Name: Cole Dorazio

Date: 2/2/16

Famous Entrepreneur
Scavenger Hunt
1) Charles Schwab - http://aboutschwab.com/about
a) What is Charles Schwabs net worth?$1,765,271
b) What year was his company founded?

1973

c) What type of business is he in?

He is in the business of helping investors
invest their money where they believe it can grow.
2) Donald Trump - http://www.notablebiographies.com/St-Tr/Trump-Donald.html
a) What did Donald study in college and where did he go to school?
Donald
attended Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in
1968 with a degree in economics.
b) How did he earn his money?
Donald Trump had $200,000 out of college
that his father helped him own and once Trumps dad passed away in 1999 he gather a
worth of $1.6 billion dollars.
3) Dave Thomas http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/dave-thomas
a) How did Wendys get its name?
Wendys got its name from Dave Thomass
Daughter Melinda who was nicknamed Wendy.
b) What year was the 1st Wendys opened?

1969

c) What year did Wendys open its 2000th store?

1980

4) Bill Gates - http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Bill_Gates.htm

http://news.microsoft.com/facts-about-microsoft/#RevenueHeadcount
a) How many employees does Bill Gates have?
Technically he is no longer
the largest shareholder so he doesent have any employees.
b) What year did Microsoft begin?

1975

c) What programming language did Bill Gates develop?

He developed a
programming language called BASIC for the first micro computer.

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5) Debbie Fields - http://www.debbifields.com/about
a) What year did she open her 1st store?
b) What does Mrs. Fields sell?

1977

Mrs. Field sells desserts, delicious desserts.

6) Phil Knight - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/hincker/nikhist.html

http://news.nike.com/news/nike-football-illustrated-a-guide-to-game-changing-innovations
http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/notknight.htm
a) In the beginning, where did Phil sell his shoes?
At first phil Knight sold his
shoes in a store he made himself.
b) Who was Phils Co-founder?
c) How much was his first investment?

Philip Hampson
$1000

d) What does NIKE stand for? NIKE stands for the greek goddess of victory.
7) Martha Stewart - http://www.biography.com/people/martha-stewart-9542234
a) What was Marthas first career/job?
At first she was a stock broker.
b) What was the name of the brokerage firm for which Martha worked from 1968
1972? Pearlberg
c) What type of business did Martha start in 1976?

She started a catering

business.
8) Orville Redenbacher - http://members.aol.com/acalendar/July/Orville.html
a) What did Orville dedicate his life to doing? He dedicated it to making the perfect
popcorn.
b) Who was Orvilles business partner?

Charlie Bowman

c) In what year did Orville and his partner perfect their hybrid popcorn?

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9) Walt Disney - http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/w_bio_short.html

a) What was Walts 1st Company called?
Laugh-O-Grams
b) Where did Walt and his wife get married?
Lewistons Episcopal Church.

They got married in Idaho at

c) What was his ambulance for the Red Cross covered with? It was completely
covered in disney cartoons.
10) Jerry Yang - http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/jerry-yang
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197564
http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Yahoo!_(YHOO)/Data/Revenue/1998
a) What did Jerry and David develop?
Yahoo!
b) Why?

They wanted to organize all the websites found on the net.

c) What does YAHOO stand for?

Officious Oracle"

It stands for "Yet Another Hierarchical

d) What was Yahoos net revenue in 1998?

$203.3 Million

All of these entrepreneurs had great ideas and created businesses on those ideas. Each one
became successful; maybe you can too.

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