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Henry Sy, Sr. is a Filipino Chinese business tycoon and entrepreneur, most famous for founding the SM Malls, the Philippines largest group of malls. Henry is well-known for investing in and growing his SM Malls during the time of the financial crisis in the Philippines, a feat that so few in the world have come to accomplish. His philosophy and principles in business have made him a very effective and successful entrepreneur, and have established for him a reputation that has made him an example of what it means to be a businessman.  ![image](attached://9bec0ba66b22de3c863e057422d6888b 120x150)

Thomas Edison was the great scientist of his time. He did many great inventions like the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb, and many more. Edison did almost 1093 successful inventions in his lifetime. When Edison grow up his parents did his admission in a school. After a few days, one day when Thomas Edison got back home from school and gave a paper to his mother. He said to her Mother, my teacher gave this paper to me and asked me just you have to open it. When her mother read that paper her eyes filled with tears.

Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, though he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me". Phineas Taylor Barnum was down on his luck and anxious to find an “amusement” that would attract paying customers. One lucky day a stranger came into the shop where Barnum worked and told him that he possessed half-ownership of a “curiosity”

John Gokongwei Jr., who started his business selling peanuts in a local market, and lived on to be one of the celebrated billionaire taipans by Forbes Magazine. He was proof that determination, perseverance, and grit, can take you a long way.

Socorro C. Ramos is the matriarch of National Bookstore, the Philippines' leading retailer of books, office supplies, and greeting cards. In 1965, she and her husband Jose set up a nine-story building along Avenida Rizal which would be the very first National Bookstore. What has become the Ramos family business has not stopped growing since, having opened Powerbooks, a now popular specialty bookstore, in 1996. Socorro Ramos, barely 18, started working as a salesgirl at a Goodwill Bookstore branch owned by her brother in Escolta, Manila. Because of her selling skills, Ramos was put in charge of the store. It was only after marrying Jose Ramos that her dream of the setting up a bookstore finally materialized.

Tony Tan Caktiong was a Filipino Chinese entrepreneur who set up a two-outlet ice cream parlor business in the city of Manila. It was 1975 when he began his business. His father used to operate a kitchen in Fujian,China, which was where Tony’s association with the food services business began. Only after 2 years when Tony expanded by serving not only ice cream, they started serving hamburgers and fried chicken. Not for long, chicken, hamburgers and ice cream are selling very good, lines starts to pile up and success is a continuous matter for them.

Instead of earning his degree in Architecture, Edgar “Injap” Sia II decided to take a big risk back in 2003. On December 12, 2003, the 30-something billionaire who founded the popular Filipino barbecue chain Mang Inasal. Because of his lack of track record, a number of suppliers turned Sia down while he was still starting up his business. This prompted Sia to scout for suppliers in wet markets as well as cooperatives in his community in Iloilo.

Mariano Que (Founder and Owner of Mercury Drug) Mariano Que started out as an employee in a drugstore before World War II. After the war, he saw the need for sulfa drugs and grabbed the opportunity. A surplus of antibiotics from war-time supplies and a booming demand from the masses fueled his business model.

Just like any business, it started small and ordinary. In 1971, Mrs. Creside Tueres started a small over-the-counter pizza shop in Greenhills Commercial Center. Mrs. Tueres isn’t a newbie when it comes to food, cooking is in fact her passion and she has a natural talent for entrepreneurship. When her small pizza store began operating, people, especially her friends and relatives loved it for its delicious taste and very affordable price.

Cecilio Kwok Pedro is an entrepreneur who made it to the top after his failure back in 1985. His principle is much grounded and to quote this man of humility, he once said, "We are competing against the giants. Without faith and without the intervention of the divine, it is really difficult to survive in this industry." The founder of Hapee toothpaste in the Philippines, making his company, Lamoiyan Corp., the country’s first homegrown toothpaste name.

Alfredo Yao is the founder of Macay Holdings, a maker and distributor of carbonated soft drinks. His privately held Zesto Corp. He’s one of the most resilient businessmen in the Philippines, and has built his legacy on hard work and perseverance, as well as showing tenacity for always finding better ways of doing things.

Gregorio G. Sanchez, Jr. is a civil engineer by profession formerly engaged in civil construction works. His persistence finally led to the development of a food supplement that would smother the bad bacteria in livestock, which he called “LactoPAFI Probiotic Bacteria. The success of the probiotic bacteria developed by Engineer Sanchez later on gained global recognition as a superior bacterial strain for its ability to restore good bacteria to the body. This gave the engineer greater confidence for developing a health drink (LactoVitale) and personal care products like soaps, shampoos and toothpastes with LactoPAFI as an important ingredient.

Jose Magsaysay, Jr. is best known for being Mr. Potato Corner. Mr. Magsaysay’s success story started at the bottom of the proverbial ladder. His entry into the food industry began when, as a part-time working student, he was hired as a janitor at Wendy’s in 1983.

On May 15, 1966, Filipino-Chinese sisters Milagros Yee and Clarita Go along with their sister-in-law Doris Wilson Leelin opened Goldilocks, a small bakeshop, along Pasong Tamo in Makati. At that time, the shop only had two cake displays and 10 employees. Every product was made from the family’s home kitchen and were sold out every day. When the franchising system boomed in the Philippines, hundreds of Goldilocks stores sprouted throughout Metro Manila. Through the years, the name Goldilocks became a household name.

Harley-Davidson’s American success story began in 1903 when two friends—William Harley and Arthur Davidson—built a motorized bicycle in a machine shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1 The progeny of that first machine now travel the world—with speed and style. Now the Harley Hog is going electric. Bloomberg/Getty Images Harley’s Roots

Maggie Lena Walker achieved national prominence as a businesswoman and community leader. Her business acumen, personality, and lifelong commitment to a beneficial burial society fueled her climb to success. In 1903, Walker became both the first African American woman to charter a bank and the first African American woman to serve as a bank president. As a leader, Walker achieved successes with the vision to make tangible improvements in the way of life for African Americans.

Ingvar Kamprad is the founder of IKEA, a network of furniture stores with affordable prices. Ingvar Kamprad always wanted people around the world to be able to buy beautiful furniture and home furnishings, at an affordable cost, and this desire became his mission.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the duo who began Apple Computer in 1976, are among the most well-known revolutionaries of the computing age. Their invention of the first true personal computer changed people’s ideas of what a computer could look like and what it could do to make their lives easier and their work more efficient. Apple continues to be one of the most popular brands of personal computing devices in the world.

 Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, record producer, and author. The chair and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons’ success story wasn’t built on music alone. He was also a pivotal player in the so-called “urban” fashion movement of the late 1990s as the founder of Phat Farm, the apparel and footwear brand he launched in 1992 around the same time the alleged sexual assaults reportedly took place.

Dineh Mohajer founded Hard Candy Cosmetics, Inc., a line of cosmetics that targets teens and young adults. Starting the business with her sister and her boyfriend after receiving positive comments on a nail polish she had created to match a pair of sandals she wore shopping, Mohajer, just 22 years old at the time, suddenly found herself at the helm of a multi–million dollar business. When Dineh Mohajer launched Hard Candy in 1995, her line of pastel-shaded nail polishes became an overnight success. Women of all ages fell for the playful shades—including Alicia Silverstone, whose nails, adorned with the pale blue “Sky” caught the eye of David Letterman when she appeared on his show