Five Examples Of Successful Business Leaders In America

There are thousands of successful business leaders in America. Some more successful than others. Five examples of successful business leaders include: Samuel M. Walton, Walter E. Disney, Henry Ford, Howard Schultz, and Asa G. Candler. These leaders have created multi-million dollar companies. These companies have been successful from the start.
Samuel M. Walton is the creator of Wal-Mart. Samuel and his younger brother owned fifteen convenient stores. Samuel wanted to expand, however, his brother did not. This cause Samuel to strike out on his own. He opened the first Wal-Mart store in Roger, Arkansas, 1962. In 1990, the stock worth jumped to $45 billion. Wal-Mart became the country’s largest retailer in 1991. Even when the country was facing

In 1903 Henry Ford established the Ford Motors Company. “The Ford Motor Company was formed, Malcomson and Ford sharing 51% between them. Ten workmen were hired at$1.50 a day and put to work at the Mack Avenue plant. Henry Ford was in business with his Model A… (collier and horowitz)” The Model T came out in October of 1908. “Ford became renowned for his revolutionary vision: the manufacture of an inexpensive automobile made by skilled workers who earn steady wages (Editors).” In 1914, Ford sponsored the development of the moving assembly line technique of mass production. At the time, most cars in America were Model

Schultz met with owners of the small town coffee bean shop in 1982. A year after meeting the owners he was hired as director of retail operations and marketing. In 1983, Schultz had the idea that Starbucks should sell coffee drinks, but the owners said no. Shultz was persistent. “The owners let him establish a coffee bar in a new store that was opening in Seattle. It was an instant success, bringing in hundreds of people per day and introducing a whole new language—the language of the coffeehouse—to Seattle in 1984 (Editors, Howard Schultz).” He wanted to expand Starbucks, but the owners refused. He left Starbucks in 1985. Schultz then opened II Giornale, which was an instant success. Two years later, he purchased Starbucks and merged the two shops. No other coffee company sells more coffee than Starbucks. By 2012, there were 17,600 stores in 39 countries; it was valued at $35.6 billion. By 2014, there were 21,000 stores; it was valued at $60