Zodiac's Corporate Movers & Shakers ..

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(founders, business tycoons & entrepreneurs..) o/c i'm sure i've missed..lol but your basic run-down. Feel free to + ..

Aries - Larry Page - Co-founder of popular search engine, Google, with Sergey Brin.
Aries - Ingvar Kamprad - Swedish entrepreneur and founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA. As of '08, he's the wealthiest European-born and the 7th wealthiest in the world.
Aries - Sam Walton - Founder of WalMart. 1919-92
Aries - Walter Chrysler - American automotive industry executive, and founder of the Chrysler Corporation. 1875-1940
Aries - Steve Ballmer - CEO of Microsoft since January 2000. (Ballmer is only the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder.)

Taurus - Edwin Land - Founder of Polaroid. 1909-91
Taurus - Armand Hammer - flamboyant US business tycoon. Ran Occidental Petroleum. 1898-90
Taurus - Mary Kay Ash - Businesswoman and founder of large cosmetics company.
Taurus - Mark Zuckerberg - American computer programmer and entrepreneur. Founder and creator of the online social network Facebook. **World's youngest self-made billionaire! Born in 1984.

Gemini - Donald Trump - Famous real-estate, business tycoon. Chairman, Ceo of Trump Organization. (celebrity apprentice, yep i love it!)

Cancer - David Ogilvy - Advertising tycoon. —The Father of Advertising.?? In '62, Time called him —the most sought-after wizard in today's advertising industry." 1911-1999.
Cancer - Estee Lauder - Makeup and fragrance giant.
Cancer - John D Rockefeller - American industrialist, 1839-1937
Cancer - Richard Branson - One of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs, creator of the Virgin brand.

Leo - J K Rowling - Creator of the Harry Potter books; an incredible rags to riches story and now worth over a billion dollars. Now that really IS magic!
Leo - Sergey Brin - co-founder of Google, Inc., the world??s largest internet company, based on its search engine and online advertising technology. He's ranked by Forbes as the 32nd richest person in the world.
Leo - Henry Ford - American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. 1863-1947
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Virgo - Warren Buffett - American investor, businessman, and philanthropist. One of the world's most successful investors. Ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world during the first half of '08.
Virgo - Harland Sanders - Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. 1890-1980.

Libra - Ray Kroc - Founder of McDonalds Corporation

Scorpio - Bill Gates - Founder, Chairman of Microsoft, currently the richest man in the world.

Capricorn - Howard Hughes - American aviator, industrialist, film producer, director, CEO & one of the wealthiest people in the world. 1905-76
Capricorn - Dr. John Pemberton - American druggist and inventor of Coca-Cola. 1831-1888.
Capricorn - Asa Candler - American business tycoon, purchased the recipe for Coca Cola for $ 2300 from Dr. John Pemberton. In 1894, Coke was for the first time sold in bottles. 1851-1929 (from one cappie to another, ah sweet!)

Aquarius - Paul Allen - Microsoft co-founder (Paul Allen, i'm pretty sure that was also the character-name of the UBAR savvy businessman Bale envied so much in 'American Psycho'.. he he!) =)

Pisces - Michael Dell - Founder and CEO of Dell Computers, 1965+ As of 2008, Forbes estimates Dell's net worth at $ 17.3 billion.
Pisces - Steve Jobs - Founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Computers and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.
Pisces - Rupert Murdoch - head of the world's largest global media empire.
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Jeff Bozos-Capricorn founder of amazon
Ted turner-founder of CNN scorpio
lakshmi mittal-cancer



lol, how could i forget, i wrote Jeff Bezos once, (in response to myself and others noticing a certain ratings glitch). i remember how responsive and helpful he was and wrote back within the day, no third party. So that was kind of nice, knowing how busy he must be! ..very professional and friendly.


btw, interesting add-ons, thx guys..
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small addendum (not contemporary usa)

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/232200/J-Paul-Getty:<BR> American industrialistin full Jean Paul Getty
born Dec. 15, 1892, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. died June 6, 1976, Sutton Place, Surrey, Eng.
American oil billionaire reputed to be the richest man in the world at the time of his death. He owned a controlling interest in the Getty Oil Company and in nearly 200 other concerns.

http://www.investingvalue.com/investment-leaders/kerry-packer/index.htm<BR> Kerry Packer - Australia's richest man, investor, and CEO of the Publishing and Broadcasting media company (PBL).