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Larry Page

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He is the founder and co-founder of Google, and since April 2011, he acted as the CEO of Google. As a CEO he is the one who took care of Google day-to-day operations, he is also in charge of the ...

He is the co-founder of Google. Today, he directs special projects. From 2001 to 2011, Sergey served as president of technology, where he shared responsibility for the company's day-to-day operations ...

Richard Branson

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Virgin media founder Sir Richard Branson, 64, was a dyslexic schoolboy from Buckinghamshire until he started his own business aged 16. He began selling records through his magazine ironically called ...

Philip Green

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Sir Philip Green founded the germ of his fashion empire while in his teens. As an O-level school leaver he began importing jeans from Asia to sell in London. Throughout the 1970s, Sir Philip began ...

Mike Ashley

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Sports tycoon Mike Ashley, 49, left grammar school at 16 to play county level squash, but an injury turned him from athlete to businessman. The Sports Direct founder and Newcastle United owner set up ...

Laurence Graff

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Diamond magnate Laurence Graff, 76, made his billions supplying jewellery and jewels to wealthy overseas customers, having started out as a 15-year-old apprentice at a Hatton Garden jewellery ...

John Caudwell

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Phones4U founder and communications magnate John Caudwell, 61, abandoned his A-level study at a school in Stoke-on-Trent and started an apprenticeship at a tyre factory before moving on to selling ...