Famous Entrepreneurs

Profiles Index

Harvey Mackay - "Mr. Make Things Happen"
Harvey Mackay is the author of five business bestsellers, a nationally syndicated columnist, and one of America's most popular business speakers. He is also Chairman and CEO of Mackay Envelope Corporation, which he founded at age 26, and which now employees over 500 people and does $85 million a year in revenue.

Ingvar Kamprad - IKEA Founder and One of the World's Richest Men
Thanks to the decline in the dollar, IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad is now, according to some, the wealthiest person in the world. What started as a person-to-person business selling everything from pens to picture frames has grown to over 200 stores in 31 countries, employing over 75,000 people and generating over 12 billion in sales annually. IKEA is still privately held by Kamprad, who flys coach, takes the subway to work, and drives a ten-year-old Volvo.