Business Leadership Quizlet
This CEO launched his business from his Harvard University dorm room. He is passionate about his purpose and is known for establishing successful partnerships to leverage his business.
• Mark Zuckerburg, Facebook
This leader was a steel tycoon who took initiative and was known for using new technologies and methods to make steel manufacturing easier. The steel industry in turn helped to power the economy.
Andrew Carnegie, Carnegie Steel Corporation
This motivated leader started as a chemical engineer and worked his way up through the ranks. He is known for changing business practices by putting shareholders first and his belief that the company should be #1 or #2 in the industry or they should get out.
Jack Welch, GE
This leader is a co-founder of a company that specializes in Internet Related services and has an in-depth knowledge of computer science. He stepped aside in 2015 to become the CEO of the parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Larry Page, Google
This entrepreneur was fascinated by computers and spent a lot of time learning how to program. Despite various challenges, this entrepreneur stayed the course and focused on the future.
• Bill Gates, Microsoft
This man is known as one of the tech world's most civic-minded individuals and envisions the company as a technology and automobile developer/manufacturer.
• Elon Musk, Tesla
This leader is a former U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War who founded an express delivery service. This entrepreneur says the brand sells trust, hence valuing integrity. This company also has something they call the Purple Promise which is the desire to make all service outstanding.
• Fred Smith, FedEx
This person was a pioneer of Internet commerce and innovated the process of using consumer buying habits to predict other products the customer may be interested in.
• Jeff Bezos, Amazon
This inspirational, industrial entrepreneur is known for the strategic acquisitions that led to a monopoly in the oil industry, and eventually to the Sherman Antitrust Act. He later donated half a billion dollars to various causes.
• John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil
This media mogul founded three large TV networks. The first network specializes in comedy and sports, the second in news, and the third on drama and sports. Despite his 128 IQ, he heavily values hard work and education.
• Ted Turner, TBS, CNN, and TNT
