Harland David Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, never thought that he would become a successful entrepreneur. He worked in the Corbin KY canteen and became known for his recipe of cooking chicken in a pressure fryer. To date, the KFC chain has more than 18,800 fast food restaurants in 118 countries.

American engineer and businessman Robert Norton Noyce founded Intel with his friend Gordon Moore when he was 41 years old. It is generally accepted that the company became successful mainly thanks to the management style. Noyce treated his employees as his relatives and always rewarded them for the initiative shown.

Reid Hoffman is known mainly as a co-founder of the LinkedIn network which is engaged in establishing business contacts and finding jobs. According to Forbes magazine, LinkedIn today is the most popular social network focused on finding work or business professionals. Hoffman turned 35 years old when he established the company and 43 years when the company's shares were placed on the stock exchange.

Carol Gardner was 52 when she divorced her husband and was experiencing financial difficulties. The idea to create her company came after she was offered along with a pet, a dog called Zelda, to participate in the contest which was held by the pet shop. It was needed to be photographed with a puppy for a Christmas card.

In 2010, the Zelda Wisdom company was estimated at about $50 million.

The beginner entrepreneur, Wally Bloom, was over 60 when he decided to lay his house and everything valuable to invest money in his Denali Flavors start-up, a company to develop and promote new flavors of ice cream. In his 70 a millionaire continues to refute the stereotypes that entrepreneurship is a privilege of younger people.

Leo Goodwin, the founder of GEICO, worked as an ordinary accountant for many years. At some point, he wondered: why don't insurance companies work directly with customers? This would allow them to save money that go to brokers. So, at the age of 50, Leo created his company in the field of auto insurance, GEICO, in Washington. Today, GEICO employs more than 27 thousand people, and the number of clients exceeds 14 million people.