Warren Edward Buffett

  (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century and consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people.

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

  (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962]) was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his contributions to the public good.

Steven Paul Jobs

  (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder, chairman, & CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs also co-founded & served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006… Pixar.

Daniel Webster

 (January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852 A leading American statesman and senator from Massachusetts during the period leading up to the Civil War. His son, Fletcher Webster, went on to serve as a Union Army Infantry Colonel in the Civil War that Daniel Webster tried to prevent… Source  

Karl Marx

(Karl Heinrich Marx) a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, & revolutionary socialist. Marx’s work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labor & its relation to capital.

Paulo Coelho

 (August 24, 1947) a Brazilian lyricist & novelist & has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards

Ayn Rand

 (Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum) (February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982) A Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, Rand emigrated to the United States in 1926.