Success People Of Great Personality

 -      The reality of a startup is you have failures very often.  -     Dropping out of college was never the plan, but it made me eligible for the Peter Thiel Fellowship. I was the first Asian to win that grant!                                                                                             - By   Ritesh Agarwal                        Ritesh Agarwal   :             Born              : 16 November 1993 (age 27)                    ...

“America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.” “The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.”                                                                                                 - By Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 to August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born scientist and inventor best known for inventing the first working telephone in 1876 and founding the Bell Telephone Company in 1877. Bell's education was largely received through numerous experiments in sound and the furthering of his father's work on Visible Speech for the deaf. Bell worked with Thomas Watson on the design and patent of the first practical telephone. In all, Bell held 18 paten...

  “Some people see innovation as change, but we have never really seen it like that, it's making thinks better.” “I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.”                                                                                                                    - By Tim Cook Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple, one of the biggest organizations in the world. He is considered as one of the most powerful people in the world. He succeeded Steve Jobs as the Chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He belongs to a very humble family. Tim Cook thoughts on life are really inspiring for all. As per Tim Cook we should not live by separating our...

 “Dealing with ads is depressing. You don’t make anyone’s life better by making advertisements work better.”                                                                                                                    - By Brian Acton The road to success is paved with hard work, sacrifice and determination. Brian Acton’s hard work paid him off big time with a simple idea called Whatsapp. Born in the year 1972, Acton is more popular as the Co-founder of WhatsApp. His life was not very simple. The man who was once rejected by Facebook as an employee sold WhatsApp to Zuckerberg recently and also holds stakes in the company. According to Acton, “Life is all about adventures and achieving suc...

“If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.”                                                                                                                        - By Larry Page It's hard to believe that one of the world's most important CEOs started his company with no idea of how it could make money. Larry Page, born in Lansing, Michigan, in in 1973, is an icon of the web, heading one of its most important companies through a transitional period in internet history. He is also an inspiring, influential, and very interesting success story for entrepreneurs to learn from.Born into a family that radiated computing, Larry Page'...

"Every time I wanted to do something, he would ask if I am committing myself for the long term or was it for the short term. He would say whenever you have to do a one-off thing; you don't have to think much. Long-term commitments have to be thought through."                                                                                        -  By Natarajan Chandrasekaran After a high-profile boardroom battle at the Tata Group, that lasted for over two months, Natarajan Chandrasekaran has been named the new chairman of Tata Sons. Fondly called ‘Chandra’ by people at the Bombay House, the Tata Group’s headquarters, Chandrasekaran is a true insider. The 53-year-old joined TCS in 1987, rose through the ranks to become CEO in 2009, and and is credited for its spe...

"Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen."                                                                                                         - By Stephen Hawking One of the greatest scientists living on the planet today, Stephen Hawking needs no introduction. With science geeks and the non-scientific population of the world, he is equally popular, widely known and often compared to scientists like Einstein and Galileo. A theoretical cosmologist and physicist, Stephen Hawking is the director of research at the Centre For Theoretical Cosmology in the University of Cambridge today. Hawking is most popular for his theories in the field of cosmology, in which he uses Einstein’s re...

  "Don't be afraid to tread new ground, but do a sanity test. "                                                                                                                   - By Sabeer Bhatia. Who could have imagined that a simple young man from an upper middle class family in India would rise up to the global forum, finding a breakthrough web browser? Hotmail service, the world’s second largest Email service provider that took the world by storm is the brain child of Sabeer Bhatia, a man with simple insight into human needs that can be catered by technology. Sabeer was born into a working class background hailing from Chandigarh, one of the best planned cities of the sub-continent. After...

“There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.”                                                                                                                       - By Adi Godrej Adi Godrej is Zoroastrian and Chairman of Godrej Group. He left India as a teenager and got enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later he did his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, United States. After having inducted himself in family business, he modernized and systematized management structures and implemented process improvements.   Godrej Group has grown leaps and bounds.   Godrej is major supporter of the World Wildlife Fund in India, it ha...

“I have spent a good many years since―too many, I think―being ashamed about what I write...." “Fiction is the truth inside the lie...."                                                                                                             - By Stephen King  Stephen King is an American bestselling author who specializes in science fiction, fantasy, horror and suspense stories. His books have been adapted into a number of successful Hollywood films like ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, ‘Carrie’, ‘Secret Window’ and ‘Hearts in Atlantis’. As of 2013 his books have sold more than 300 million hardbound copies. Stephen has published a total of 50 novels and 200 short stories out of which 90% of them have gone on to be p...

“I've always been very hopeful which I guess isn't strange coming from me....” “I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for a living.”                                                                                                          - By Steven Spielberg Steven ‘Allan’ Spielberg was born on December 18, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was a concert pianist and his father was an electrical engineer. He was attracted to films at a very young age itself. By the time he finished his teens he had made a number of 8 mm films mostly featuring World War II stories that his father used to tell him. Other than that he also liked to make adventure movies which he shot in nearby parks and...

Introduction: Fortunes are made with man’s own will. This is true behind the success of Charles Koch.Charles de Ganahl Koch is the chairman, co-owner and CEO of Koch Industries. Besides being a businessman, he is quite a philanthropist. Koch Industries was established by Fred C. Koch, father of Charles Koch and his brother David Koch.   It is the second largest private company in US. Koch has been the company head for the last 4 decades, taking the company to altogether different dimension in terms of sales and revenue. Childhood: Charles Koch was born on November 1, 1935 in Wichita, Kansas, US. His ancestry has roots in Dutch, and his grandfather Harry Koch who migrated to US and settled in Texas. Koch studied at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology from where he graduated with several degrees in 1960. He received his Bachelor of Science in General engineering, Master of Science in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering. After his college, Koch started working ...

“Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders." “I think the output of our innovation is great." “Our company has to be a company that enables its people." “We will make our products work out of the box."                                                                                                             - By Steve Ballmer Introduction:- We are going to share the success story of Steven “Steve” Anthony Ballmer, an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist from Detroit. Steve Ballmer is mostly known as the chief of Microsoft. He is, as of now, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. In the month of January 2018, Ballmer was ranked as the 21st-century businessman across the globe. ...

  “I am convinced that most people can achieve their dreams and beyond if they have the determination to keep trying.”                                                                                                                             - By Howard Schultz Introduction: Born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 19, 1953, Howard Schultz is an American Business and CEO of Starbucks from 1986–2000 and again from 2008–2017 and executive chairman from 2017 to 2018. In 2016 with the net worth of $3.1 billion Howard Schultz ranked 232nd richest person in America according to Forbes magazine. Early Life: Howard Schultz was born in a Jewish family living in Brooklyn, New York. H...

 “The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.” “To be a striker you need to be in good shape.                                                                                                                                                                                                  - By Pele Introduction: Pelé is considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time. Soccer legend Pelé became a superstar with his ...