Evan Carmichael

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“I believe in being an innovator,” said Walt Disney. “Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.”
Since its inception, Disney has always been an innovative and imaginative brand. From his animations to his theme parks, Disney was always looking to the future; he was in constant search for creative ways to improve his products and thrust his [...]

“Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true,” Walt Disney said. “This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence.”
Disney spent [...]

“It’s something that will never be finished,” Walt Disney once said of Disneyland. “Something that I can keep developing and adding to.” Disney was a management mastermind, a pioneer in the field of branding and merchandising. Constantly thinking of how far he could stretch the Disney brand, Disney set new industry standards for his ability [...]

While working at Pesemen-Rubin Art Studio, Disney met a fellow cartoonist named Ubbe Iwwerks and the two became instant friends. They created their first company, Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists, but it collapsed because they found few clients. The two then went to work for Kansas City Film Ad, where they continued to experiment with animation and [...]

Satoshi Tajiri
Company: Pokemon
Net Worth: Unknown
As a young boy, Satoshi Tajiri was dubbed “Dr. Bug” thanks to his fascination with insects. But when Tajiri discovered a way to combine his interest in insects with his passion for videogames, he had an electronic revolution on his hands. Today, children the world over remain enthralled with Tajiri’s creation [...]

Pierre Omidyar
Company: eBay
Net Worth: $7.7 Billion
“I started eBay as an experiment, as a side hobby basically, while I had my day job,” recalls Pierre Omidyar. An unexpected success, that side hobby has today become the world’s largest personal online trading community. The website hosts millions of auctions every day, with more new items being added [...]

Henry J. Heinz
Company: HJ Heinz Company
Net Worth: Unknown
He started grinding spices for his mother in the basement of their Pittsburgh home when he was just six years old. Later, when Henry Heinz founded his company, it was little more than a one-man operation of peddling horseradish sauce door-to-door. But today, the HJ Heinz Company has [...]

Carlos Slim Helu
Company: Grupo Carso
Net Worth: $35 Billion
He has been called the Warren Buffett of Latin America. With an estimated net worth of $35 billion, Helu is one of the richest people in the world. He is known for never cracking a smile, but Helu’s current monopoly over the telecommunications industry in Mexico must surely [...]

“The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true,” Walt Disney once said. Indeed, Disney’s life was of the stuff dreams are made.
The man who had one of the most fertile imaginations in history, who managed to turn his musings into a billion dollar company and whose legacy would continue to [...]