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Clement Stone 2002 Deaths
Clement StoneAge: 100 entrepreneur who took $100 in savings and built a multi-billion-dollar insurance empire, now called Aon Corp. He attributed much of his success to positive thinking. He…William Rosenberg 2002 Deaths
William RosenbergAge: 86 entrepreneur who expanded his Massachusetts coffee shop into Dunkin' Donuts, one of the biggest coffee chains in the world. The 5,000-location franchise, which…James Conway 2006 Deaths
James ConwayAge: 78 entrepreneur who, with his brother William, founded Mister Softee, the ice cream company that sells frozen treats from trucks. They started the business in 1956 with one…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…Jared POLIS, Congress, CO (1975)
POLIS Jared , a Representative from Colorado; born in Boulder, Boulder County, Colo., May 12, 1975; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N. J., 1996; business owner; entrepreneur; member of the…Raymond Kurzweil
Raymond KurzweilBorn: Feb. 12, 1948 Reading machine—When entrepreneur Kurzweil introduced the Kurzweil Reading Machine in 1976, it was hailed as the most important advance in reading for the…Michael Dell Biography
Michael Dellentrepreneur, founder of Dell Computer CorporationBorn: 2/23/1965Birthplace: Houston, Tex. Having begun selling computers out of his dorm room at the University of Texas, Dell…Halsey Minor Biography
Halsey MinorInternet entrepreneurBorn: 1965Birthplace: Charlottesville, Va. You wouldn't think that Minor's training had prepared him for founding one of the Internet's first services to…Trending
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