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20th-century entrepreneurs who changed the world

These entrepreneurs changed life as we know it
Thomas Edison
George Eastman
Madam C. J. Walker
Henry Ford
Coco Chanel
David Sarnoff
Olive Ann Beech
Walt Disney
Frederick McKinley Jones
Ingvar Kamprad
Ray Kroc
Estée Lauder
Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver
Baron Marcel Bich
Colonel Tom Parker
Ole Kirk Kristiansen
Dan and Frank Carney
Ruth Handler
Sam Walton
Marie Van Brittan Brown and Albert Brown
Bill Gates
Amancio Ortega
Steve Jobs
Dame Anita Roddick
George Lucas
Miuccia Prada
John Mackey
Oprah Winfrey
Ted Turner
Michael Bloomberg
Nicolas Hayek
Sir James Dyson
Howard Schultz
Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina
Jeff Bezos
Pierre Omidyar
Jimmy Choo and Tamara Mellon
Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Wim Ouboter
Sara Blakely
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These entrepreneurs changed life as we know it

It’s incredible to think how much the world has changed since the start of the 20th century – we’ve gained major inventions from cars and planes to refrigerators and the internet, while many globally-influential companies have shaped the way we live. From the inventor of the Bic pen to the woman that brought us Barbie dolls, click or scroll through to see the 20th century’s most revolutionary entrepreneurs.
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14 October 2020

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