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Name ____________________ Date ____________________Class ____________________ Teacher _________________Entrepreneurs - Matching ActivityDirections: Match the entrepreneurs in the left column with their accomplishments in the right column.________________________________________________________________________________1. Benjamin Franklin2. Oprah Winfrey3. Alvin Ailey4. Thomas Edison5. Madame C.J. Walker6. Bill Gates7. Andrew Carnegie8. Coco Chanel9. Ray Kroc10. Estee Lauder11. Henry Ford12. John D. Rockefeller13. Michael Dell14. Debbi Fields15. Sam Walton16. Jeff Bezos17. Pierre Omidyar18. Phil Knight19. Anita Roddick20. Robert L. JohnsonA. Began baking chocolate chip cookies, established a dessert franchise with over 600 U.S. stores.B. Founded a dance theatre to educate and bring African-American cultural expression to the world.C. High school dropout, sold milkshake machines, turned McDonald’s into the top fast food business.D. Women’s fashion innovator, whose signature fragrance, begun in 1923, is still a top seller.E. Earned a journalism degree and an MBA; distributed Tiger running shoes; co-founded Nike.F. Has bachelor’s and master’s degrees; Founded BET; first African-American billionaire.G. Built a beauty products business and became the first self-made African-American millionaire.H. Revolutionized the petroleum industry; created Standard Oil; greatly reduced costs to consumers.I. Graduated with degrees in computer science and electrical engineering, founded Amazon.com.J. Avid reader as a boy; became the largest producer of American steel; established many libraries.K. Founded The Body Shop, which has over 2,500 stores selling natural beauty products.L. Wrote the original computer code for and then founded what became the auction website eBay.M. Scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SATs; created the world’s best-known software company.N. Sold newspaper subscriptions in HS, college dropout, produces and sells PCs directly to customers.O. Talk show host, magazine publisher, first African-American woman to become a billionaire.P. Began selling skin creams created by an uncle, now has a 45% share of the cosmetics market.Q. Used the assembly line to produce autos, his goal was to produce the lowest-priced quality car.R. Developed the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and an improved wood stove that bears his name.S. Invented the phonograph and motion picture camera, and patented the incandescent lamp.T. Worked for JC Penny as a trainee; opened first store 7/2/62; now over 8,500 stores in 15 countries.
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