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10 Famous Inspiring Christian Business Owners
MannaEXPRESS
While some people are
busy arguing about whether God is for or against prosperity, others are
striving to make life better for themselves and those around.
A look at what some
inspiring and famous Christian business owners and leaders achieved and still
achieving proves otherwise.
Prosperity comes with
hard work, dedication and a solid set of values. Without these, I doubt we
would be reading about these men and women today.
There are many
successful entrepreneurs and inspirational Christian figures around the world
and it was hard to pick only ten of them.
The 10 of the many
inspiring Christian business owners chosen have made an impressive mark in the
business world and the in lives of many people.
My prayer is their
lives would be an inspiration and the push we need to succeed in what the Lord
has called us to do and be.
John D. Rockefeller
He revolutionized the
petroleum industry and set the standard for modern philanthropy.
Rockefeller was a
devout Christian who supported various church-based projects throughout his
career.
He was
quoted as saying “God gave me money,” and he never apologized for it
either.
He
believed in John Wesley’s principle of “gain all you can, save all you can,
and give all you can.”
Rockefeller gave 10
percent of his earnings to his church, from his very first paycheck to his
last.
Sam Walton
Sam Walton was a
popular American entrepreneur and businessman, best known for founding the
popular Wal-Mart retail stores.
He was a management
trainee with J.C. Penney early in his career.
With a strong
Christian background and hard work, Walton excelled in school, college and
business.
Walton was featured
in Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of the 20th Century in
1998.
Forbes magazine
ranked him as the richest man in the United States from 1982 to 1988.
Truett Cathy
Truett Cathy is best
known as the founder and visionary behind Chick-fil-A.
He attributed his
success to running his business on Christian principles.
Cathy was very
involved in the youth. He offered an enormous amount of scholarships and
programs to help young people.
Samuel Truett Cathy
had an estimated net worth of $4.2 billion in 2012 and also received the
Lifetime President’s Volunteer Service Award in 2008.
James Cash Penney
This American
businessman was the founder of J.C. Penney and a renowned philanthropist.
After the 1929 stock
market crash and the Great Depression, he was left financially ruined. His
health was affected.
He checked himself
into a sanitarium and eventually became a Christian after hearing the hymn “God
Will Take Care of You.”
He recovered
financially and continued to do a lot of charity work throughout his career.
Cher Wang
Cher Wang is a devout
Christian and a Taiwanese entrepreneur who co-founded the HTC Corporation, a
popular smartphone maker, as well as VIA Technologies.
Her late father was
also one of the richest men in Taiwan. His name was Wang Yung-Ching.
Wang says that the
Bible is “the best book for management practice”.
One of the most
important things she has learned from the Bible is that a person must have a
vision, otherwise he or she will be destroyed.
Henry Heinz
Henry Heinz founded
the Heinz Company in 1869. He based his business on Christian principles.
He attributed his
success as a direct result of his faith in God.
The Heinz Company was
known for its fair treatment of workers and for pioneering safe and clean food
preparation.
The Heinz Company is
worth more than $12 billion today.
It’s most famous
product is tomato ketchup, with 650 million bottles of Ketchup being sold every
year.
Strive Masiyiwa
Strive Masiyiwa, a
businessman from Zimbabwe, is the founder of Econet Wireless, a South African
based global telecommunications group with operations in more than 15
countries.
Masiyiwa is a born
again Christian and was quoted as saying that he reads his Bible for at least 4
hours a day – if he’s busy!
He gives 10 percent
of his annual income to his church. Masiyiwa personally pays the school fees
for over 22,000 Zimbabwean orphans.
Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash decided
to retire in 1963 after she was overlooked for a promotion in favor of a man
that she personally trained.
There and then she
decided to write a book to help women in business.
In 1963, she began
Mary Kay Cosmetics with a $5,000 investment.
The founding
principle of her business and her “Golden Rule”, is to allow women to advance
by helping others to succeed.
She advocated “praising
people to success” and her slogan “God first, family second, career
third” expressed her belief that women in her company should maintain balance
in their lives.
Madame C. J. Walker
Madame C. J. Walker
was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist and also regarded as the first
self-made female African-American millionaire in America.
Born in 1867, she
started her own hair care product line in 1905 after suffering from a scalp
condition that resulted in her hair loss.
Tenacity and
perseverance, faith in herself and in God, quality products and “honest
business dealings” were the elements and strategies she prescribed for
aspiring entrepreneurs who requested the secret to her rags-to-riches ascent.
Madame C. J. Walker
passed away in 1919 and her business was estimated to be worth more than $1
million.
As the sole owner of
her business, she left a third of her estate to her daughter.
David Green
David Green is a
billionaire and founder of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores that
has more than 520 outlets throughout the United States.
He has an estimated
net worth of $4.5 billion and ranks among the 400 richest Americans.
He
said, “If you have anything or if I have anything, it’s because it’s been
given to us by our Creator.”
Although Green keeps
the total amount of his giving a secret, Forbes has estimated the total of his
lifetime giving at more than $500 million.
May
Olusola
is the Publisher of MannaEXPRESSonline.
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