 |
 Andrew
Carnegie began his business career
working as a bobbin boy in a textile mill for
$1.20 a week. Working his way up the ladder
quickly, he was earning $50,000 a year by the
time he was 33, and was the richest man in the
world by age 65. |
 Howard
Robard Hughes, Jr. began his
business career at the age of 19 when he bought
his relatives out of their shares of his father's
multi-million-dollar tool company. He
subsequently made billions of dollars as a movie
producer, aviation pioneer, and Las Vegas casino
owner. |
 Henry
John Heinz began his
business career at the age of 8, selling excess
vegetables from his mother's garden. By the time
he was 9, Henry was making and selling his own
brand of horseradish sauce, and by 17 he
was grossing $2,400 a year. |
 Charles
William Post turned to a lifestyle
based on an all-natural diet and positive mental
suggestion after suffering two nervous
breakdowns. He subsequently turned that lifestyle
into a very successful business, beginning with a
coffee substitute called Postum and a cereal
called Grape-Nuts. |
 Èleuthère
Irénée Du Pont de Nemours
immigrated to the United States from France in
1799. In 1802, he established a mill in Delaware
that had become the largest manufacturer of
gunpowder in the country by 1811. |
