I’m sure some of you have realised I’m dyslexic. When I was younger I struggled to read and write and now I earn more then a full time income being a writer which is kinder strange considering the issues I had with it. Being an Internet entrepreneur/Blogger has helped me dramatically improve my reading and writing. For today’s post, I thought it would be interesting to see which other entrepreneurs are dyslexic and was very happy to see some huge names!
I am also left handed and a college dropout, so to make this list even more intersting I decided to find out who else is just like me. It was great to see I share these characteristics with Henry Ford and Walt Disney! Both of them were dyslexic, left handed and college dropouts, the only down side is they both went bankrupt at some point…
Dyslexic, Left Handed and College Dropout Entrepreneurs
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Rank
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Name | Business | Net Worth | Dropout | Left handed |
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1
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Henry Ford |
Ford Motor Company | $188,000,000,000 | Yes | Yes |
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2
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Ingvar Kamprad |
IKEA | $22,000,000,000 | ||
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3
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Richard C. Strauss |
Real Estate Developer | $18,500,000,000 | ||
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4
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Charles Schwab |
Charles Schwab | $6,200,000,000 | ||
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5
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Richard Branson |
Virgin | $5,000,000,000 | Yes | |
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6
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Kerry Packer |
Nine Network | $4,800,000,000 | ||
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7
|
David H. Murdock |
Dole Foods | $4,700,000,000 | ||
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8
|
Reyn Guyer |
Nerf Ball | $4,400,000,000 | ||
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9
|
William Hewlett |
HP | $4,100,000,000 | ||
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10
|
Steve Jobs |
Apple | $3,400,000,000 | Yes | |
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11
|
William Wrigley, Jr. |
Wrigley | $3,400,000,000 | ||
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12
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Steven Spielberg |
Dream Works | $3,100,000,000 | Yes | |
|
13
|
Craig McCaw |
McCaw Cellular | $2,500,000,000 | ||
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14
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Ted Turner |
Turner Broadcasting Systems | $2,300,000,000 | ||
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15
|
David Neeleman |
JetBlue Airways | $1,600,000,000 | ||
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16
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Tommy Hilfiger |
Hilfiger Clothing | $1,600,000,000 | ||
|
17
|
F.W. Woolworth |
Woolworths | $1,500,000,000 | Yes | |
|
18
|
Walt Disney |
The Walt Disney Company | $1,100,000,000 | Yes | Yes |
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19
|
John T Chambers |
Cisco Systems | $1,000,000,000 | ||
|
20
|
Nelson Rockefeller |
Standard Oil | $1,000,000,000 | Yes | |
|
21
|
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
IBM | $800,000,000 | Yes | |
|
22
|
Vince McMahon |
World Wrestling Entertainment | $480,000,000 | ||
|
23
|
Horst Rechelbacher |
Aveda Corporation | $300,000,000 | ||
|
24
|
Paul J. Orfalea |
Kinko’s | $250,000,000 | ||
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25
|
Thomas Edison |
General Electric | $250,000,000 | yes | |
|
26
|
Anita Roddick |
The Body Shop | $200,000,000 | ||
|
27
|
Alexander Graham Bell |
Bell | $122,000,000 | Yes | |
|
28
|
John Britten |
Britten Motorcycle Company | $100,000,000 | ||
|
29
|
G. Chris Anderson |
Drexel Burnham | $90,000,000 | Yes | |
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30
|
Ben Way |
Waysearch | $35,000,000 | Yes |