“Our goal was simple, take the work out of bicycling.” Arthur Davidson, Sr. (11 February 1881 – December 30, 1950)[1] was one of the four original founders of Harley-Davidson. Early life Arther Davidson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to William C Davidson (1846-1923) who was born and grew up in Angus, Scotland and Margaret Adams…
“Thought, not money, is the real business capital.” Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires.[1] Family background Firestone was born on the Columbiana, Ohio farm built by his paternal…
“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not…
“If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.” Harry Wayne Huizenga (/haɪˈzɛŋɡə/, born December 29, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur. He has been involved in the founding of three Fortune 500 corporations and is responsible for six New York Stock Exchange listed companies. He has also…
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” Elon Reeve Musk (/ˈiːlɒn ˈmʌsk/; born June 28, 1971) is a South African-born Canadian-American business magnate,[8][9] engineer,[10] inventor[11] and investor.[12][13][14] He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors, and chairman of…
“The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs.” Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (/sloʊn/; May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in…