The 25 Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Past 25 Years

https://www.worth.com/25-entrepreneurs-25-years/

 

I’d rather learn from failures than success.

Also it’s said :
Consider, founders of a previously successfulbusiness have a 30 percent chance of success with their next venture, founders who have failed at a prior business have a 20 percent chance of succeeding versus an 18 percent chance of success for first time entrepreneurs.

It’s “easy” to be successful once.
If you really want a mentor, look for someone that’s been successful more than twice (0.18*0.30=0.054)

 

^^^^A good example is Roy Raymond of Victoria's Secret.

 

another candidate is the couple who invented the router, and eventually created the company called Cisco (that helped Al Gore to create the internet).

the guy who invented the idea of hyper text, which the web is built upon) (at least one of the components).