Founding and Origins
327 INDEXED REFERENCES71 INVESTORS1920–2026
How a business was started, the founding insight, and the conditions that shaped its first chapter.
REFERENCED BY
- Andrew Carnegie
26 REFERENCES · 26 PUBLIC
- Sam Walton
17 REFERENCES · 17 PUBLIC
- Bill Gates
16 REFERENCES · 16 PUBLIC
- Elon Musk
14 REFERENCES · 14 PUBLIC
- Walt Disney
13 REFERENCES · 13 PUBLIC
- Howard Schultz
12 REFERENCES · 12 PUBLIC
- Steve Jobs
12 REFERENCES · 12 PUBLIC
- Reed Hastings
11 REFERENCES · 11 PUBLIC
- Cornelius Vanderbilt
10 REFERENCES · 10 PUBLIC
- J.P. Morgan
10 REFERENCES · 10 PUBLIC
- John D. Rockefeller
10 REFERENCES · 10 PUBLIC
- Ray Dalio
10 REFERENCES · 10 PUBLIC
- Mark Zuckerberg
9 REFERENCES · 9 PUBLIC
- Jeff Bezos
7 REFERENCES · 7 PUBLIC
- Jim Simons
7 REFERENCES · 7 PUBLIC
- Chen Yidan
5 REFERENCES · 5 PUBLIC
- Henry Ford
5 REFERENCES · 5 PUBLIC
- Zhang Xin
5 REFERENCES · 5 PUBLIC
- Zhang Yin (Cheung Yan)
5 REFERENCES · 5 PUBLIC
- Li Xiting
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Liang Wenfeng
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Liu Yongxing
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Pony Ma
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Ren Jianxin
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Shi Zhengrong
4 REFERENCES · 4 PUBLIC
- Chen Tianqiao
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Colin Huang (Huang Zheng)
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- David Swensen
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Guo Guangchang
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Kai-Fu Lee
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Lei Jun
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Liu Chuanzhi
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Liu Hongsheng
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Liu Yonghao
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Lu Guanqiu
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Qin Yinglin
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Ren Zhengfei
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Wang Ning
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Wang Wei (Dick Wang)
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Wei Jianjun
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- William Li (Li Bin)
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Zhou Hongyi
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Zong Qinghou
3 REFERENCES · 3 PUBLIC
- Cao Dewang
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Cheng Wei (Will Cheng)
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Dong Mingzhu
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Lai Meisong
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Richard Liu (Liu Qiangdong)
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Robin Li
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Rong Desheng
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Rong Zongjing
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Wang Chuanfu
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Wang Xing
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Xu Jiayin
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Yu Minhong (Michael Yu)
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Zhang Chaoyang (Charles Zhang)
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Zhang Jian
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Zhang Ruimin
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Zhang Yiming
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Zhong Shanshan
2 REFERENCES · 2 PUBLIC
- Ding Lei (William Ding)
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- He Xiaopeng
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Jack Ma
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Li Xiang
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Pan Shiyi
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Seth Klarman
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Stanley Druckenmiller
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Su Hua
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Wang Jianlin
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Yang Guoqiang
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
- Zhang Yong
1 REFERENCES · 1 PUBLIC
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