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Chris Lighty owns three institutions to his name – an artist management group, record company, marketing group, all at just 39 years of age. Chris has always been interested in music and at the beginning of his career, he used to crates of records for DJ Red Alert! He set up his own group ‘Violator’ in 1990, and with the aid of some innovation marketing strategies, he was successful in connecting musicians with brands and this includes rapper 50 Cent’s ground-breaking deal with Vitamin Water. Since then, Violator housed artists like Diddy, LL Cool J and Macy Gray.
The management skills of Lighty were brought into practice from an early age when he had deal with his siblings in the Bronx Projects. Here, he cultivated a taste for hip-hop and rap of the magical 80s. As he states, “Our culture isn’t just about living in the projects; there’s so much more”. Apart from creative management and branding projects with Violator, Chris is also involved in the strategic marketing ventures with his management company, Brand Asset Group. It is joint venture with the Warner Music Group. Lighty is determined to create an overall business of entertainment. He also owns a film company in collaboration with 50 Cent and plans to devise a hip-hop reality show. Chris Lighty with his enviable millionaire profile brings to the fore one fundamental aspect, that in order to be a millionaire, one needs creative thinking apart from perseverance.
Written by srini on September 1st, 2009 with no comments.
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Without 32 hours of food and just one phone call in her stock, Leticia Walpole had an eye for an enterprising opportunity. At 21, she began her journey from Mexico City to start off as a housekeeper. After two decades she arrived at Indianapolis as a successful immigrant. Since then, she has been serving as a Hispanic recruiter for the Indiana National Guard. She had launched her own business at a very humble scale but, she took care to use the opportunity to provide motivational presentations in order to effectively inspire and offer hope to students belonging to every age.
Walpole dreamt of entering the Mexican military but women were not allowed to become a part of it. Her father too was extremely non-supportive of her education. But, through her diligence Walpole managed to attain a mechanical engineering degree. After her housekeeping stint, she joined the Mattel Inc. plant at Tijuana. Her contribution to improve the production of the toy-making plant impressed the company president and he sponsored her journey as a successful immigrant to the United States. She took the test to enter the California National Guard. She worked with Chevron and attained a bachelor’s degree in science, Spanish and liberal arts from the Seattle University. Due to her immigrant status, Walpole was able to entirely understand the problems of the Hispanic community and devoted her heart for the cause of the Hispanic children and at 40, today, she relentlessly works for the furthering of their education.
Written by srini on August 31st, 2009 with no comments.
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A millionaire image has always been associated with private jets, collect cars and a flashy lifestyle. But, a lot of the modern day millionaires love to reside in middle-class neighborhoods and work full-time. Being a millionaire allows one to make unrestricted decisions. During the last decade, the number of millionaires almost doubled. There are certain common traits that ought to be inculcated if you want to know how to become a millionaire. In countless millionaire success stories, you’d find that the respective person must learn to think big. Dreaming big will always act as a motivation. They commonly observe that fear of dreaming big prevents people from taking even calculated risks. They therefore stand to lose on available opportunities.
Like, Jeff Harris used to be a grocery store clerk in his earlier days but, his world seemed to change once he came across a stock-broker at a Christmas party. He decided to invest $25 in a mutual fund every month. This along with few other judicious decisions has made him an investment adviser and a multi-millionaire in South Carolina.
In order to become a millionaire, one needs to educate himself on the opportunities so that he can reap the maximum benefits. Then, a lot of millionaires opined that being passionate, having a heart to overcome the obstacles, reinvesting in ones’ hobby can enhance the investment capital. And, the biggest secret is to perhaps curtail the expenditures.
Written by srini on August 29th, 2009 with no comments.
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Ieoh Ming Pei is one of America’s most famous immigrants. Ieoh has been able to create an identity for himself that many of the people who are born in America have not been able to achieve. Ieoh was born in the year 1917, in the Canton province of China. He immigrated to the United States when he was just 18, in the year 1935. He came to study in the MIT and was a student of architecture. Later on he also attended the Boston University, in order to gain more knowledge in the field of architecture.
In the year 1942, Ieoh became a concrete designer. He also taught at Harvard till the year 1948 as an assistant professor. Ieoh joined the Webb & Knap Inc in the year 1948 and worked there till 1960. In that year he started his own company and named it I.M. Pei & Partners. Ieoh is known for his geometric patters that give a different identity to the buildings that he has designed. He is also famous for the innovative use of glass in the construction and beautification of a building.
Some of the most famous creations of Ieoh are the East wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, the John F Kennedy Memorial Library in Boston and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has also updated the Louvre in Paris.
Written by srini on August 26th, 2009 with no comments.
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When we talk about steel in America, the first name that obviously comes to our mind is the name of Andrew Carnegie. He is said to be the father of steel in America, as he single handedly created a steel industry out of nothing in the US. Andrew Carnegie was born in the country of Scotland on the 25th of November 1835. He and his family came over to America as immigrants and Andrew was just a child at that time.
Andrew is said to be one of the most successful immigrants of America, as he had built the Carnegie Steel Company based in Pittsburgh. The company was launched way back in the year 1892, after Carnegie had combined all his assets along with the assets of his friends and well-wishers in order to get the required fund for the company. In the year 1889, the steel output of US was more than that of the UK and the majority of the steel in the US came from the Carnegie Steel plant.
Later on, Andrew became a philanthropist as he retired from the day to day activity of the steel company. He had founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carnegie Mellon University and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburg. Andrew Carnegie is often referred to as the second richest man in history after John D Rockefeller.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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Madeleine Albright is such a personality who is known by people all over the world. She is perhaps one of the most famous immigrants in the history of the United States. She has held the post of the Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, from the year 1997 to the year 2001.
She was born on the 5th of May 1937, in the city of Prague, which is the capital of the erstwhile Czechoslovakia. Her father Josef Korbel was also a diplomat and was a supporter of the Czech democrats. But the whole family of Madeleine had to go on an exile to England during the World War II. Later on, after the war was over, the family again moved back to the country and Josef was given diplomatic responsibilities too.
Finally, Madeleine moved to the US along with his father Josef, when he got appointed as a professor in the University of Denver. Madeleine had studied in the Wellesley College, the Johns Hopkins University and the Columbia University. Apart from having done her PhD, she has also received many Honorary Doctors of Laws from various Universities in the US and also from other countries. Madeleine has also held many important positions in the US administration, including that of the US Ambassador to the UN and of course the Secretary of State. She has also authored many books.
Written by srini on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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Immigration in the United States has always been a debated issue and the house stands divided on the positives and negatives of this single phenomenon. But, the success stories of the famous immigrants have perhaps sealed the case in favor of the immigrants.
One of the most talked about successful immigrants of America is Dov Charney. He is the founder and owner of the American Apparel, the largest single garments factory in the whole of the US.
The American Apparel is a case which points out how the immigrants have contributed to the growth and development of the country. Dov at present employs more than 3,800 people in his factory and he makes it a point to greet every single employee in the morning. This is a regular practice to generate a feeling in the minds of the employees that they are the most important asset of the company. Dov is a very energetic person and he is just 37 at present. At this age, he comes across as a bundle of energy which gets readily transferred to his employees.
The American Apparel showroom is a place to be. You have some brilliant music playing and the walls are filled with youthful pictures of males and females displaying all the various products.
Dov is undoubtedly one of the successful immigrants of America and he has come down from Canada.
Written by srini on August 24th, 2009 with no comments.
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The name of M.Night.Shyamalan deserves a proud place in the hall of fame of famous immigrants from Indian origin. This extremely talented entity made immigration to America to carve his niche in the world of creativity. His dreams were realized as he rose to stardom, fame and riches. Shyamalan is noted all over the world as a movie director, screen play writer, producer and actor.
The gifted man is noted for the supernatural undertones entwined in the plots of his films as well as the plays that he staged. Shyamalan started getting recognition with his first venture in film direction, produced and released with the name- ‘Praying With Anger’ in the year 1992. At that time he was still a New York University Student. It was not an immense hit flick. His second film ‘Wide Awake’ also did not receive a box office success.
His career turned to immeasurable success with ‘The Sixth Sense’, released in the year 1999. With this film he received huge monetary success. He was flooded with rave reviews from all the corner of the world. It did a very good business all over the world.
Later a bevy of well crafted supernatural thrillers came out of his mighty workshop like – Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening. In each of these films he has used the treatment of a sudden twist that resulted in their commercial success. These films earned him immense success both in terms of critical acclaim and financial gain.
Written by srini on August 16th, 2009 with no comments.
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Mary Pickford, one of the most loved faces of Hollywood who could create a stir in million hearts with a smile, was an immigrant to America. She was born in Canada in 1882. Mary was already a comprehensible success before she could reach Hollywood. The pioneering Canadian star in Hollywood was well- known as ‘America’s sweetheart’ or ‘Little Mary.’
After she had joined she had seen enviable success in her career. This Canada born dazzling star was one of the forces who were actually behind shaping up the industry to its present stature. She had starred in around 52 films. Mary was reportedly able to create history as she signed a contract with Zukor with a whopping amount of $10, 000. 00 per week.
In 1920, her film ‘Pollyanna’ became a big hit that earned $1,100,000.00. The next film ‘Rosita’ was also a significant pat of the hit parade and it bagged an amount of $1,000,000.00. Mary’s success continued through the films ‘My Best Girl’, ‘Coquette’, ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’, ‘Sparrows’, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ etc. She announced her retirement in 1933, and later on concentrated on producing films at a row.
The sweetheart of Hollywood was equally successful in her production career too. She was the co- founder of the film studio- United Artists. She also has the pride to be one of the 36 founders of the prestigious ‘Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences.’ The entire film industry would remain grateful to this notable immigrant to America.
Written by srini on August 16th, 2009 with no comments.
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If the claim cited above looks a bit bizarre to you, get to know how much truth the citation holds. Glance through the success story of a man who invested his most important thing – an innovative approach that opened the flood gates of a million dollar business for him.
The story of Dennis Hope is of a great visionary, who always thought out of the way. He is a man who had seen a sea of failures in his life, but had turned his weakness into strength.
Dennis was into real estate business since the 70’s. He already had an assumption as to how much he was actually going to earn from this field, when he had stepped into this business. However, in reality he faced a lot of trouble while trying to make a deal. He could not sell properties, and there was zero profit.
One evening while brooding over his next step, he looked up at the moon for quite some time. Suddenly the spark of an idea crossed his mind. He could not sell land on earth; why not sell the land on the moon and earn a profit?
Through extensive research he came to know that according to the UN Outer Space Treaty of 1967, no Govt. was allowed to buy or sell extraterrestrial property. However, the treaty did not prohibit any individual or concern from doing so. So he sent a legal letter to the US and the UN, claiming all extra terrestrial properties as his own, and till date has made $9million @ $20 per acre at moon.
Thus he launched Lunar Embassy, the only concern in the world that can sell property on the moon. Today he owns trillions. He made a sale of the lands in the moon, and landed himself in history among the American millionaires.
Written by srini on August 13th, 2009 with no comments.
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