Innovative and influential leaders in American business
When you think of a business leader, what comes to mind? Is it a man perched on a bed of money, cigar in mouth, gazing across a factory floor filled with slaving laborers? Or is it an innovator and strategist who theorize outside the box in an effort to provide models of productivity that can revolutionize entire industries and help millions of people lead better lives?
Business Dynamos exists as a dedication to those business innovators and the leaders such as Warren Buffet and Tom Tribone, who provide positive models of business guidance. Other business leaders, like Margaret C. Whitman and John Reed, are examples of unique action-takers in the business field, who have taken steps that others may not have thought possible. This site will introduce visitors to some unique business leaders who are doing their part to revolutionize business systems. These are the men and women who are shaping the future of modern business and creating waves that will ripple through American society for many years. One can learn more than they can ever imagine by studying and acting on the ways of each of these successful individuals: Warren Buffet, Tom Tribone, Margaret C. Whitman, and John Reed.
Warren Buffet is simply known as one of the wealthiest men in this lifetime. Yet, although many may know him for how much he is worth, many often fail to see that Warren Buffet earned his success by being a revolutionary in the world of investing. By going his own way, and by acting outside of the conventions at the time, Buffet would become the most highly regarded investor that the world will ever see. He will forever be known as the legend that would make his name immortal by investing in undervalued companies that were promising in growth, and undeserving in price-to-earnings ratios. His ground-breaking investing methods will always be known as the “way” that transformed how investing is done in America today.
Tom Tribone is not only known as the CEO and founder of Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company, but also as a leader and a well respected figure in the world of power. Over the past, while pursuing matters in de-regulation, Tribone has shaped and helped define the key principles of a Global Power Company. With his efforts, and in the course of time, Tribone would be regarded for his pioneering management methods and his unique approach to business, which would then give birth to the concept of significant value. Thomas Tribone would later be noted for his headship as it is evident that he has left a positive impact within the corporate world.
Margaret C. Whitman is known as the president and CEO of the world’s most prominent online marketing site, eBay. It has been noted that she is the first billion dollar online woman, as she has accumulated nearly $1.3 billion in worth, since 2007. However, in addition to the success she has earned, Whitman has been also known for her inspirational ways in reviving a company that was a mere online company. Under her direction, she would take eBay to a next level that every online company would dream of. With her way of doing business, it is no surprise that Margaret C. Whitman has been revered repeatedly.
John Shepard Reed is the man known for the implementation of ATM machines in America. With his intuitive business foresight, Reed introduced the concept for efficiency and significant usage of ATM machines to the American public. As a brilliant visionary, Reed has held prominent titles over the past, validating his awareness in the world of business. He has served as the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, and the chairman and CEO of Citicorp, Citibank, and Citigroup. Reed’s prowess in capitalizing in something not fully recognized came when he was the Executive Vice President of Citicorp. As the EVP, Reed was perceived to have lost hundreds of millions of dollars, having purchased teller and credit card machines; the latest and untested technological advances at the time. Everyone had viewed his move to be reckless, and lacking in judgment. Yet, now he has benefitted from it. With his investment, Reed was able to take Citicorp merger for $70 billion. The move was regarded as one of the most expensive merger deals in history of business. To this day, Reed’s bold and intuitive strategies during his time at Citicorp warrant his reputation as one of the top business leaders in the world.
To the readers— future entrepreneurs, devotees of business leaders, as you read about the business dynamos profiled here, you will not only learn of their inspirational stories, you will also recognize what is that makes them unique individuals— the successful businessmen/ women whose leadership and foresight in business have shaped the ways that the modern world lives, functions, and interacts. In reading in depth information on the philosophies of Warren Buffet, the methods of Tom Tribone, and the prolific works of Meg Whitman and John Reed, “Business Dynamos” will serve to be a source that is more than adequate in helping you understand and learn from the business leadership legacies that have been developed and cultivated over time. In reporting to you and showing the lives and works of these successful business figures, this site is preparing each and every one of you— the future business leaders of tomorrow, to be the next innovator or strategist that many can learn from.
The American culture is synonymous with big business; our modern capitalistic system has created the beautiful cities and suburban sprawl where more than two thirds of the U.S. population flourishes while driving our economy to an elite global level. Due to big business impact on our culture, the individual leaders who make up the business elite often serve as more important figures of national identity then most politicians and scientists, and most politicians only succeed because they are backed by big business. The corporate leaders profiled in this site not only help transform their individual markets and classic conceptions of business, but do so in a positive way.