Sep 10, 2026
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In 1972 — before anyone had made a cell phone call — an investor with no market and no working technology hired engineers and told them to start inventing.
Sep 9, 2026
In 1968, a Texas farmer's son with $10,000 and two propane trucks started the company that would become impossible to replace.
Sep 8, 2026
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In 1964, a cotton mill worker borrowed $60 million to buy a rat-catcher's business — the first leveraged buyout in American history.
Sep 7, 2026
In 1982, two scientists walked out of Xerox with an idea nobody there wanted — Steve Jobs tried to buy them for $5 million. They said no.
Sep 4, 2026
Rejected by 80 investors, backed by three Kentucky doctors, sketched on a cocktail napkin — this is how it started.
Sep 3, 2026
In 1972, a man bet $50,000 that Americans would rather pay rent forever than throw anything away.
Sep 2, 2026
A door-to-door insurance salesman and a car-dealership financing pioneer merged their companies in 1982 — and renamed it after a Gaelic word meaning 'one.'
Sep 1, 2026
In 1962, a back-room team started processing 300 trades a night for one client. ADP spun it off in 2007.
Aug 31, 2026
A candle maker and a soap maker married sisters — then their father-in-law told them to stop competing, on Halloween, 1837.
Aug 28, 2026
A Hungarian refugee flew his first plane at 14, founded the aircraft leasing industry at 27, and did it all over again at 63
Aug 27, 2026
Ben Butcher saw a pricing gap in warehouses nobody wanted — 606 buildings and $7 billion later, the gap still hasn't closed
Aug 26, 2026
In 1871, Henry Marsh opened a small office in Beloit, Wisconsin. It took 155 years to become the largest brokerage on Earth.
