Archive for July 2013
Interesting Facts about Richard Branson
1- Richard Branson’s first business venture was a magazine called " The Student" which he ran from the crypt of a church.
2- He started operating his record business from the same spot, and traded under the name “Virgin” at the suggestion of one of his early employees because they were all new at business.
3- He made several world-record breaking attempts and broke a few records including the fastest crossing of the Pacific from Japan to Arctic Canada in a balloon.
4- He owns Virgin Galactic,a company that plans to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to space tourists.
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Amby World's Best Taxi
Top Gear’s executive director of the crucible of the prism of the furnace of motorsport, Professor Richard Hammond organised a world taxi shootout to find which could claim the crown as the world’s best taxi. The winner was India’s Hindustan Ambassador.
This machine started life in Britain as the Morris Oxford but, with a quick name change, it went on to become one of India’s most enduring vehicles.
This particular example proved just how enduring the Ambassador really is when it saw off rivals from Britain, America, Germany, South Africa, Mexico and Russia to be named the world’s best taxi.
The Hindustan taxi joins a whole host of vehicles at Beaulieu created by the Top Gear presenters for some of their most ambitious challenges.
via: google images
via: google images
Top Family Business Leaders,2013
Top 5 Family Business Leaders 2013 (
1.SAAD ABDULLAH AL KHORAYEF
Role: CEO
Company: Alkhorayef Group
Country: Saudi Arabia
Saad Abdullah Al-Khorayef has the top position at the
Alkhorayef Group, whose interests range from oil and lubricants to printing and
paper. Under his leadership, the Riyadh-based firm has strengthened its
international presence and now has operations in 40 countries. Third-generation
Saad Abdullah Al-Khorayef has been behind the internationalisation and
diversification of the business, which employs more than 5,000 people, since he
took the top job.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH
2.ERRAMON ABOITIZ
Age: 55
Role: President and CEO
Company: Aboitiz Equity Ventures
Country: Philippines
Revenues: €1.3 billion (2011)
Erramon Aboitiz has a reputation as an innovator in the
business world. Having focused on expanding the assets of his group’s big
subsidiary Aboitiz Power, he’s overseen growth of more than 100% at Aboitiz
Equity Ventures since 2008.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH
3.JOHAN ANDRESEN
Age: 51
Role: Chairman
Company: Ferd
Country: Norway
Revenues: €1.2 billion (2011)
Two things sum up Johan Andresen – entrepreneurship and
openness.
NOMINATED FOR: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP
4.GIANLUIGI APONTE
Age: 72
Role: President
Company: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
Country: Switzerland
Organic growth, decentralised management and alliances with
competitors – Gianluigi Aponte turned MSC into the world’s second-largest
container shipping company in 30 years.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH, ENTRPENEURSHIP
5.SIMONE BAGEL-TRAH
Age: 44
Role: Chairwoman of shareholders’ committee &
supervisory board
Company: Henkel
Country: Germany
Revenues: €15.6 billion (2011)
Considered one of the most powerful businesswomen in
Germany, Simone Bagel-Trah has been at the helm of consumer goods business
Henkel since 2009. With a doctoral degree in microbiology and two years’
experience as a consultant in the pharmaceutical industry, she has the science
background needed to understand the essentials of Henkel’s products – which
include Schwarzkopf, Persil and Loctite. Under her watch, the company has been
expanding heavily, buying stakes in businesses in Central America, Denmark and
Germany.
NOMINATED FOR: GROWTH, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
