Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt



Famous Entrepreneur Scavenger Hunt



Use the Internet to research the following entrepreneurs:

1. Bill Gates-

1. How many employees does Bill Gates have? 94,000

2. What year did Microsoft begin? April 4th 1975

2. Dave Thomas-

1. How did Wendy’s get its name? Thomas named the restaurant after his daughter who’s nickname was wendy

2. What year was the 1st Wendy’s opened? November 15, 1969

3. What year did Wendy’s open its 2000th store? November 1980

3. Oprah Winfrey

1. Where was Oprah born? Koscuisko, Ms

2. What is the name of Opra’s ABC production company? Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)

4. Phil Knight-

1. In the beginning, where did Phil sell his shoes? Standford University

2. What does NIKE stand for? Victory

5. Orville Redenbacher-

1. What did Orville grow in order to make extra money?

2. How did he become successful?

6. Walt Disney-

1. What was Walt’s 1st Company called?

2. What was his ambulance for the Red Cross covered with?

7. Jerry Yang-

1. What did Jerry and David develop? Why?

2. What does YAHOO stand for?

8. George Foreman

1. What cooking product is George famous for?

2. What are his son’s names?

9. Magic Johnson

1. What does Magic Johnson’s business empire include?

2. How did he earn his famous nickname, “Magic”?

All of these entrepreneurs had great ideas and created business on those ideas. Each one became successful; maybe you can too.

Select one of the entrepreneurs above and create a glogster () of their success. Include pictures of the person, their business, etc. Make it nice!!

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