Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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