This document profiles several influential figures who overcame adversity through courage and determination:
- Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested 20 times, assaulted 4 times, and his house was bombed for his leadership in the civil rights movement. He donated his Nobel Peace Prize money to the movement.
- Steve Jobs was fired from Apple but later returned as CEO, launching successful products like the iPod and taking Apple and Pixar to new heights despite facing cancer.
- Lionel Messi rose from poverty and health issues as a child to become one of the best footballers in the world, winning numerous awards while playing for Barcelona.
- Dhirubhai Ambani built Reliance into a business worth Rs
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1. Were you ever oppressed? And thought you could never fight back?
2. Arrested during bus boycott of 382 days20 timesAssaulted at least 4 timesHouse was bombedFinally, Assassinated
3. “If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.” - Martin Luther King
4. President of southern Christian leadership conferenceAwarded 5 honorary degreesYoungest man to achieve the Nobel Prize at the age of 35Donated the entire prize money of the Nobel prize to the civil right movement
10. Comeback with “Toy Story” in 1995. Net worth is $1.5 billionBecame the interim CEO of Apple in 1997Took charge as CEO in two companies at the same time: Apple and NeXT Launched i-pod-a revolutionary productTill date: inventor and co-inventor of 230 patents
17. Did you think that the world is just for the Rich Kids?
18. Born in a family of very limited meansHis rise to the top was termed as “rags to riches”Sold “bhajis” to pilgrimsUsed to work as a clerk at a gas stationBorn in a family of very limited means
19. "Often people think opportunity is a matter of luck. I believe opportunities are all around us. Some seize it. Others stand and let it pass by.“DhirubhaiAmbani
20. The Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th Century by (FICCI)The Times of India in 2000 voted him "greatest creator of wealth in the century"Founder of Reliance GroupAnnual turnover of Rs. 75,000 Crore at the time of his death….a business that he started with Rs. 15,000