Entrepreneurs who deserve their own film

The stories of these founders are anything, but ordinary. From The Social Network to Steve Jobs to Girlboss on Netflix, Hollywood has always invested money in actors who tell dramatically how the origins of companies that have changed the world came about.

Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Ray Kroc are just some of the entrepreneurs whose stories can put you on the edge of your seat. Here is business men and women who deserve their own motion picture.

1. Nick Woodman, GoPro

After launching and failing with two startups at the age of 27 – and losing millions of dollars of investors in the process, Woodman decided to go surfing trip to Australia and Indonesia. To be able to film on the waves, the entrepreneur developed a device with a rubber, a broken surfboard and a Kodak camera.

That was the prototype of the GoPro camera.

Years later, Woodman had a net worth of $ 2.4 billion, made deals with the world’s most famous athletes, adventurers and brands, publicly launched his company, and won an Emmy. In 2014 he became the highest-paid CEO in the United States. At the same time, he has infuriated investors, lost 47% of his company’s profits, faced lawsuits against GoPro, called the worst CEO of 2016 and dubbed the “mad millionaire.”

2. Jan Koum and Brian Acton, WhatsApp

Jan Koum grew up in a village on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, without drinking water. When he was 16 years old, he left the anti-Semitic and communist atmosphere of his country and moved to a small department in California where he, his mother and his grandmother lived of the charity.

Brian Acton made a small fortune by being employee 440. From Yahoo! During the dot com era boom in 2000. When the bubble burst, it lost millions.

Both met on Yahoo! and after working together for several years they sought work on Facebook, but both were rejected. Six years later, Mark Zuckerberg offered $ 19 billion to buy WhatsApp.

3. Sara Blakely, Spanx

This is the story of a Disney World exile who tried to be a lawyer and ended up selling door to door fax machines. One night, she was looking for some clothes that she could wear under her shorts for a better silhouette, and ended up inventing the girdles that all Hollywood uses. In the process, she became the youngest self-made millionaire in history when she reached wealth at age 41. What a great story!

4. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Ben & Jerry’s

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield’s story shares the victories and failures many entrepreneurs already know. But their story, more than anything else, is about friendship.

When they were children they took a course on how to prepare ice cream and in 1981, they opened their first ice cream shop. As co-founders, they grew their business from an initial investment of $ 12,000 to a sale to Unilever for $ 326 million in 2001. They have faced controversy, demands, presidential awards, struggles for the environment and public affection.

Thirty-six years after they launched their first ice cream store, Ben and Jerry remain best friends.