a little research on local entrepreneurial personalities after my own list of criteria for the making of a successful entrepreneur. will look up more and produce a more in depth study later on. too busy now to come up with a better one. update you guys again next time! =P
here are the 20 factors i compiled:
Adaptive leadership
Listen, observe, reflect and apply upon own skills and networks
Genuine networking and connections
Hard work, hard work and hard work!
Integrity and ethical values
Continuous improvement and learning
Environmental factor, brought up in a culturally-diversified environment
Language abilities, articulate in both written and spoken languages
Cultural openness and understanding
Luck and opportunity
Personality and charisma
Humility, compassion and ambitions
Capabilities and qualifications
Competitive, achievers, results-oriented
Risk-taker
Analytical and smart
Big thinker, critical and forward thinker who delivers, dream achievers
Detail-conscious and meticulous but not obsessed with details
Team player, people’s people
Creative and innovative
Some famous Malaysian personalities in the entrepreneurship arena I compiled:
Lim Goh Tong
Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin S.M. Amin
Edmund Santhara
Harsukhlal Maganlal Kamdar
Datuk Bernard Chandran
Datuk Jimmy Choo
Tun Daim Zainuddin
Joel Neoh Eu-Jin
Project Director, YouthMalaysia.com
Raj Ridvan Singh
Co-founder and International Director of Science of Life 24/7
Nor Akmar Hanif
CEO of Platinum I
Platinum Wealth Advisors
Oh Joo Nee
Founder of Let’s Dance Malaysia & Winner of Nescafe Kickstart
Mia Germain Palencia
Singer/Songwriter
Kenny Sia Tze Foo
Blog owner of KennySia.com
Kevin Zahri
Founder of Maxtrition.com.my & Maxhosting.com.my
Kid Chan
Founder of Kid Chan Studios
Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam
Co-founder of Nuffnang.com
Ng Khai Lee
Founder of theCICAK.com, Project Bazooka & BunchOut.com
Kenny Goh Chee Ken
CEO of MACROKIOSK Bhd.
Ganesh Kumar Bangah
CEO of MOL Access Bhd
Legal Entrepreneur
Chris Tan
10 world renowned entrepreneurs
1. Bill Gates – the inventor of Microsoft, he holds the title of being the richest man in the world for many years. Bill Gates dropped out from his studies at Harvard to pursue his dreams. As we can see from the heights of success he has gained, his decision has been a great one.
2. Michael Dell – the founder of Dell computers. Michael Dell is a person ahead of his time and this proved to be to his greatest advantage.
3. Henry Ford – who doesn’t know about Henry Ford? He was the entrepreneur responsible for promoting what is known as cars and automobiles today.
4. Richard Branson – he is the founder of the Virgin brand which is a very powerful brand in the United Kingdom. He owns a variety of businesses including record studios, publishing houses, airlines, telecommunications, and even a space tourism company. He started out as an entrepreneur at the age of 16 and he has never looked back since then.
5. Pierre Omidyar – he is the founder of Ebay.com which revolutionized the way people buy and sell through the internet. There are millions of transactions being conducted through the Ebay site everyday. Right now, Ebay is also the owner of several high-profile internet companies.
6. Larry Page and Sergey Brin – they are the founders of Google.com. The Google company is currently the market leader when it comes to generating income revenues from the internet. Google.com started out as a search engine which revolutionized the way people look for information.
7. Li Ka Shing – the world’s ninth richest man, Li Ka Shing started with humble beginnings in Hong Kong. He is known as “Asia’s Most Powerful Man” because his business that started out as a small plastic company is now a global empire that employs thousands if not millions of people.
8. Donald Trump – one of the most successful real estate entrepreneur in history, Donald Trump is regarded as a genius.
9. Kerry Packer – he is Australia’s richest man but he has a very difficult childhood and has a troubled relationship with his father. His success lies in knowing when to buy and when to sell.
10. Jeffrey Bezos – his current worth is estimated to be between $2 billion to $9 billion. He founded Amazon.com when he saw the potential of setting up this kind of business over the internet.
Sources:
http://www.imagine123.com/entrepreneurship.html
http://www.youthmalaysia.com/nyec/thespeakers.html
http://www.careersuccesstraining.com/28/100-famous-entrepreneur.html
http://www.easyreprintprofits.com/entrepreneurship/list-of-famous-entrepreneur.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman_Arshad
http://219.94.73.253/e_20hall_fame/e202_3_01.htm
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