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GUESS THE ENTREPRENEURFamous Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur #1

One of the most recognized brands in the world

Hundreds of animated cartoons, countless feature films, and endless toys

Amusement parks in Florida and California in addition to international locations

Walt Disney

Entrepreneur #2

Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Powerful motivational speaker and best-

selling author

Mary Kay Ash

Entrepreneur #3

Purveyors of ice cream with funky flavors like Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

Entrepreneur #4

Created the Virgin brand – probably have heard of Virgin Records, Virgin Mobile, and Virgin Atlantic Airways

Richard Branson

Entrepreneur #5

Obnoxious judge on American Idol Successful record producer and executive for

the BMG UK record company

Simon Cowell

Entrepreneur #6

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Vision predicted the evolving importance of

the personal computer

Bill Gates

Entrepreneur #7

Assets in real estate development, hospitality and entertainment

Star and producer of “The Apprentice”

Donald Trump

Entrepreneur #8

Media mogul – own radio show, talk show, TV station, magazine, books

Philanthropist – opening schools in Africa Does have some film credits

Oprah Winfrey

Entrepreneur #9

Created the domain name Whateverlife.com which turned into selling MySpace layouts to teenage girls

Ashley Qualis

Entrepreneurs #10

Siblings that created MyYearbook, a popular social networking site

Catherine and David Cook

Entrepreneur #11

Creative director of Baby Phat fashions Spent her teen years as a supermodel for

Chanel of Paris

Kimora Lee Simmons

Entrepreneur #12

Created Roc-A-Fella Records Co-owns the New Jersey Nets and the 40/40

Club Hip-hop artist

Shawn Corey Carter (Jay-Z)

Entrepreneurs #13

Founded this popular search engine in 1998

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Entrepreneur #14

Ventures include the William Rast fashion line, Tennman Records, co-ownership in three restaurants

Justin Timberlake

Entrepreneur #15

Director, screenwriter, and producer of movies that set the standard for Hollywood film making

Created the DreamWorks studio

Steven Spielberg

Entrepreneurs #16

Founded the Dualstar Company Created an upscale clothing line, Elizabeth

and James Were best known for their Michelle Tanner

role on Full House

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen

Entrepreneur #17

Ventures rest under the Bad Boy Entertainment Company

Created the clothing brand Sean John Role of recording executive, performer and

producer of MTV’s Making the Band Upscale restaurant line called Justin’s

Sean “Diddy” Combs

Entrepreneur #18

Best known for designing bridal wear and evening gowns

Started her own label in 1994

Vera Wang

Entrepreneur #19

Own a department store was his dream and it was a dream come true when he founded WalMart

Unique from other stores because of the door greeters and giving back to the community in a variety of ways

Sam Walton

Entrepreneur #20

Founder of Amazon.com which is ranked as one of the top retail sites on the Internet

Jeff Bezos