Source: Roger James Hamilton
Top 10 2020-Ready Entrepreneurs - http://bit.ly/2020-Top10

 

Where are they now? In June last year, Roger Hamilton posted his ranking of the Top 10 2020-Ready Entrepreneurs. How well have they done over a crisis-filled year, and how ready were they?

 

In total, the 10 have seen their wealth jump from $248 billion to $370 billion. That’s an incredible 50% jump while most of the world has struggled. Read through to the bottom of this post where Roger shares the top three reasons he believes they have achieved this.

 

1- Masayoshi Son: Despite losses with WeWork and Uber, Masayoshi’s net worth has grown from $22 billion to $30 billion as his main company, Softbank, reaches new highs.
http://bit.ly/2020-No1

 

2 - Elon Musk: From $22 billion last year to $84 billion this year, the growth of Tesla has seen Elon’s wealth more than triple, making him now the world’s 4th richest man.
http://bit.ly/2020-No2

 

3 - Arianna Huiffington: Arianna has seen her net worth hold steady at $50 million, as her main business, Thrive Global, remains private, supporting others through the crisis.
http://bit.ly/2020-No3

 

4 - Jeff Bezos: In one year, Amazon has grown 100% from $941 billion to $1.7 trillion in value, and Jeff’s wealth has grown from $157 billion to $199 billion.
http://bit.ly/2020-No4

 

5 - Sheryl Sandberg: In the last year Sheryl has helped grow Facebook from $545 billion to $747 billion in size and her own wealth has grown from $1.8 billion to $2.4 billion.
http://bit.ly/2020-No5

 

6 - Ankiti Bose: Ankiti’s company, Zilingo, has been restructuring through the crisis, and with no new news on the funding side, her net worth is holding steady at $970 million
http://bit.ly/2020-No6

 

7 - Jack Ma: Despite retiring from Alibaba, Jack Ma has seen his wealth grow from $38 billion to $48 billion, with Alibaba booming and Ant Group about to IPO.
http://bit.ly/2020-No7

 

8 - Melanie Perkins: With her company, Canva, raising $60m at a $6 billion valuation during the crisis, Melanie has more than doubled her net worth from $600m to $1.3 billion.
http://bit.ly/2020-No8

 

9 - Richard Branson: Despite his airline challenges, Richard has seen his net worth drop just 12% from $5 billion to $4.4 billion - the one drop on this list.
http://bit.ly/2020-No9

 

10 - Susan Wojcicki: Youtube’s parent, Alphabet, became a $1 trillion company in 2020. As a result, Susan’s net worth has jumped from $500 million to $800 million.
http://bit.ly/2020-No10

 

These ten entrepreneurs have collectively seen a huge increase in the size of their businesses, while the world economy has contracted, for 3 BIG REASONS:

 

The first reason is they all run Entrepreneur 5.0 models - Fully digital, data-driven, high-tech and high-touch businesses (with the exception of Richard Branson’s airlines).

 

The second is that they have each pivoted rapidly to navigate the crisis, cutting what was not working and doubling down on what was.

 

The third is that they have high trust with their investors, team, and customers. Their trust account helped fill their bank account, which games them the fuel to accelerate out of trouble.

 

What has been a 50% rise in a bad year, points to a 10x rise in the coming decade? Don't get left behind.

 

Are you following the same three steps? If things are tough, pick a new wave and pick a new surfboard. The rest doesn’t take superhuman effort. It just takes balance.

 

“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary” - Elon Musk

 

Click on any of the links above to see the story of how each of these Top 10 started with zero and got to where they are today. Each one went from ordinary to extraordinary.