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A few months ago I was offered work in a book entitled “Business Angels” a leading publisher of our country is going to publish in a few months – when that happens I will tell;) – I finished my part a few days ago and saw the result I am satisfied. The truth is that it has been very good. It has helped me to update some of the information he knew Investor sector of our country.

This work has forced me to read reports from prestigious institutions, reading and rereading definitions of all kinds…. And above all do a little brainstorming exercise with the experience that I have in this area (not very many years but you do what you can) has helped me to do something important: Defining an objective and updated on many actors Startups sector from the perspective of the Entrepreneur and the Investor.  Eye!, I’m not saying that my opinion is the right – far from it – but at least I have one;) Read the rest of this entry »

His parents are the best entrepreneurs in the world and an essential reference of the executive level.  They are the heirs of the largest companies in the world.

Some of them have taken different paths to their wealthy families and others have chosen to take over the family business.  In any case, they are billionaires, celebrities and have a name that will open the doors.

Here is a list of the NBC with seven of the richest heirs:

* Amanda Hearst: her father is a media mogul and his grandfather inspired “Citizen Kane.”  The granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst has a personal fortune of 21 million dollars, plus the wealth of his family company, The Hearst Corporation, has generated with 28 newspapers, 18 magazines, radio and film producers.  In total the family fortune sum of 1.5 billion dollars.

* Delphine Arnault, daughter of Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, the French conglomerate known for Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.  He studied at the London School of Economics and worked as a consultant for McKinsey before joining her father.  His family’s fortune amounted to 41.000 million dollars thanks to the brands Louis Vuitton, Dior and Givenchy.

* Carlos Slim Domit, the eldest son of Carlos Slim Helu is a graduate of Business Administration from the Universidad Anahuac, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telmex and advisor to several companies such as América Móvil, América Telecom and Carso Global Telecom.  The fortune of his father, the world’s richest man by Forbes magazine of around 74.000 million dollars.

* Aditya Mittal and Vanisha: Lakshmi Mittal is chairman of steelmaker ArcelorMittal and his two sons entered the family business.  Aditya is the right hand of his father, with only 34, and Vanisha is the director of the board of the company.  The wealth of his father is around 28.700 million dollars.

* Paris and Nicky Hilton are probably the most famous heiresses and socialites in the world.  They are descendants of Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton hotel chain.  The family business has earnings per 1.000 million dollars.

* Andrew, David and Dylan Lauren, are the sons of Ralph Lauren, who entered the fashion business through a tie shop and now owns a textile empire.  His fortune amounts of 4.600 million dollars because it sold 28% of the shares of his company to Goldman Sachs, by 138 million dollars in 1994.

* Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump: Donald Trump has built a real estate empire of 2.000 million dollars.  His daughter Ivanka, 29 years is his strongest heir, and that is very involurada in Real Estate Development and Acquisitions, a business star of the Trump organization.

* Emma and Georgina Bloomberg: Daughters of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg.  His father was the founder of Bloomberg LP, which specializes in financial data, and has a fortune of 18.000 million dollars of which has been spent so far, 18 million dollars in his reelection campaign.

The reading habit is a must for any entrepreneur, trying to get a bit of thought of the great executives in the world and learn to replicate their own business models.

Geniuses, gurus and even enlightened are some of the nicknames that were given to the following authors.  We give you the 5 books of administration that can not miss in your personal library.

1.  Who says elephants can not dance?

It is the latest in management literature, and its author, Louis V.  Gerstner, is recognized among the great directors of New York.  This book has broken sales records since it was introduced a few months ago, as its author became in 1993 the history of IBM, and ended with the wave of losses in the millions that the software giant had long trailed. Read the rest of this entry »

As you know are entrepreneurs who inspire the vast majority of business ideas, many of whom come to surface due to the perseverance of these.

But equally we will always find different types of entrepreneurs, which are very different and that the only thing in common is the word entrepreneur, and everything else is different. Read the rest of this entry »