An entrepreneur is someone who takes on the risk of starting a new business venture. Tyra Banks is an American model, TV personality, actress and singer who was the first African American woman on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret catalog. She has had a successful media career spanning over 16 years. Anne Pawsat-Dressler is a young self-made millionaire and founder of Hawaii Hideaways Inc, a luxury vacation rental company. She built her business through travel experience, customer service and using the internet to promote her brand.

1. Entrepreneur An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and is accountable for the inherent risks and the outcome of a product.

2. Tyra Banks The Tyra Banks biography started when she was born in Inglewood, California, to a family of high achievers. Her mother, Carolyn, was a fashion manager whilst her father was a photographer for NASA. Banks graduated in 1991 from Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, and was headed for Universities like UCLA for television producing, From here, it would be that the Tyra Banks biography would not only see her appear on the television screens, but on the front of magazines and in numerous music videos. She has been a prominent media figure for over 16 years, as she is a television personality, an actress, and a singer. The former entrepreneur and model made her first commercial breakthroughs when she began appearing on television back in the 1990s. Tyra Banks was the first African-American woman to appear on covers for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and GQ - and she received the VH1 award for Supermodel of the Year. In the same year, she also became the first African-American chosen to appear on the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog. Her career in music videos was comparably good, and equally terrific. Banks appeared in music videos of Michael Jackson's 'Black or White', and George Michael's 'Too Funky'. Her brief dabble with singing, began in 2004 and ended somewhat soon - when her first recorded single 'Shake YaBody' turned out to be a failure after it had been released as a single. Banks' music career was supposedly over before she could release her first album 'T.Y.R.A'. On this glitch in the Tyra Banks story, she said: "I can't believe I wasted six years of doing something that I didn't finish...I was almost able to release my album T.Y.R.A., but since my music career hit rock bottom, I quit."

3. Anne Pawsat-Dressler There are many entrepreneurs in the world. Many of them have already made millions in their young lives. These are millionaires that were not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. There are people that worked hard to pursue their dreams and were very successful at what they did. These are millionaires who have earned every cent that they have. Anne Pawsat-Dressler is one of them. She is the president and founder of the Hawaii Hideaways Inc. She started out by attending Yale University. She graduated with very high honors. She received a bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience. She then proceeded to head computer operations ate Morgan Stanley Dean Witter’s. Even with staying busy with work and side projcts she still managed to travel all over the world. While traveling through places like Europe and Central America , she obtained an insight on travelers and what they prefer and what they are looking for in accommodations. With this knowledge she headed to Hawaii. There it took her and her hand picked associates only a couple years to get together a company to line up homes for clients and be able to meet their special needs and wants. Her success comes from her ability to be able to match the perfect place to the perfect client. People were hesitant at first to allow a young woman to handle their expensive houses, but they soon realisedthat she had what it took and she gained a huge reputation as the only agent in Hawaii that came hugely recommended. She soon built up an extensive inventory of rental homes across Hawaii and became known as the person to go for to find a luxurious home. The staff at Hawaii Hideaway is made up of only five employees. They not only provide luxurious homes but also added other extras that the client may be interested in. They try and succeed in pleasing their customers no matter how bizarre the request is. This customer service is what awarded Anne the Condé Nast’s Villa Rental Specialist award in 2006 and 2007. also in 2008, she was awarded the Conde Nast “World’s Top 50 Villa Rental Agents”. This award helped boost Hawaii Hideaways reputation and that is all that Anne Pawsat- Dressler is concerned about. She says her success comes from always being available, always taking her calls and continuously being accountable for what she does. Some advice that she gives out is to always go after your dream and never give up. She also pushes for people to use the Web as a way of getting their business out there. Trust in the Web and it will work for you. She did and now she is one of the youngest millionaires in the United States.

4. Mark Constantine and Elizabeth Weir The original incarnation of what is now Lush was started in the 1970s when Mark Constantine, an herbal trichologist, and Elizabeth Weir, who had an interest in beauty therapy formed a company named Constantine & Weir. They began to develop recipes for bath and beauty products with the intention of selling them to other companies. The Body Shop, a UK-based company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick contracted Constantine & Weir as one of their suppliers

5. Simon Cowell Born on October 7, 1959 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, his father a music industry executive, and his mother, Julie Brett, is a former ballet dancer and socialite. Simon attended Dover College, but left before graduating, and worked a few menial jobs until his father managed to get him a job in the mail room of EMI Music Publishing. Simon worked his way up to a music publishing position, until the early 1980s when he left to form his own recording label, E&S Music with former boss Ellis Rich. Simon went to work for Iain Burton at Fanfare records, and over the next eight years, he found success in the music industry. Eventually, he became a partner and helped build Fanfare into a very successful pop music label. Fanfare would see numerous top ten hits and sales of more than a half million copies of several of their artists. In 1992, Fanfare’s parent company, Public Company fell into financial problems. Later that year, BMG bought Fanfare’s assets. Simon, in debt, moved back in with his parents. Later that year, he became an A&R consultant for BMG records. He signed up a number of successful acts to his S-records label and in 2002 he formed SyCo Records, Artists such as Leona Lewis, Il Divo and contestants from The X Factor and America’s Got Talent are released on SyCo. Simon became a judge on the first series of Pop Idol in 2001 and on the first season of American Idol in 2002. Then in 2004, Simon appeared a judge on the first series of the British talent show The X Factor’, which Simon created using his production company, SyCo. The X Factor was an instant success with the viewers and has returned four more times to its fifth series in 2008. As a judge, Cowell is known for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. He is also known for combining activities in the television and music industries, having promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. In 2006 he signed on to remain as a judge on American Idol, earning £20 million per season for another 5 years. In the UK, he signed a deal with ITV, worth about £6.5 million a year for 3 years, which gave ITV rights to his hit talent show, ‘The X Factor’. In 2008 salary is about $50 Million he now earns $70 million-a-year. He owns a home in Los Angeles and the UK. He is engaged to MezhganHussainy anddoesn’t have any children