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The incredible story of PayPal mafia
Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek founded Confinity. Thiel and Levchin met at Stanford University after Thiel gave a guest lecture and the two…
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August 2022

The early success of PayPal
In the early 90s, sending and receiving money online for payment of goods and services rendered was not easy. Individuals couldn’t imagine how possible…
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Theranos - Most audacious scams in startup history
Back in 2003, Elizabeth Holmes was barely 20, when she dropped out of Stanford University to launch Theranos – a proprietary technology for an analyzer…
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Steve Chen: YouTube Co-founder from Taiwan
Chen, now a multi-millionaire, worked at 7-Eleven to pay for University.
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How Mike Cannon-Brookes built his USD 12.8 billion empire
One of Australia's richest person, Mike Cannon Brookes, is known as the 'accidental billionaire' because he, along with friend Scott Farquhar, founded…
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July 2022

How Joseph Safra Became The Richest Banker in The World!
Though there are many who would claim that various members of the also Jewish Rothschild family hold this title, at least officially, Brazil’s Joseph…
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Jorge Paulo Lemann: The Warren Buffett of Brazil
I always say, to have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream BIG !!! - Jorge Paulo Lemann
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The success story of “The Father of Jeans” and founder of Levi’s
On May 20, 1873, Levis Strauss created the first pair of blue jeans in the world. Over the decades, Hollywood stars and public stars have worn Levi’s…
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Howard Schultz: Meet the man who scripted the success story of Starbucks
Headquartered in Washington, Starbucks was a regional coffee company that turned into the world's top coffee brand and has undergone a major expansion…
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June 2022

The Spicy History of Sriracha
Sriracha may be a big deal now, but it comes from humble beginnings.
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Alakh Pandey rejected ₹75-crore (USD 10mn) salary, now owns a unicorn - PhysicsWallah
Alakh Pandey from Allahabad, India always wanted to become an engineer from IIT - one of the leading engineering college in India, but due to lack of…
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May 2022

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