James Dyson: 5,127 Prototypes
Running it taught Dyson how to manufacture, set up a factory and sell overseas. It also taught him to back enthusiastic people, like a newcomer distributor, over big names.
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A high-speed landing craft business Dyson ran for seven years after college.
Running it taught Dyson how to manufacture, set up a factory and sell overseas. It also taught him to back enthusiastic people, like a newcomer distributor, over big names.
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OtherA consumer technology company that makes the Mac, iPod, iPhone and software.
OtherGoogle's web search product, now including AI Overviews, AI Mode and Lens.
OtherGoogle's app store for Android, with its own listing rules and search ranking.
John D. Rockefeller's oil refining company that came to dominate American kerosene and oil distribution.
OtherThe world's leading contract chip maker, a pure-play foundry that manufactures chips for fabless designers.
OtherAn electric car maker that builds its own key components and factories.
OtherA semiconductor company that made memory chips and the first microprocessor.
OtherA private aerospace company building reusable rockets, the Dragon capsule, Starship and the Starlink satellite network.