Successful People to Look Up to in the Business World

Every book on success you will ever read will mention mentors in one of their chapters. A mentor is someone like Christopher Sarofim, someone that has achieved the level of success that you are looking for, or has done what you are trying to do, and can guide you so that you don't make the costly mistakes they have. Mentors don't have to be in person, and they don't even have to know you; that's why they can be found in books and on the internet. This article will be focusing on five successful people that I look up to and why, as well as how you can make them your own mentors.

Successful People To Look Up To In The Business World

We all define success differently, but in the world of business success is typically defined by the amount of money/net worth that someone has accumulated, as well as how many people follow these leaders, and use the advice that they give. The following five people have each made their successes through different industries: Real Estate (Grant Cardone), Social Media Influence (Gary V.), Financial Services (Ed Mylett), and Apparel (Daymond John).

Grant Cardone:

He prefers to be referred to as "Uncle G." because he wants to be the uncle that young people never had. Grant began his career at the age of 25 after a bad period filled with drugs, and hanging out with the wrong crowd. He took a car sales job, and went full into it, learning everything he could about sales until large corporations brought him in to increase their revenues. In his thirties he purchased a large apartment complex, and was hooked on real estate. So much so that he uses all the money from his other companies to continue to grow his real estate company, Cardone Capital, which now has more than $1.2 billion dollars under management.

Gary Vaynerchuck:

His entrepreneurship journey began early in life when he immigrated to the United States and had bad grades. He preferred to sell baseball cards to kids, and flip items from garage sales (something he does today as well) instead of going to school. His family owned a wine business, and his influence and life goal really clarified when he was able to take the business to $14,000,000 per year using blogs and twitter, to then grow it into a $60,000,000 business while still in his twenties. Now he owns VaynerMedia, a humongous ad agency. His main goal is to purchase the New York Jets, yes, a football team.

Ed Mylett:

I was introduced to Ed Mylett by Grant Cardone. Ed Mylett had a rough start in his career as well, and stumbled upon the financial services industry after his alcoholic father made him take a job with one of his friend's companies. Ed wanted to be a professional baseball player, but his dream ended after an injury. He took his sports enthusiasm into the financial services industry working for WFG, so much so that he now owns a private jet (like Grant Cardone), and five multi-million dollar homes in California and Idaho.

Tony Robbins:

If you don't know who Tony Robbins is, then you may be on the wrong planet. Tony decided to make an impact in the world after his family was kindly given a Thanksgiving basket by a complete stranger. He runs many different companies, has spoken all over the world, and even owns a private island in Fiji. He is the epitome of high-intensity and no BS self-development. If you ever attend one of his seminars, you will get tired before he does, as they usually go non-stop for a whole day.

Daymond John:

The creator of the fashion brand "Fubu," Daymond John started by selling a few t-shirts on a street corner. He then realized that if he got famous people to wear his shirts they would sell better, and so he did. You may have seen him on the panel of Shark Tank where he has been since the start of the show.