{"id":21542,"date":"2020-04-28T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/?p=21542"},"modified":"2020-04-28T06:23:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:23:16","slug":"successful-entrepreneurs-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/successful-entrepreneurs-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of the Lives of the Most Successful Entrepreneurs: Between Opulence, Obsession, and Dictatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21543 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ENTER-600x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ENTER-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ENTER-197x146.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ENTER-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ENTER-101x75.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, 527px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u062a\u0634\u063a\u0644 \u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/5-qualities-possessed-by-successful-entrepreneurs\/\">The Most Successful Entrepreneurs<\/a> fascinate many of us, and we\u2019re always eager to learn more about the less visible sides of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Like everyone else, even the most successful entrepreneurs have secrets and stories beyond their path to success that many of us may not know about. Some practice <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">habits that seem downright unusual, while others have faced controversy despite their success in pioneering their businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"><strong>We take a look at some of the notable secrets, quirks, and perhaps amusing moments in the lives of successful entrepreneurs around the world.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">Bezos, founder of Amazon<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">We can consider \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/jeff-bezos-leadership-styles\/\">\u062c\u064a\u0641 \u0628\u064a\u0632\u0648\u0633<\/a>\u201d the founder of Amazon, the richest person alive, and the first person in modern history to amass <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">a fortune of more than $100 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">And while Bezos\u2019s net worth stands at $150 billion, some of us wonder how he spends this <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0628\u0644\u063a \u0627\u0644\u0636\u062e\u0645.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Amazon\u2019s founder spent 25% of his fortune on his ex-wife, MacKenzie, while putting the rest toward other pursuits, including owning<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> a plane and buying real estate and large tracts of land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Bezos and his family own five homes across the United States, including a property with two houses on <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">5.3 acres of land in Washington, and a Spanish-style mansion in Beverly Hills, California, as well as<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> a ranch in Van Horn, Texas, which serves as a base for his space exploration company, Blue Origin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">There are many fascinating things about Bezos\u2019s life. Chief among them is his love of space: he will spare no expense in spending his fortune on<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> NASA and space travel: in 2013, he funded a campaign to recover one of the rocket engines from the Apollo 12 mission <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Despite Bezos\u2019s immense wealth and spending on various forms of entertainment, he pays little attention <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">to charitable work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #0000ff;\">\u0645\u0624\u0633\u0633 \u0641\u064a\u0633\u0628\u0648\u0643<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The life of young billionaire Mark Zuckerberg fascinates others, and he has many followers around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The young billionaire\u2019s lifestyle differs from that of other wealthy people: despite his extraordinary success, he does not flaunt his wealth <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">His counterpart appears to follow a different policy, favoring moderation and avoiding extravagance.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"blfwncu blfwncu-clearfix blfwncu-post-middle blfwncu-float-center blfwncu-align-center blfwncu-column-1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"blfwncu-69289-1016354786\" class=\"blfwncu-container blfwncu-type-custom_code\" data-adid=\"69289\" data-type=\"custom_code\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">At 33, \u201cMark\u201d has a net worth of $74.5 billion, making him the fifth-richest person in the world according to the latest estimates. Despite <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">this, the young billionaire prefers a uniform and keeps a modest appearance at most events, usually wearing <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u064a\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">While wealthy people tend to own expensive cars, Mark drives relatively inexpensive ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Real estate, above all else, captures the young billionaire\u2019s interest. He is willing to spend more on acquiring<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\"> different homes: he owns a home in \u201cPalo Alto\u201d worth $7 million, and spent more than $30 million to buy four <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Homes he plans to demolish and rebuild, and a 5,500-square-foot house in San Francisco that he bought in 2013. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">He went on to spend more than a million dollars on renovations, including adding a fireplace and redesigning the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">As for philanthropy, Mark has pledged to donate most of his wealth to charity and plans to sell 99% of his Facebook shares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">A recently aired documentary revealed many secrets about the life of the founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/microsoft-corporation\/\">\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0643\u0631\u0648\u0633\u0648\u0641\u062a<\/a> who became a billionaire at the age of 31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">The film shed light on Bill Gates\u2019s personality, portraying him as a cold, calculating man who works best when he is <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">On his own, some people who worked with him describe him as a dictator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Gates\u2019s toughness at work is reflected in his provocative remarks, including: \u201cI didn\u2019t believe in weekends, and I didn\u2019t believe <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">in vacations for most people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0648\u064a\u0628\u062f\u0648 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/bill-gates\/\">\u062c\u064a\u062a\u0633<\/a>He was obsessed with work and with the details of his employees\u2019 lives. By his own admission, he knew all of his employees\u2019 license plate numbers, <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">so he could tell who was there and who wasn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">One little-known fact about Gates is that he was arrested in New Mexico in 1977 for running a red light and driving <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">\u0645\u0646 \u062f\u0648\u0646 \u0631\u062e\u0635\u0629.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Gates\u2019s personality cost him many relationships and led him to hurt others. Nevertheless, he set an example <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">of outstanding community support by donating more than 34.6 billion of his personal wealth to charities. This led to <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;\">Bezos taking his place as the world\u2019s richest man.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u062a\u0634\u063a\u0644 \u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629\u00a0 \u0623\u0646\u062c\u062d \u0631\u0648\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u062d\u0648\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u062b\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646\u0627\u060c \u0641\u0646\u0631\u063a\u0628 \u062f\u0627\u0626\u0645\u064b\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0645\u0642 \u0641\u064a\u0645\u0627 \u064a\u062e\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0641\u064a\u0629 \u0645\u0646 \u062d\u064a\u0627\u062a\u0647\u0645 . \u0648\u0643\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0647\u0645\u060c \u064a\u0648\u062c\u062f \u0641\u064a \u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ibtdi_aa_focus_keyword":"","_ibtdi_aa_secondary_keywords":"","_ibtdi_aa_audience":"","_ibtdi_aa_tone":"","_ibtdi_aa_summary":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_name":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_bio":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewer_url":"","_ibtdi_aa_reviewed_date":"","_ibtdi_aa_service_id":"","_ibtdi_aa_related_ids":"","_ibtdi_aa_human_reviewed":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable":"","_ibtdi_aa_disable_links":"","_ibtdi_aa_sources":"","_ibtdi_aa_update_notes":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[491],"tags":[21288,5551,21289,19082,5519,13927,18548,21290],"class_list":["post-21542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-491","tag-21288","tag-5551","tag-21289","tag-19082","tag-5519","tag-13927","tag-18548","tag-21290"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibtdi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}