Though Charles Richard Patterson and Frederick Douglas Patterson didn t make this top 10 list, they successfully founded the first and only African American automobile company that lasted 74 years and closed in 1939.
Name Lawrence Joseph Ellison Date of Birth August 17, 1944 Education University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign no degree , University of Chicago no degree Source of Wealth Oracle, Self Made Net Worth 108 billion.
Recognizing potential opportunities, Molson s entrepreneurial success propelled his brewery into becoming one of the largest producers of beer in the world and set him up for the next step in his life channelling his creativity and influence to benefit society.
Musk is hailed by many as one of this generation s greatest entrepreneurs and engineering geniuses and is currently focused on SpaceX following the successful test of his SpaceX s Crew Dragon safety procedure and the recent launch of the Tesla truck.