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Profile Jim Justice is an American agriculture and coal businessman from West Virginia. He is best known as the Democratic Party candidate for the 2016 election for Governor of West Virginia Early Life James (Jim) Conley Justice II, was born on 27 April, 1951 in Charleston, West Virginia. He is the son of James Conley Justice and Edna Ruth Perry Justice and he was raised in Raleigh County, West Virginia. He attended the University of Tennessee on an athletic scholarship for golf. He later transferred to Marshall University.jim justice early careerAt the Marshall University, he was chosen as the captain on the Thundering Herd golf team for two years. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree and Masters in Business Administration from Marshall University. Career jim family businessAfter finishing college, Jim went on to manage the family business of agriculture.jim justice careerIn 1977, he founded the Bluestone Farms which has grown to now operate more than 50,000 acres of far...

Scott Duncan is an American investor, most popular for being one of the four kids of Dan Duncan. His father was the co-founder of Enterprise Products, which Scott, along with his three siblings, inherited after his death. Enterprise is a crude oil and natural gas pipeline company based in America, headquartered in Houston. dan duncanDan Duncan, Scott Duncan’s father was the majority owner of the company, who inherited his wealth to his children when he died in 2010 at the age of 77. What’s more fortunate for Scott is that he did not even pay the estate tax for his inheritance. Childhood Born in 1983, Scott is the son of Dan Duncan and Lee Ellis. His was the Chairman, co-founder and majority shareholder for Enterprise Products. He is one of the four children of his parents, the youngest one, and the only son in the family. Randa Duncan Williams, Milane Duncan Frantz and Dannine Duncan Avara are his sisters, who also inherited equal share of the property after their father’s dea...

Adam Neumann is the CEO and co-founder of WeWork, a company providing community, shared workspace and services to freelances, small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs. Adam has led his business to more than 50 co-working locations across the US, Israel and Europe, and he plans to reach all the continents of the globe by 2017. adam neumann storyAdam and his team have been building companies in the New York City for over 10 years now, ranging from real estate and construction to apparel and jewelry. Recently, he has converted top 25 floors of Woolworth Building for residential purposes. Earlier, he was the co-founder of Green Desk, a co-working space that transformed Dumbo into a hub for small ventures. Childhood adam neumann childhoodAdam’s mother was a single mother who raised him in Israel on a kibbutz. He spent first 2 years of his life in Indianapolis where his mother got training as a doctor. Then, they moved to a kibbutz along the Gaza Strip. His mother was very hard ...

Nathan Blecharczyk is a businessman from America who is the co-founder and CTO of Airbnb. It is a private website where people can find and list lodging for rent. The site features more than 1,500,000 listings across 34,000 cities in 190 countries across the globe. With headquarters in San Francisco, California, Nathan co-founded the company in 2008 with the help of Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia. airbnb founderHe was a technical architect prior to that, and met the other co-founders in 2008. He is one of the richest and youngest entrepreneurs in America as of now. Childhood Although the exact birth date of Nathan is not known, it is estimated that he was born around the year 1984. He completed his graduation in 2001 from Boston Latin Academy, and joined Harvard University to receive a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. With this, he became a technology architect by profession and made up his mind to pursue career in this direction. Early Career airbnb foundersNathan joined the...

Profile Carlos Ghosn is a successful businessman of Brazilian-Lebanese- French descent who has played key roles in the automobile industry. Presently, he is Chairman and CEO of Renault-Nissan Alliance, world’s largest automotive group; Chairman and CEO of Renault, French automobile company; CEO of Japanese car maker Nissan; and Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors. carlos ghosn profileHe played a vital role in the turnaround of Nissan and presently has undertaken the challenging task of restructuring Mitsubishi Motors. He speaks four languages- French, Portuguese, English, and Arabic. Childhood Carlos was born on 9th March 1954 in Porto Velho Brazil as the son of Jorge Gosh. His grandfather Bichara Ghosn emigrated from Lebanon at the age of 13 and was involved in rubber, aviation, and agri-business. His mother was also from Lebanon with a Nigerian descent. Carlos became sick at the age of 2 due to consumption of unhygienic water and he was moved to Rio De Janeiro. However, he did no...

Profile Mark Cuban is an American billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor. He made his fortunes by selling startups and is the owner of NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. He was also involved in film and TV program production business. He was recently in the news as he endorsed Hillary Clinton, the democrat candidate for US Presidential race in 2016. His net worth is estimated to be over $3 bn. Childhood mark cuban childhoodMark Cuban was born on July 31, 1958, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a middle-class family to Shirley and Norton Cuban. His father was employed in an automobile upholstery business. He has a Russian lineage as his grandfather, Morris Chobanisky emigrated from Russia to do a business of selling goods from a truck while his maternal grandparents were from Romania. Early Entrepreneurship mark cuban first businessHaving inherited the traits of his grandfather, Mark started doing business when he was in high school. He sold garbage bags to buy his favorit...

Profile If you’ve seen The Devil Wears Prada starring Meryl Streep and read the original novel from which the film is based upon, then chances are that you might have heard about the real-life figure that inspired the pop culture phenomenon. Anna Wintour is undoubtedly one of the most well-known and highly influential figures in the fashion industry due to her position as the editor-in-chief of Vogue Magazine in the United States.anna10With her distinctive signature look of a pageboy bob hairstyle and her eyes shielded by dark sunglasses, Wintour is widely regarded by the press and among her peers in the industry as a champion of style and beauty. However, she has also received heavy criticism from her detractors regarding on her personality and the business strategies for the magazine she runs among other things. Love her or hate her, there’s truly no denying that Wintour reigns supreme as the fashion world’s gatekeeper, tastemaker, and power broker. Early Life Wintour was bor...

Profile There are truly precious moments in the entertainment industry when a highly talented musician is preordained to be on the ascendant, and whose star is sure to shine brightly within the illustrious firmament of fame and glory. Naturally, the prudent move would be to generate the necessary momentum by producing concrete and truly worthy material that will establish the musician’s integrity as an artist to both fans and critics alike. But the trajectory from beloved indie fave to viral mainstream superstar can only be achieved if an individual has the right elements at play. First, the talent has to be so palpable that even the most cynical music fans can recognize a rough diamond that needs to be polished. Second, the artist must project a certain level of mystique at the grassroots level in order to generate the right kind of buzz. Third, the output must be strong enough to withstand critical scrutiny or else the first and second requirements will be all for naught. Once...

Profile The world of high fashion is filled with creative individuals, and yet no other living designer working today can perhaps truly match the clairvoyant sartorial powers of Miuccia Prada. The stately and quietly unassuming Milanese designer is both heiress and high priestess to her family’s massive fashion empire that was founded by her grandfather Mario Prada in 1913. Mrs. Prada, as she is reverently known to the industry, is a singular innovative force of nature whose cerebral, idiosyncratic, and unapologetically feminist fashion designs frequently challenges the very notion of beauty and yet her work still manages to attract critical raves and millions in sales. landscapeSteadfastly refusing to follow trends during every Fashion Week presentation, Mrs. Prada follows to the beat of her own drum season after season and remains several steps ahead of her peers. The proof is in the domino effect she constantly creates for whatever trends or aesthetics she has created in one ...

Profile John Clifton ‘Jack’ Bogle is the founder of the mutual fund company ‘Vanguard Group’. This American businessman and investor is also the author of the book Common Sense on Mutual Fund: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor, which is regarded as a classic guide for investors and hence it became the best-selling book in the group of investment guides. john c bhogle net worthThough he is a retired CEO of Vanguard Group, he hasn’t really given up working and even at the age of 87, he actively participates in annual conferences Childhood Jack Bogle was born on 8 May 1929 in Montclair, New Jersey. His family had to sell their house due to stock market crash in 1929 and they lost all their inheritance. Bogle and his other twin brother had to start working at a very tender age.john c bogle childhoodBogle worked at an ice-cream parlor and also started delivering newspapers at the age of ten. His father slowly fell into deep depression and took to extreme alcoholism which...