilmington, Del. Based on the strength of his invention of a spring-driven gramophone motor (1896), Johnson founded the…Edward Bowes Biography
Edward Bowesentrepreneur, radio impresarioBorn: 6/14/1874Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. After leaving school at age 13 to work in an office, he founded a real estate business that…H. David Dalquist 2005 Deaths
H. David DalquistAge: 86 entrepreneur who in 1950 invented the Bundt pan. Died: Edina, Minn., Jan. 2, 2005Lloyd CutlerA - FOssie DavisAchille Maramotti 2005 Deaths
Achille MaramottiAge: 78 Italian entrepreneur who founded the fashion house Max Mara. Died: Albinea, Italy, Jan. 12, 2005Peter MalkinM - QRobert MatsuiTrending
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