Some very talented men and women of our time have created the world’s most loved brands. With Father’s Day coming, we decided to round up some impressive brand dads. Sorry ladies, this one focuses on the boys.
How many do you recognise from the collage above?
Jeff Bezos, visionary and master builder of Amazon.
James Dyson, British inventor and founder of the Dyson company.
Walt Disney, Hollywood business mogul, who together with his brother Roy O. Disney co-founded The Walt Disney Company.
Sam Walton, American entrepreneur who founded Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club.
Fred Smith, creator of Fed-X, the world’s first overnight express delivery company.
Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, founders of Blue Ribbon Sports now known as Nike.
John Pemberton, American pharmacist best known for being the inventor of Coca-Cola.
David Ogilvy, advertising executive who was widely hailed as The Father of Advertising.
Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, the creators of Starbucks.
Jim Marshall, English businessman and pioneer of guitar amplification, known as The Father of Loud.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google.
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group.
Dee Ward Hock, founder of the Visa credit card association.
Ray Kroc, American businessman who built McDonald’s into the most successful fast food operation in the world.
Charles Revson, pioneering cosmetics industry executive who created Revlon.
Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and often called the Father of the Automobile because he made cars accessible to the middle class.
Mark Zuckerberg, one of five co-founders of Facebook.
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the founders of Apple.
