Let me share an amazing fact with you people today. Anyone who says, you need to follow definite success rules to become rich and famous, is utterly wrong. On the contrary, it has been observed that the biggest business magnates of the world are the ones who had the guts to break the rules.

You will be surprised to see this list of business innovators who daringly stepped out of the box and made big fortunes.

Jake Welch - Chairman and CEO for General Electronics (GE):

Fortune Magazine named Jake Welch, (GE Chairman from 1981 and 200), as the “Manager of the Century” in 1999. Despite of reducing management from 29 levels to only six, closing businesses, firing a significant percentage of his subordinates and brash business strategy, he brought the value of GE up from $12 billion to $280 billion, the largest increase for any company under any CEO.

Sam Walton – Founder of Wal-Mart:

He is the person known for saying that the most important rule in business is to break all the rules. With his daring and unique business approach, he established the famous worldwide Wal-Mart chain, which was listed as the largest corporation of the world in 2002.

Bill Gates – Chairman and Co-Founder of Microsoft:

So, who doesn’t know this name but you might not know that this richest man in the world is a college dropout. Instead of completing his education at Harvard University, he co-founded “Microsoft” with his classmate. With his new rules of software development, he established the software industry, as we know it today.

Donald Trump – An American Business Magnate

One of the most famous person of the world, known as the real estate mogul Donald Trump is widely regarded as a man who makes the rules. This billionaire is not only famous for his fortune but also widely known as a “mean boss” and having highly scandalous personal life.

Ray Kroc – Founder of Mc Donalds:

A person known for turning a small family owned business into a multi-million dollar global franchise, known as McDonald’s restaurant. He turned the sale of hamburgers into a science and made his franchise owners earn a “Bachelor in Hamburgerology” at McDonald’s training institute. This was something utterly new for the restaurant industry, but he was also criticized for paying his employees as little as possible.

Rupert Murdoch – Chairman and Managing director of News Corporation:

Known as the media mogul, he has big achievements like, News Corporation, Fox News and the New York Post among his many credits. This 109th-richest man of the world with a net worth of $8.3 billion, has been widely criticized for manipulating his influence over the media and unethically using his money power to promote his conservative political views but people remember him for his remarkable entrepreneurial career.

Paris Hilton – An American model/singer/businesswoman:

She is the scandalous pop-icon and trend setter, known for making celebrity sex tapes a fashion. Hilton has been dubbed as the “Most Overrated Celebrity” by the Guinness Book of World Records and ranked as the second “Worst Celebrity Role Model of 2006,” according to an Associated Press. Although she have the clothing and fragrance business but made millions of dollars by doing unethical things, like going to drunken parties and making sex tapes.

I know, what you guys are thinking …planning to break the rules, to earn big name and fortune. However, I would advice you people to be careful, things do not turn around the same for everyone.

Do let me know, if these personalities have inspired you to break the rules!