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Al Lapin, Jr. 2004 Deaths
Al Lapin, Jr.Age: 76 entrepreneur who cofounded the International House of Pancakes with his brother in 1958. By 1970 the company was worth $40 million. Died: Los Angeles, June 16,…Richard Branson Biography
Richard Bransonentrepreneur, adventurerBorn: 1950Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England With little formal education, he began a mail-order business for discount records in 1969, then…Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur and technology investor Mark Cuban is best known as the loud and enthusiastic owner of the Dallas Mavericks, a professional basketball team from Texas. He grew up in Pennsylvania, went…John Tu Biography
John Tusoftware entrepreneurBorn: 1941Birthplace: Shanghai, China As a young man, Tu left China to live with relatives in Germany, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1970.…Ivan DeBlois Combe 2000 Deaths
Ivan DeBlois CombeAge: 88 entrepreneur who created Clearasil, the acne cream, and developed the Odor-Eaters line of foot-care products. His marketing successes include Grecian Formula and…Jacob Summerlin Biography
Jacob SummerlinFlorida cattleman and entrepreneurBorn: February 20, 1820 Birthplace: Lake City, Florida Summerlin built a cattle empire in central Florida in the 1850s and during the Civil…William Hewlett 2001 Deaths
William HewlettAge: 87 electronics entrepreneur who, with David Packard, scraped together $538 in 1938 and started an electronics company in Palo Alto, Calif. The company, Hewlett Packard,…John Chuang Biography
John ChuangentrepreneurBirthplace: New York, N.Y. Chuang attended Harvard University, earning both a bachelor's degree and an MBA. In 1986, while running a small print shop as a student,…William Mow Biography
William Mowclothing entrepreneurBorn: 1937Birthplace: Hangchow, China Mow's family came to the United States when he was a boy. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1959 and…Charles B. Wang Biography
Charles B. Wangcomputer software entrepreneurBorn: 1944Birthplace: Shanghai, China When he was 8 years old, Wang's family moved to New York City. Graduating from Queens College with a B.S. in…Trending
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