Famous Entrepreneurs

• Dragon's Den & The Apprentice: a public service?
• Do Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice truly recognise, encourage and reward entrepreneurial talent, or do they achieve nothing more than to entertain the viewer?
• See more in: Alan Sugar, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, James Caan, Duncan Bannatyne, Theo Paphitis, Rachel Elnaugh, Dragon's Den, The Apprentice, TV entrepreneurs, feature

• Michael Eavis: festival event business organiser
• The Glastonbury Festival turns over in excess of £25m, but its owner and originator makes more pure profit from his herd of Friesian cows.
• See more in: Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis, Emily Eavis, agriculture, farming, profile

• Sir Martin Sorrell and WPP
• Sir Martin Sorrell presides over the world’s most enviable communications portfolio of over 20 years in the making.
• See more in: WPP, marketing, advertising, profile, Google

• Ross Brawn: Formula Won
• While companies and conglomerates the world over cut costs and freeze headcounts, the dedication of one man to his sport could potentially save up to 700 jobs.
• See more in: profile, F1, Brawn GP, Ross Brawn, buy a business

• Howard Schultz
• How one man's persistent nagging helped to spawn a coffeeshop empire.
• See more in: Howard Schultz, Schultz, Starbucks, coffee, drink, retail, coffeeshop, profile

• BusinessWings salutes: the Oracle of Omaha
• The credit crunch was no great surprise to Warren Buffett, the richest man in the world. BusinessWings pays tribute to the man whose business advice is gospel.
• See more in: Warren Buffett, investment, investor, philanthropy, dotcom boom, credit crunch, shares, stocks, , profile

• Retail awards representing the under-represented
• Entries are now open for the everywomen awards, which aim to celebrate achievement in an industry they dominate only as consumers.
• See more in: news, retail, Award, women in business

• Mark Zuckerberg
• Meet the business inspiration behind the social networking phenomenon Facebook.
• See more in: online, internet, legends, social networking, social networks, Facebook, profile

• Tim Berners Lee
• The inventor of a communications medium so powerful that even the combined might of Teletext and Ceefax wouldn't be able to compete with his idea...
• See more in: Tim Berners-Lee, online, computer, profile, internet

• Tony Wilson
• Tony Wilson, one of the legends of the music industry, sadly passed away recently. BusinessWings pays tribute to an unorthodox impresario.
• See more in: Tony Wilson, Manchester, music, television, journalism, Happy Mondays, New Order, Sex Pistols, profile

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