Champions of Adversity

Entrepreneur Jack Ma Underdog Story
Joey Stanizzi
The Remarkable Journey of Jack Ma: From Rejection to Revolution
Today, as the founder of Alibaba, one of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, Jack Ma stands as a towering figure in the global business arena, but not without a journey to get there. He famously recounts how he was the only one of 24 applicants rejected by KFC. Furthermore, he was turned down ten times from Harvard Business School.
Elon Musk Entrepreneur
Joey Stanizzi
From Outsider to Innovator: The Unstoppable Rise of Elon Musk

Elon Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971. From a young age, he exhibited an intense interest in computers and technology, teaching himself programming by the age of 12. Musk’s early life was not without challenges; he often felt out of place and later moved to Canada to attend Queen's University and then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.