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Perhaps one of the most famous and influential people on our list, the man who changed the technology sector forever; Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was probably best known as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.; CEO and largest shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of The Walt Disney Company’s board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and founder, chairman and CEO of NeXT Inc.
He is widely recognized as the pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970’s along with business partner, Steve Wozniak.
Jobs spawned the “Think different” advertising campaign in 1997, developing a line of products that would later have larger cultural ramifications than anyone could have imagined. This campaign introduced the iMac, iTunes, Apple Stores, the iPod, the iPhone, the App Store, the iPad, and the reintroduction of Mac OS X.
At the time of his death in 2011, Jobs was widely regarded as one of the leading influencers of our generation and had a net worth of $6.7 Billion.
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Nadine Rowlands is a direct selling expert working with Avon cosmetics. Her enthusiasm pushed her to be one of the firm’s most celebrated salespeople.
After leaving a secretarial job that was not helping her reach her financial goals, Nadine joined Avon with the ambition to pay off her debt, which amounted to about $47,000. Her own hardwork, as well as the help of her husband had her bringing in almost $193,000 a year.
After living in debt, the 44-year old managed to build an Avon sales team that has her making almost as much annual as the British Prime Minister, affording her family the lifestyle they have always dreamed about.
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Jill Konrath is an American sales strategist, speaker, and author who is best known for her writing.
After leaving her career as a high school teacher, she got a job in sales at Xerox. This moved her into computer sales, before starting her own sales consulting firm Leapfrog Strategies in 1987. She has also been a leading online resource for women who pursue careers in sales and marketing.
Konrath was named to the Sales Lead Management’s Association’s lists of the 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management from 2009-2012. She is considered a thought leader in the Sales and Marketing industry. Her stellar track record with clients like IBM, Microsoft, and Staples, paired with her unwavering passion for building business has made her an internationally recognized expert.
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Regardless of whether you like this man or you hate him, admire him or despise him, you know who he is and what he does. Donald Trump is an American real estate developer, television personality, business author and candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 Presidential Election. Trump’s career, branding efforts, lavish lifestyle, and of course, his outspoken, brash nature has helped catapult him to celebrity status in the United States.
After taking over the family real estate business, Trump renamed his father’s firm the Trump Organization and has since branched out into almost every aspect of business from real estate to entertainment. Trump has licensed his name and likeness for the development of many real estate projects.
In 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth at $4 Billion, but a financial statement from Trump places him at a comfortable $8.7 Billion. Of that, $3.3 Billion is represented by licensing deals and branded developments.
After stepping into the 2016 Presidential Race, Trump has solidified himself as a front runner as the Republican Candidate according to public poll for his outspoken nature and determination to make America great again.
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Zig Ziglar is best known for his rousing speeches and motivational messages. Ziglar was successful in sales because he not only sold his own form of inspiration, but also aspirations of success to his customers.
Ziglar revolutionized modern sales with rousing messages and used his aptitude to motivate the masses to encourage sales in prospective customers. He encouraged others to embrace a lifetime of learning in order to find the triumphant success that they were looking for.
Ziglar started his career working as a salesman in a succession of companies. By 1968, he became the Vice President and Training Director for the Automotive Perfomance company in Dallas, Texas.
At the age of 86, the World War II veteran, motivational speaker and world renown author was worth upwards of $15 million.
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We’ve all heard or used the catchphrase, “But wait there’s more!” never knowing the man who started it all. Ron Popeil is an American inventor and marketing personality, probably best known for his appearances in infomercials and his direct response marketing company Ronco.
Coming from a family lineage of inventors, Popeil started his career selling his father’s kitchen gadgets before branching out on his own in 1964, when he became a direct competitor to his father Samuel in the same retail stores.
He is best known for his gadgets such as the Chop-O-Matic, the Electric Pasta Maker, Beef Jerkey Machine, and the Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ. Upon his retirement in 2005, he sold Ronco for $55 million, while still staying on as an inventor and spokesman.
Popeil’s success in marketing and infomercials has led to many pop culture appearances on shows like Sex and the City, X-Files, and even King of the Hill. He has been referred to as one of the Top 25 People Who Have Changed the Way We Think About Food.
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Ruth Handler was an American inventor and business woman. Her most famous invention is something that is in almost every home across America, the Barbie.
Ruth’s husband and his business partner formed a small company manufacturing picture frames, calling it “Mattel”. This was the basis for the popular toy company today after they began using the scraps from the manufacturing process to create dollhouse furniture. They found this more profitable than the frames, and concentrated on toy manufacturing.
When on vacation in Germany, Ruth noticed a gag gift that she later reworked into the original Barbie design after noticing the limitations that young girls had playing with paper dolls. While the Barbie doll was not an immediate success, Mattel invested heavily in TV commercials and ad campaigns, launching both the product and the company into fame and fortune.
Today, Mattel has over 28,000 employees with a net worth of $5.9 Billion commanding a dominant 17% share of the Toy market.
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Larry Ellison is an American internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. In 2014, he was listed by Forbes as the third-wealthiest man in America and the fifth wealthiest person in the world, with a net worth of $56.2 billion.
Ellison is known for being relentless in pursuing what he yearns for and is not one to beat around the bush when selling the products of his company, the Oracle Corporation.
Ellison became famed for phoning sales managers even on weekends to ask about how their deals were coming through. His relentless and pursuant attitude makes him a sales force to be reckoned with.
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Perhaps the most famous on our list, Jordan Belfort could be one of the most controversial salespeople in history. The name might be familiar to you if you’ve seen the big screen adaptation of his life story, The Wolf of Wall Street.
Belfort, who is now an American author and motivational speaker, is a former stockbroker who plead guilty to fraud and related crimes in connection to stock market manipulation as part of a penny stock scam.
Belfort founded Stratton Oakmont with friends and they used it as a boiler room that marketed penny stocks and defrauded investors with the “pump and dump” type of stock sales. At one point he employed over 1,000 stock brokers and was involvec in stock issues totaling more than $1 billion.
Stratton Oakmont was permanently shut down in 1995, and now Belfort is a motivational speaker stressing business ethics and speaking out on his actions early in his career.
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