Can you not find enough reason to stir yourself
while you chase your career goals or at least brighten up your day? Maybe you
need stories on people who caused a positive impact on others’ lives and
changed the world better.
Listed below are the most powerful modern-day
business people and leaders (in any order) and their vital global contributions.
1) Bill Gates, Co-founder
and former Microsoft CEO
He formed the world’s largest computer
software firm. Aside from this, he writes books and gives to many charitable
activities worldwide. Microsoft products and his kind acts continue to touch
and change people’s lives.
2) Pope Francis, Pontiff
of the Catholic Church
Leading a religious sect with over 1.2
billion believers is a huge task. As pope, he set many firsts, but such did not
go beyond Catholic teachings. He does good works that make him a good leader
and a fearless reformer. He listens to people, reaches out to the faithful,
befriends non-Catholics, and leads by example.
3) Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder
and CEO of Facebook
Despite his young age, he has influenced
the world so much by creating a social networking site. Despite being a college
dropout, he strove hard to make his dreams come true. His impact is obvious on
Facebook as netizens go abuzz on the Internet.
4) Warren Buffett, CEO
of Berkshire Hathaway
He is one of the richest persons on the
planet. A philanthropist, too, he once pledged to give 99 percent of his wealth
to philanthropic causes. As a leader, he is popular for his values and philosophy
on good communication, passion, workforce and time management, planning, patience,
transparency, and fairness.
5) Steve Jobs, Co-founder
and former CEO of Apple, Inc. – He was a college dropout, yet this did
not hamper his skill and passion for innovation and technology. His products affected
today’s way of living and remained his legacy.
Other
influential leaders and entrepreneurs are:
6) Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com
7) Bill Clinton,
Founder of The Clinton Foundation
8) Malala Yousafzai,
Advocate for education rights
9) Barack Obama, US President
10)
Sam
Walton, Former CEO of Wal-Mart
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