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Date: Nov 01, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Tadeusz Sendzimir - Sendzimir Process Tadeusz Sendzimir was born in 1894 in Poland. He was an engineer known for inventing the Sendzimir process, a technique used in steel manufacturing. Sendzimir's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he developed a new me...
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Date: Oct 30, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Herb Kelleher - Southwest Airlines Herb Kelleher was born in 1931 in New Jersey, USA. He was a lawyer and entrepreneur who co-founded Southwest Airlines, a low-cost airline. Kelleher's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1960s when he and his business partner Rollin K...
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Date: Oct 24, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Charles Revson - Revlon Charles Revson was born in 1906 in Massachusetts, USA. He was an entrepreneur and businessman who founded Revlon, a leading cosmetics company. Revson's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he started working in the cosmetics industry...
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Date: Oct 17, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Edwin Binney & C. Harold Smith - Crayola LLC Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith were entrepreneurs who founded Crayola LLC, a company known for producing crayons and other art supplies. Binney and Smith's accidental entrepreneurship began in the late 19th century when the...
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Date: Oct 16, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Christopher Cockerell - Hovercraft Christopher Cockerell was born in 1910 in England. He was an engineer and inventor known for developing the hovercraft. Cockerell's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1950s when he was experimenting with ways to reduce friction on water...
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Date: Oct 10, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Charles Darrow - Monopoly Charles Darrow was born in 1889 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an unemployed salesman who became the accidental entrepreneur behind Monopoly. Darrow's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he was unemployed during the Great Depressi...
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Date: Oct 03, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Charles Flint - IBM Charles Flint was an American entrepreneur and financier who played a key role in the creation of IBM, originally known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR). Flint's accidental entrepreneurship began in the early 20th century when he recog...
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Date: Sep 23, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah, Kenneth Langone - The Home Depot Bernard Marcus, Arthur Blank, Pat Farrah, and Kenneth Langone were entrepreneurs who co-founded The Home Depot, a home improvement retailer. The accidental entrepreneurship of Marcus, Blank, Farrah, ...
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Date: Sep 16, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Ole Kirk Christiansen - The Lego Group Ole Kirk Christiansen was born in 1891 in Denmark. He was a carpenter and toymaker who founded The Lego Group. Christiansen's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he started making wooden toys, including wooden ducks an...
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Date: Sep 09, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: William Boeing - Boeing Company William Boeing was born in 1881 in Michigan, USA. He was a timber merchant and aviation enthusiast who founded the Boeing Company. Boeing's accidental entrepreneurship began in the early 20th century when he became fascinated with aviation...
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Date: Sep 02, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Eiji Toyoda - Toyota Motor Corporation Eiji Toyoda was born in 1913 in Japan. He was a mechanical engineer and business leader known for his contributions to the automotive industry. Toyoda's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he joined his cousin Kiichiro...
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Date: Aug 26, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Eduardo Saverin - Facebook Eduardo Saverin was born in 1982 in Brazil. He met Mark Zuckerberg while they were students at Harvard University. Saverin's accidental entrepreneurship began in 2004 when he partnered with Zuckerberg to launch a social networking website called "...
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Date: Aug 19, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Fred DeLuca - Subway Fred DeLuca was born in 1947 in New York, USA. He was a college student looking for a way to finance his education when he stumbled upon the idea for Subway. DeLuca's accidental entrepreneurship began in 1965 when he borrowed $1,000 from family friend D...
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Date: Aug 12, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Michael Dell - Dell Technologies Michael Dell was born in 1965 in Texas, USA. He developed an early interest in computers and entrepreneurship. Dell's accidental entrepreneurship began in 1984 when he founded Dell Computer Corporation as a college student at the Universi...
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Date: Aug 05, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: John Pemberton - The Coca-Cola Company John Pemberton was born in 1831 in Georgia, USA. He was a pharmacist known for inventing Coca-Cola. Pemberton's accidental entrepreneurship began in the late 19th century when he was seeking a remedy for headaches and fatigue. He devel...
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Date: Jul 29, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Chester Carlson - Xerox Corporation Chester Carlson was born in 1906 in Seattle, USA. He was a physicist and inventor known for his work in photocopying technology. Carlson's accidental entrepreneurship began in the 1930s when he started working on a method for copying ...
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Date: Jul 22, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Sergey Brin & Larry Page - Google Sergey Brin and Larry Page were born in 1973 and 1973, respectively, in Russia and Michigan, USA. They met as graduate students at Stanford University, where they began working on a research project that would change the world. Brin and Page...
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Date: Jul 13, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Jim Jannard - Oakley, Inc. Jim Jannard was born in 1949 in California, USA. He had a passion for motorcycling and entrepreneurship. Jannard's accidental entrepreneurship began in 1975 when he started Oakley, Inc. in his garage, initially selling motorcycle grips with a u...
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Date: Jul 06, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Ruth Wakefield - Toll House Inn (Creator of Chocolate Chip Cookies) Ruth Wakefield was born in 1903 in Massachusetts, USA. She and her husband Kenneth operated the Toll House Inn, a popular restaurant and lodge in Whitman, Massachusetts. Wakefield's accidental entrepreneurship began in...
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Date: Jun 29, 2025
Accidental Entrepreneurs: Max Herz - Tchibo Max Herz was born in 1869 in Germany. He worked as a traveling salesman for a coffee company before becoming an accidental entrepreneur. Herz's accidental entrepreneurship began in 1949 when he and his partner, Carl Tchilinghiryan, acquired a small coffee r...
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