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Alan Sugar's business tips
Do you want to be a multi-millionaire business leader? Enterprise champion Sir Alan Sugar shares his top tips for success. Lord Alan Sugar of The Apprentice...

Alan Sugar's CV
Alan Sugar left his school in Hackney, at the age of 16, to start his first business venture- selling car aerials and electric goods out of a van bought...

Famous entrepreneurs: Richard Branson
From records to railways: the rise of Britain’s most famous entrepreneur.

Famous entrepreneurs: 'Coco' Chanel
Born in a poorhouse, Chanel used her imagination and creativity to climb to the top. The early years Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born in 1883 in Saumur...

Famous entrepreneurs: Linda Cook
How a Kansas country girl became one of the most powerful women in the world. The early years Cook grew up in Kansas, the eldest in a family of six children...

Famous entrepreneurs: Henry Ford
How an ambitious engineer changed American society. The early years Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on his family's farm in Dearborn, Michigan. From...

Famous entrepreneurs: Mary Kay Ash
Fed up with the way she was treated in a male-dominated corporate world, Mary Kay Ash founded her own company where she rewarded those who worked the...

Famous entrepreneurs: Anita Roddick
It's not easy to become rich and remain ethical, but Anita Roddick always kept her beliefs in front of her business ideas. The early years Born Anita...

Famous entrepreneurs: Madam CJ Walker
How hard work and shampoo led to America’s first self-made female millionaire. The early years She was born Sarah Breedlove in Delta, Louisiana, to...

Famous financiers: Warren Buffet
Who wants to be a multibillionaire? I do! Sadly, we don’t all have the same golden touch as one of the world’s most successful businessmen, Warren...

Famous financiers: Benjamin Graham
Known as the ‘father of investing’, Wall Street analyst and economist Benjamin Graham still influences top financiers over thirty years after his...

Famous financier: Jerome Kerviel
Lone architect of the biggest fraud in finance or just an unlucky trader? The case of Jerome Kerviel has raised important questions about how much responsibility...

Famous financiers: Nick Leeson
How did one man manage to destroy Britain’s oldest merchant bank? The story of Nick Leeson, the infamous rogue trader, shows the dangers of too much...

Famous financiers: Carlos Slim Helu
The second richest person in the world, and the wealthiest Latin American, Carlos Slim Helu is an investor, entrepreneur and businessman. Who is he? Carlos...

Famous financiers: George Soros
Known as ‘The Man Who Broke the Bank of England’, American speculator George Soros is famous for his foresight and politics. Who is he? George Soros...