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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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    In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
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    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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