Business Class

1. List of My Top 3
FBLA Business
Leaders
By: Cadyn Olson

3. #1 Bill Gates (Over-view)
• William Henry Gates III ( Bill Gates ) is an American business magnate,
investor, author, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He is best known as the
principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.
• Bill Gates gave us the Microsoft Word and Power- Point that we students use
every day!
• Bill Gates was once offered a job at the White House by Donald Trump, but
he turned it down.
• ( I admire Bill Gates because he still continues to improve and change his
company at his old age. I also admire him because I don’t know where I
would be without his inventions.)
• “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning,..” – Bill
Gates

4. #1 Bill Gates Background
• Born : October 28, 1955 (age 63 years), Seattle, WA
• Net worth: 100.6 billion USD (2019)
• Spouse: Melinda Gates (m. 1994)
• Children: 3 (Phoebe Adele Gates, Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory
John Gates)
• Education: Harvard College (1973–1975), Lakeside School (1967–
1973), University of Washington
• Organization founded: Microsoft Corporations

6. #2 Peter Buck (Over-view)
• Peter Buck is an American physicist, restaurateur, and philanthropist. He co-
founded the Subway fast food restaurant chain.
• Peter Buck gave us the Subway that we love to get our sandwiches from!
• Peter Buck changed the name of his sandwich company from “Pete’s
Sandwiches” to “Subway”.
• ( I admire Peter Buck because of his amazing sandwiches and his awesome
idea for a place to make your own sandwich. I also admire the way he
brushed himself off and got back up after the major problem with Jared. )
• "Fred at the time was 17 years old, I was just twice his age, 34. At some point
during the picnic, Fred asked me what he could do to make some money so he
could go to college. I said, let's open a submarine sandwich store."

7. #2 Peter Buck Background
• Born: December 19, 1930 (age 88 years), South Portland, ME
• Net worth: US$ 1.6 billion (2019)
• Spouse: Carmen Lúcia
• Children: None
• Education: Columbia University, Bowdoin College
• Organization founded: Subway

9. #3 Jeff Bezos (Over-view)
• Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( Jeff Bezos ) is an American technology entrepreneur,
investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and
president of Amazon. Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
raised in Houston, Texas.
• Jeff Bezos gave us the Amazon we know, love, and use today!
• Bezos hired a SpaceX vice president to run Amazon’s satellite internet project
• ( I admire Jeff Bezos because he has kept a well running business in good
shape for awhile and he gave us the easy way to shop. We used to take time
out of our day to go out to shop, but now we can get almost everything we
need online.)
• “You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well..” – Jeff Bezos

10. #3 Jeff Bezos Background
• Born: January 12, 1964 (age 55 years), Albuquerque, NM
• Net worth: 152.9 billion USD (2019)
• Spouse: MacKenzie Bezos (m. 1993; div. 2019)
• Children: 4
• Education: Princeton University (1986), River Oaks Elementary
School, Miami Palmetto Senior High School
• Organization founded: Amazon