Business
A determined founder can enter an industry with no experience in it and still build the largest operation in the world. A newcomer is not held back by the habits of insiders. Willingness to learn while doing can stand in for a track record.
A leader's determination grows the company only when it is passed on to the people who do the work. Here the founder worked tirelessly to instill his own drive in every employee. The goal is to make his intensity a shared company habit rather than one person's quality.
Unlike most heads of large firms, this founder preferred the company of his own workers to that of the global executive elite. That keeps the boss close to where the real work happens. It also keeps him tied to the people he is trying to inspire.