World Wide Student Enterpreneurs ; A List
Author: NITIE Center for Student Enterprsies ( NCSE)
Hamara Dhandha
‘ Inspirers’ for our Student Enterprising @ NITIE
APJ Abdul Kalam ‘Wings of Fire: Autobiography ‘ p.8
“ I used to collect the seeds and sell them to a provision shop on Mosque Street. A Days collection would fetch me the princely sum of one anna “.
“ The news papers now had to be bundled and thrown out from the moving train on the Rameshwaram Road between Rameshwaram and Dhanuskodi. That forced Samsuddin to look for a helping hand to catch the bundles and, as if naturally, I filled the slot. Samsuddin helped me earn my first wages, Half a century later, I can still feel the surge of pride in earning my own money for the first time”.
Michael Dell, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Dell Inc. while at the University of Texas at Austin, started a computer company called PC’s Limited in his room in Dobie Center. A part from many of the achievements, Dell as of 2007, Forbes estimates Michael Dell’s net worth at $ 15.8 billion, making him the 30th richest person in the world and the 9th richest American.
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson’s first successful business venture was at age 15, when he published a magazine called Student. At the age of 21 years, Branson then set up a record mail-ordered business in 1970. In 1971, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, now known as Virgin Megastores.
Mr. Suhas Gopinath, still a student pursuing his under graduation course in engineering in southern India launched his own website, “ www.coolhindustan.com “ when he had still not crossed 14 years. In the year 2000, at the age of 14 years, Suhas Gopinath founded his own firm ‘ Globals Inc ’ in San Jose, California. Mr Gopinath is often referred to as “ Global Youngest CEO “ .
Hamara Dhandha
Inspirers for our Student Enterprising @ NITIE
