There are many founders of famous brands who make public appearances and do photoshoots for magazine covers.
But there are also those who don’t want to be in the spotlight as they prefer to stay low-key.
Here is the list of 7 founders of worldwide brands who don’t usually show their faces. Their success stories will definitely inspire you.
1. Phil Knight, founder of Nike
Young Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman loved running, and they created the Blue Ribbon Sports company to sell Japanese sneakers in the US. The company is now called Asics. It became harder for them to work with suppliers and Phil and Bill took a decision to create their own brand of sneakers. In 1978, they got their company’s official name and that is Nike.
2. Howard Schultz, founder of Starbucks
In 1971, Starbucks was opened as a store that sold coffee beans and equipment in Seattle. Howard Schultz who is the owner of Il Giornale bought the company in 1987 and started to turn into a real coffee shop.
3. Amancio Ortega, founder of Zara
Amancio used to make nightgowns and bathrobes with his wife right in their living room. Once their order was declined by their partner, the couple decided to sell clothes on their own. They opened their first store in 1975 in La Coruña, Spain. Later the company was renamed to Inditex and opened new clothing stores: Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Zara Home, Uterqüe, Stradivarius, Lefties, and Bershka.
4. Per Enevoldsen and Winnie Enevoldsen, founder of Pandora
Enevoldsen family started their small jewelry store in Copenhagen in 1982 and they used to import jewelry from Thailand and sold it. By 1987, they decided to create the jewelry of their own design s their company was already big. It took more than 10 years before Pandora became famous.
5. Ole Kirk Christiansen, founder of Lego
Ole started a company that made ironing boards and ladders, but he soon started making wooden toys. The word “Lego” consists of 2 Danish words: “leg” (play) and “godt” (good). He died at the age of 66 and his 4 sons obtained the company.
6. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founder of Google
Do you know Google was created by two students from Stanford University? Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded a company and registered the google.com domain in 1998. Now this is the most popular search engine.
7. Kevin Systrom, founder of Instagram
The most famous social media app Instagram was created by another Standford University student — Kevin Systrom. After the 2 years of its launch, Facebook bought it for $1 billion.
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