Charlotte Beers: Picture of Woman Power

Charlotte Beers is an advertising executive who became the icon for women excellence and power in the field of advertising. Beers was born on July 26, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas.

With her exceptional business acumen and hard work, Beers was able to make a name for herself in a series of jobs she held. She was a market researcher for Uncle Ben’s. She moved to J. Walter Thompson to become an account executive. In over a century-old history of J. Walter Thompson, Beers became its first female vice president.

She was denied promotion at J. Walter Thompson so she moved to Tatham-Laird & Kudner. For two years, Beers worked for 100 hours per week. There, she turned around the employees’ low morale and the company’s unstable finances. She became the company’s CEO. During her tenure as CEO, the company’s profit margin doubled the industry’s average. Billings were tripled.

In 1992, Beers decided to move to Ogilvy & Mather. There, she increased the company’s billings to $2 billion in her four-year tenure.

In October 2001, Beers became the undersecretary for State Secretary Collin Powell until March 2003.

Steve Wynn: Gambling Empire at its Best

Steve Wynn is known to be a developer of the gambling oasis in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has developed casinos that grew not only in size but in being ambitious, lavish and excessive.

Wynn was born in Connecticut on January 27, 1942. He grew up with his brother in Utica, New York. His father operated several Bingo parlors which exposed the young Wynn to gambling at an early age.

Before Wynn finished his degree in Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, his father died leaving behind his Bingo enterprise. Wynn took over the Bingo parlors which became the beginning of a growing gambling empire. Wynn used the Bingo profits to purchase several stakes in Las Vegas’ Frontier Hotel and Casino.

Wynn’s investments grew. His hotels expanded in size and reputation. Some of the attractions he placed in his hotels were an indoor forest, a pirate’s ship, an artificial lake, water fountains, and a gallery of the finest paintings in the world.

In April, 2005, Wynn opened the “Wynn Las Vegas” which is known then to be his most remarkable building. It is 50 stories high and is situated in the world renowned Las Vegas Strip. It has 2,716 hotel rooms. Its gaming area is about 111,000 square foot. At that time, the building was estimated to be around $2.7 billion.

Wynn is known to be lavish and elaborate but the Wynn Las Vegas exposed his subtle and more elegant side.  From the outside, Wynn Las Vegas would encourage people to see the Wynn Art Collection, or his Ferrari-Maserati dealership, or the Lake of Dreams.

Another building owned by Wynn, the “Wynn Macau”, was opened in 2006 in Macau, China.

Wynn lives with his wife in Las Vegas. He continues to be actively involved in managing his gambling empire.

Maria Bailey: Bringing the Unique Voices of Modern Moms

Maria Bailey is a world-renown writer, speaker and talk show host. She has a large following of 11 million modern moms in all parts of the world. Her bestselling books include popular titles as Mom 3.0 and Power Moms. Bailey hosts the radio show, Mom Talk Radio and co-hosts the number seven morning talk show in the US, Good Day with Doug Stephan. Her TV shows include The Balancing Act which is aired over Women’s Entertainment Network (WE) and Lifetime TV.

To help mothers who are working as executives, Bailey founded the website BlueSuitMom.com, an award-winning site. She also co-founded one of the biggest online video resources for mom, the Newbaby.com.

As a professional, Bailey is the Chief Executive Officer of BSM Media, a service media and marketing company whose focus is marketing to mothers.

Nearly half of the world’s top 100 brands have had the chance to hear Bailey speak about her influence among the modern moms.

Brian Tracy: Story of Success through Hard Work

Brian Tracy is well known in the US as a self-development coach and author. He has written over 40 books and has produced over 300 different audios and videos. His live audience is estimated at 250,000+ per year.

Tracy was a Canadian by birth. His family was hard up financially, forcing Tracy to drop out of high school because his family could not pay his school bills. He was exposed to hard labor when he worked as a laborer when he was a teenager.

Tracy left Canada when he was twenty. From North America, he went to England by ship then proceeded to Gibraltar, Spain and France via bicycle. He had to a lot of other countries in the next eight years. He had been to over 80 countries.

Those eight years shaped Tracy. He partnered with Dr. Albert Schweitzer, got training in martial arts where he became a Shotokan Karate black belt.

Tracy earned his master’s in Business at the University of Alberta. He was exposed in diverse capacities of work as a professional: real estate, importation and distribution of automobiles, sales and marketing, consultancy and trainings. Later, he became the COO of a large company with annual sales of $75 million and assets estimated at $265 million.

Among Tracy’s bestsellers are 16 books which include The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success, Advanced Selling Strategies, and Maximum Achievement. He has appeared in countless of TV and radio shows and is regularly featured in publications in and outside of the US.

He has 300 different audios and videos that cover subjects on human and corporate performance. His works are effective because Tracy has spent 25 long years researching and developing his learning tools.

Tracy resides in San Diego, California with his wife Barbara and four their four children.

George Frederick Baer: An Outstanding Lawyer and President

George Frederick Baer was an American lawyer who became the president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. He also served as the spokesperson for the owners in the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902.

Baer was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He studied at Franklin and Marshall College. During the Civil War, he formed a company of volunteers to help the Union Army. He was the captain of the 133^rd Pennsylvania Volunteers stationed in Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg and Antietam.

After the Civil War, Baer practiced law and became the owner of a local newspaper The Democrat.  J.P. Morgan appointed him as president of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1901. When a strike by the United Mine Workers broke in 1902, he cited Social Darwinism and was treated as an example of arrogance. President Theodore Roosevelt intervened and the strike was settled.

Baer became the president of his alma mater Franklin and Marshall College in 1894 until his death on April 26, 1914.

Ratan Tata: Owner of One of the Most Trusted Brands in India and the World

Ratan Tata is the Chairman of the Tata Group, the biggest conglomerate in India. Tata group is the parent of Indian Hotels, Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, and all the other companies under the name of Tata.

Tata was born in Mumbai, India on December 28, 1937. His family was one of the richest in India. Jamsedji Tata, his great grandfather who founded the Tata Group, pass the inheritance of a powerful conglomerate down to Ratan. However, his parents broke up in the 1940s so that he and his brother grew up under the care of his grandma, Lady Navajbai.

He took up structural engineering and architecture at Campion School in Mumbai. He joined the Tata Group when he earned his degrees in 1962. His first job was with the Tata Steel where he shoveled stones and worked with the furnace. Although physically difficult, his first job helped Tata understand better his family’s business. The job prepared him for the huge responsibility of taking over the company later on.

In 1971, Tata worked with the National Radio and Electronics Company Limited (Nelco). He helped this struggling company but has to move out later because of the economic recession in the 1970s. He joined another struggling company, the Empress Mills, in 1977. The Mill shut down in 1986. He moved to another holding company, the Tata Industries.

At Tata Industries, Tata transformed the division’s management and vision. The changes brought significant and large dividends. The success was phenomenal that Tata Group was brought to the New York Stock Exchange and helped Tata Group obtain international popularity, power and prestige.

Tata continued to acquire other companies for the Tata Group. Among the most celebrated acquisitions include the Corus Group, a steel and aluminum producer, and the Rover and Jaguar brands of Ford Company.

In spite of his fortunes and growing popularity, Tata maintains a private and simple life in Mumbai, India.