16 extraordinary American entrepreneurs
(1998)
By:
Lobb, Nancy
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
ESL/BIOGRAPHY/LOBB,N
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Portland, Me. : J. Weston Walch, [1998]
©1998
©1998
DESCRIPTION
vi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0825137950
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Frederic Tudor: the Ice King -- Biddy Mason: philanthropist -- Andrew Carnegie: steel industrialist -- Montgomery Ward: catalog sales wizard -- King Gillette: inventor of the safety razor -- Henry Ford: automotive pioneer -- Madam C.J. Walker: hair-care innovator -- James Rouse: real estate developer -- Mary Kay Ash: cosmetics entrepreneur -- John H. Johnson: publisher -- Fred Smith: creator, Federal Express -- Robert Swanson: biotechnology scientist -- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield: ice-cream makers -- Oprah Winfrey: TV talk show host -- Bill Gates: founder of Microsoft -- Jerry Yang: developer, Yahoo!