7. Apple Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Wozniak had shown Jobs his simple built computer machine. This impressed Jobs and he believed he could sell the machine for a profit. It was Wozniak’s computer engineering abilities combined with Job’s marketing abilities that led to what we now know as Apple, Inc. In 2008, Apple had reported revenues of $33.04Billion and profits of $11.15Billion annually.
8. Dixie Chicks Martie & Emily Erwin Natalie Maines The Dixie Chicks started with sisters Martie and Emily Erwin who played music on the street corners of Dallas for small change. The sisters later met and invited Natalie Maines to join their country music rock group. As of 2009 the Dixie Chicks have won 13 Grammy awards with over 30.5 million in record sales for their first three albums.
9. Dolce and Gabbana D&G Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana This world famous design duo met while working as assistants at an atelier in Milan. Sharing a strong passion for fashion, they made their name together in 1985 when Milano Collezioni invited them to take part in a fashion show launch. By 1997, their company had a reported turnover of ₤400Million.
10. Google Sergey Brin and Larry Page Google started in 1996 as a research project by Page while he was undertaking his PhD at Stanford University. Page was joined by Sergey Brin, also a Stanford University PhD student. Together they created the largest and most popular search engine in history. In 2006 Google reported an advertising revenue of US$10.492Billion and in March 2009 Google’s market cap was reported at $103.15Billion.
11. Martin Siegfried & Roy Horn Siegfried and Roy Both had fathers who were abusive alcoholics and soldiers of Hitler’s army. Determined to leave their difficult pasts behind them, Siegfried and Roy had taken positions to work on the same ocean liner. On the ocean liner they met and discovered they shared a passion and desire to perform their magic before live audiences. This connection would lead them to achieving the most sold out, gross profit producing show in Vegas history with an annual payment of $36Million per year. “ To rise above what seems to be impossible, one must first believe.”
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13. Lastly, Never Ever Give Up On Your Dreams! Where there’s a will, there is a way!
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