Over 25 brands in stores in 150 countries, and sales exceeding seven billion dollars –in the second semester of 2017- are some of the impressive numbers of the american company estée lauder companies.
Among its labels are Clinique, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, Prescriptions, Lab Series, Origins and Bobbi Brown. Lauder is a world leader in makeup and skin care; however, the company began with the initiative of a woman who barely gave samples and tried out her products for free in beauty salons.
His ideas may seem crazy but they have already earned him a fortune estimated at $19.9 billion. In addition to being one of the richest people in the world, Elon Musk ranked number 21 on Forbes’ list of the most powerful people on Earth in December 2016. His fans have called him “the architect of tomorrow”. Musk took the Internet by surprise when creating a payment platform that would later become PayPal. Later he revolutionized the automotive industry with Tesla, and now he aims to conquer the galaxy with Space X. All of this in less than two decades. The story of this South African entrepreneur is more than impressive, starting from his first salary at only 12 years old.
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