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welcome to US entrepreneur TV for
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today's top 10 we're taking a look at
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entrepreneurs who changed the world many
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of the greatest and most important
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advancements throughout history have
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been a result of hardworking
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entrepreneurs following their dreams and
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ambitions our list includes both
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entrepreneurs who made their mark in
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just the last few years and
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entrepreneurs who changed the world more
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than a century ago here at 10
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entrepreneurs who changed the world
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forever
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number 10 George Eastman George Eastman
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is commonly credited with popularizing
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photography and film he was the founder
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of Kodak and arrived on the scene during
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a time when photography was considered
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nothing more than a novelty Eastman's
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first advancement came as a result of
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his experimentation with gelatin
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emulsions
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after three years of experimenting he
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had invented a dry plate coding machine
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this significantly lowered the entry
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barrier of photography and led to
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downsizing and ease of use development
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for photography equipment he first
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formed the Eastman dry plate and film
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company in 1884 and later on the Eastman
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Kodak Company in 1892 Eastman was a
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generous philanthropist who donated over
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a hundred million dollars after finding
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success quite a lot of money back in the
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nineteenth century only society's
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wrenches were able to practice
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photography as a hobby
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until Kodak formed and made the practice
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more accessible to the general public
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without George Eastman xinput
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photography may have remained as little
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more than a niche pastime and the
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photography and filmmaking boom may
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never have happened
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number nine Andrew Carnegie Andrew
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Carnegie is often called the father of
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modern philanthropy his business
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innovations proved massively successful
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and made him one of the wealthiest men
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in the world during the turn of the
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century
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he put his amassed fortune to excellent
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use by establishing the Carnegie
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Corporation of New York to this day the
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Carnegie Corporation of New York is
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responsible for the philanthropic
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support of countless well-intentioned
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endeavors the vast majority of
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Carnegie's fortune came from the steel
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industry by 1901 he was able to sell his
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business and retire as a millionaire of
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the time equivalent to the richest
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billionaire of today when adjusted for
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inflation
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he was a real self-made businessman his
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childhood as the son of pure immigrant
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parents instilled in him a world-class
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business ethic his peak wealth would
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have been equivalent to three hundred
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and nine billion dollars today at number
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eight it's john d rockefeller John D
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Rockefellers influences still easily
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seen today he was involved in a number
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of different businesses throughout his
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life most importantly Standard Oil he
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was a part of the very first trust by
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forming the world's first Board of
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Trustees consisting of nine members this
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set the standard for large businesses to
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follow in the future Standard Oil was a
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monopoly and rightly regarded as
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aggressive and ruthless this monopoly
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led to the formation of the Sherman
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Antitrust Act the 1980s saw a remarkable
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change to john d rockefeller business
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practices rockefeller became less
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involved in his active business and
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devoted more of his time to
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philanthropic activities these
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activities included the likes of massive
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charitable donations and the founding of
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the University of Chicago in 1892
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among other efforts the latter stages of
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his life was spent on philanthropic
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efforts the results of which are still
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plainly visible to our modern society
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number seven it's the man in the
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turtleneck Steve Jobs the modern
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technological landscape owes a great
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deal to Steve Jobs and the Apple company
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formed as a true entrepreneurial
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enterprise by two men in a garage Apple
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would revolutionize home computing the
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Macintosh computer iPhone and iPad were
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all major technological advancements of
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our era jobs also founded Pixar
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Animation Studios during a break from
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Apple Steve Jobs had a complicated
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relationship with education while always
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testing highly he absolutely hated
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school he had a natural intelligence
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that was often stifled by traditional
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education he only attended college
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briefly before dropping out to pursue
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his own interests which of course worked
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out magnificently in the end and number
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six it's Eli Whitney Eli Whitney was the
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inventor of the cotton gin which was
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instrumental in the advancement of both
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the American textile industry and the
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overall industrial revolution in America
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beyond the invention of the cotton gin
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he also introduced two key concepts and
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practices that would further
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revolutionize the very nature of
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industrial production these two
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practices were mass production and
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replaceable parts neither of which was
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standard or implemented to any degree
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before Eli Whitney at number five it's
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Tony Stark amine Elon Musk Elon Musk is
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a self-made entrepreneur with a
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distinctly diverse portfolio of quilled
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changing innovations born in South
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Africa in his 20s Elon Musk had become
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one of the richest men in America
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he continues to contribute
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world-changing in generation-defining
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innovations across a wide range of
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application
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Musk's first major financial success
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came in the form of an online city guide
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service called zip to corporation which
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was bought for hundreds of millions of
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dollars by the compact computer
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corporation he soon followed up that
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success with another as a result of
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launching XCOM which would soon become
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known as PayPal and would revolutionize
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online payment practices musk has major
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investments in space trouble and
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exploration with his company SpaceX and
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in renewable energy with his company
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Solar City his enterprises don't end
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there however musk is perhaps best known
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for his role in Tesla Motors the
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electric car company is leading the way
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for environmentally friendly travel his
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latest endeavor took the form of the
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boring company which plans to reduce
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traffic congestion by creating
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underground travel routes number four
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Henry Ford Henry Ford is sometimes
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attributed as having invented the first
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motor vehicle but this is not true he
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was responsible for the Model T which
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was not the first car but was in fact
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the first motor vehicle mass-produced at
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an affordable cost to middle-class
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Americans his major contribution wasn't
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the invention of this vehicle but rather
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the methods he employed to make it so
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commercially viable and widespread in
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popularity imagining our world today
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without motor vehicles is next to
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impossible Ford was the first
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industrialist to make use of an assembly
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line this production method was not just
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a pivotal moment in the history of
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American vehicle manufacturing but in
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fact a pivotal moment for all types of
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factory production across the entire
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world
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his production methods saw a reduction
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in manufacturing time for a chassis from
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12 and a half hours all the way down to
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just a touch over one and a half hour
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at number three he's in his prime
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it's Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos is the man
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behind the business pea moth that is
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Amazon Jeff Bezos first launched
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amazon.com in 1995 what began simply as
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an online book store has continued to
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expand and encompass additional purposes
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and endeavors ever since Amundsen has
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become far and above the leading
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e-commerce realtor and has seen Jeff
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Bezos through to becoming the richest
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person in the world by a substantial
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margin part of Amazon's success lies in
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its diversification practices as Amazon
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has continued to grow the company has
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continued to introduce additional
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services and to acquire additional
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pre-existing companies what began as an
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online bookstore now encompasses a fully
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fledged online retailer of anything
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imaginable a streaming video platform a
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music streaming service newspaper
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publications physical retail locations
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final mile infrastructure and much much
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more new services are constantly being
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announced and Bezos continues to push
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the boundaries of current technology and
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commercial practices by advancing
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delivery
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autum ization drone and space technology
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at number two it's Nikola Tesla Nikola
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Tesla was a man with a brilliant mind
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whose inventions and innovation changed
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the world forever but who didn't see the
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proper respect he deserved during his
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lifetime niccola's life was fraught with
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trouble even when the remarkable success
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of his experiments and inventions should
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have seen him thrive the AC or
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alternating current electrical system
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was Tesla's most significant
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contribution to history but far from his
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only AC power is the foundation for all
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electrical devices of the modern age but
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during his time DC power from an
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vente Thomas Edison was considered
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preferable do you in no small part to
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the questionable ethics and manipulative
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methods employed by Edison Tesla
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eventually passed away with a somewhat
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besmirched reputation and without ever
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having a master fortune owed to him by
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his advancements his legacy has gone on
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to receive the praise that is deserved
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beyond the incredibly important AC
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electrical system Tesla also designed a
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number of other game-changing inventions
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such as the Tesla coil the hydroelectric
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power plant and the free energy Network
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and finally number one Thomas Edison
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Thomas Edison's interaction with Nikola
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Tesla certainly paint him in a
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villainous light but also paint him as
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the certain vector of their feud his
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sometimes questionable work ethics can
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call into question which of the
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inventions attributed to him were truly
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a result of his genius and which were
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the hard work of others whose work he
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stole even discounting his more
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questionable contributions the impact
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his inventions of had on the world is
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insurmountable there are over a thousand
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patents to Edison's name
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many of these patents a game-changing
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ideas that revolutionized the technology
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of the time among his inventions are the
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incandescent lightbulb the phonograph
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the electric typewriter the concept of
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mass communication electrical delivery
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methods the film camera and many more he
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accrued massive wealth within his
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lifetime and used it to finance further
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scientific and
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innovations that was our list of the top
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10 entrepreneurs who changed the world
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