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- 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.
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- Mark Zuckerberg
- Meet the business inspiration behind the social networking phenomenon Facebook.
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- 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...
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- 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, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, profiles
- Walt Disney
- The man behind the world's largest media organisation was rather more complicated than the sentimental, morally unambiguous fare his company is famed for.
- See more in: Walt Disney, children's entertainment, animation, film, profiles
- Meg Whitman
- With a pedigree in rescuing floundering brands, Meg Whitman was never likely to fail to make a great concept like eBay fly. And fly it did.
- See more in: Meg Whitman, businesswomen, women in business, eBay, auction, internet, online, profiles
- Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
- 'Easy does it'; 'Easy come, Easy stay'; 'Stelios on Easy street' – the puns are as numerous as they are awful. Instead we'll just introduce one of the UK's richest men, the self-styled 'serial entrepreneur' Stelios.
- See more in: Stelios, easyJet, easyGroup, branding, budget, profiles
- Charles and Maurice Saatchi
- Saatchi and Saatchi: so good they named it twice. Or so I thought. Apparently there's actually two of them...
- See more in: Saatchi, advertising, art, politics, Conservatives, profiles
- Michael Dell
- Sayings are always rather agrarian and could be updated. Thanks to Dell, which enabled people to tailor PCs to their specific needs, 'horses for courses' could have a technological update. Suggestions on an SAE...
- See more in: Michael Dell, computing, PCs, profiles
- Martha Stewart
- What Oprah did for American women's insecurities and emotional scars Martha did for their cooking, baking and upholstery. Temporarily a billionaire, Martha Stewart made housewifery lucrative.
- See more in: Martha Stewart, businesswomen, women in business, television, magazines, cooking, decor, garden, profiles
- Louis B Mayer
- Imagine if Mary Whitehouse ran the movie industry, and you're getting close to the impression the late MGM ideologue made in the first half of the 20th century.
- See more in: Louis B Mayer, films, Hollywood, MGM, production, profiles
- Wright Brothers
- It took them ages to get their idea off the ground. But although some thought it was merely a flight of fancy, they did it, and when they did it put them on a higher plane. Sorry. That was pun-ishing.
- See more in: Wright Brothers, flight, aviation, inventors, profiles
- Oprah Winfrey
- She empathises better than Trisha, her book endorsements carry more weight than Richard and Judy and was the only black female billionaire for three years running.
- See more in: Oprah Winfrey, presenter, television, chat shows, businesswomen, women in business, profiles
- Victor Kiam
- If you like a product, you might go wild and buy a multipack. Victor Kiam purported to appreciate the close shave of Remington razors so much he bought the company.
- See more in: Victor Kiam, advertising, Remington, profiles
- Sir Philip Green
- He isn't popular with everyone, but as a retail boss Philip Green has a phenomenal record.
- See more in: Philip Green, Arcadia, Marks and Spencer, Bhs, retail, profiles
- Kerry Packer
- While the game's detractors would say cricket is anything but colourful, Packer literally brought colour into the sport, doing away with uniformally white kits when he set up the World Series after failing to get the Australian test cricket TV rights.
- See more in: Kerry Packer, broadcasting, cricket, Australian, profiles
- Larry Ellison
- The other software billionaire. The one with the beard.
- See more in: Larry Ellison, Oracle, software, computing, profiles
- Trevor Baylis
- How many professional inventors can you name apart from Trevor Baylis? And you can't include Dr Emmett Brown from Back to the Future. Trevor doesn't want a monopoly though - he set up a foundation to help other inventors.
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- Pierre Omidyar
- Thanks to this man you can put a Kenny G record up for sale and someone, somewhere will actually buy it.
- See more in: Pierre Omidyar, eBay, auction, internet, online, profiles
- Leo Burnett
- Back in the olden days drinks quenched your thirst, shampoo washed your hair and beer got you drunk. Thanks to Burnett, hitherto mundane products now make you happier, cooler, sexier and associate you with virtuous causes.
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