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Чужие истории успеха действуют на многих как красная тряпка на быка. Но история самого «Быка», знаменитого бренда Red Bull, и его создателя, Дитриха Матешица, настолько иррациональна, что даже самые отъявленные завистники лишь руками разводят: совершенно непонятно, как ему удалось добиться успеха с такой безумной авантюрой...

Это имя у всех на слуху: о супруге нынешнего президента Франции Николя Саркози Карле Бруни Саркози говорят и пишут постоянно. Модель и певица с необыкновенной легкостью переселилась из мира богемы в мир официоза...

Although in other countries people captured palaces by force, maharaja of Jodhpur Gaj Singh let people in his apartments of his own free will - not proletariat though, but rich tourists, having transformed palaces into expensive hotels - and with obtained money has created charity funds for poor hindus.

The great musician Daniel Barenboim who was born in Argentina in the Jewish family with Russian background, brought up in Israel, studied in Austria, became famous in Germany and the United States of America, occupied 19th place in the list of present geniuses, today tries to heal with the help of music, maybe, the most bleeding wounds in human history...

He looks like a university professor - long hair, big glasses, intelligent voice. But it’s only the first impression...Sleek elegance and respectability give out an imperous and business person, and his restrained gestures - the iron will. This is Diego Della Valle, or SuperDiego like he is named in native Italy, - the founder of Tod's brand, the person who introduced fashion for moccasins and rented the Roman Collosseo.

Like king Midas he turned any project he touched into gold, whether it was manufacture of vacuum cleaners or dry milk. However the founder of Electrolux company one of the richest people of XX century -Axel Wenner-Gren - became famous not only due to his business success, but also due to his ostensibly involvement in intrigues of the Second world war...

One of the most well-known Greeks of XX century, Stavros Niarchos, entered the history not only as the richest shipowner and the playboy, but also as eternal contender to Aristotel Onassis…

Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese armies that crushed Pearl Harbour, was not simply a fighter from history textbook.

Even today Maria Montessori's achievements impress everyone, and at the end of XIX century she could be easily named Kopernik in skirt...

The billionaire and philanthropist Mohamed Al Fayed launched his business in England in the mid 1960s. He succeeded serving at Her Majesty's pleasure, but nevertheless he was repeatedly refused a British passport...

1549 - this figure would better do for him as his birthday since Franco Zeffirelli was a true Renaissance man. The Florentine, artist, architect, actor, director...

Ideological struggle demands extreme tension of cordial and physical strenghts. Body of Dolores Ibárruri, the leader of Communist Party in Spain during all her life who struggled with Franco dictatorship, was strengthen by wind...

They were born on different sides of the ocean, but both were of Italian origin. Both grew up in poverty, both got ridiculous nicknames in their childhood, and in their maturity - rank of geniuses …

Pekka Herlin - the richest person in the history of Finland – early in his life was compelled to head small family firm that was in quite a difficult situation.…

Any great business develops out of several failures, one ingenious idea, some fatal meetings, a handful of coins and huge belief in success. The story about the most well-known cruise liners Royal Caribbean Cruises shall open collection of success stories. Born in Norway, they plough ocean between tropical islands of the Central America and every year give feeling of carefree happiness to thousands of people …

As soon as you pronounce Rothschild’s last name — you immediately fancy gold rivers and diamond shores. But what can a multimillionaire indulge himself with? Purchase one more yacht, aircraft, castle, soccer club? It’s limply and not uninteresting. May be… acquire a state? Why not!

We can see all rulers of the past centuries — great or vain, powerful or unhappy — through imagination of their court artists. Mary-Louise and Carl IV did not escape this lot either. We know how they looked like through portraits by Francisco Goya.