Geely Automobile Holding CO Ltd is a creation born out of Li Shu Fu’s inspiration. The China native from Hangzou’s city pursued his dreams in 1998. Beauty Leopard and China Dragon will give you a glimpse of Geely’s signature models. Geely’s industry distinguishes itself notably from other companies in China, by being inexpensive and independent at the very same time.

University was not part of Li’s plans at all. In 1984 with his father’s help, he was able to invest 2000 yuan into his new company. At 21, he managed to use the total expertise of huge industries, specialized in the refrigeration industry. He soon came up with his own prototype and began to sell his products nationwide. In 1989, new regulations came in the industry and got into his way. Licenses were now a requirement. Since he didn’t have them he was forced to move on to another venture.

China was charmed by high class bikes. Li also got swayed by the new trend and started producing motorcycles. He successfully bailed out an almost insolvent State-owned motorcycle industry. He designed an original four-stroke engine. His sales expanded in Germany Italy and the United States, summing up a total of 22 countries. In a tree year time slot, Geely became the fourth largest private company while ranking number one among his competitors. Geely by the way means auspicious benefit…

His next step was to conquer the car industry. After a doing a lot of research, car designing blew him into a new direction. His business would be based on the following pillars: quality techniques, procedures, parts and technology. Li shared his vision with some engineers, friends and other governmental organizations. His friend’s insight, led him to set-up a partnership with Sichuan, a compact car’s producer. In august 1998, his opened his first Geely enterprise in Linhai… A year after, a second one, was opened in Ningbo.

As he progressed, Li encountered a few obstacles along his path. The government had never allowed a private company to produce cars. Many licenses still had to be acquired for the company, in order to be fully legitimate. On the other side, consumers found it hard to trust the new brand, which had extremely low pricing, compared to State-owned companies or foreign companies.

Li kept on knocking on at the door of several authorities. The State Economic and Trade Cooperation Committee finally acknowledge the type of cars produced by Geely, on the 30th of October, 2001. The State of China had reviewed and reduced their car pricing. Sales greatly expanded by the end of 2001 and 2002. Geely ranked itself among other national car production centers.

As part of his natural manners, he simply thinks out of the box. His train of thoughts is a pure reflection of audacity and ingenuity. He succeeded with his motorcycle manufacturing while others strongly believed it was going to be a total flop. He was eager to enter the private market with his private car company, while no one ever dared to do so. His tenacious personality would never allow a “NO” to destroy his aspirations, strongly held in his heart.

Michael Jackson nicknamed the King of Pop was born on August 29, in 1958.
His father Joseph Jackson saw that his children were very talented so he decided to form a musical group. The original group debuted in the beginning of the 1960’s and was composed of 3 of Michael’s brothers: Tito, Jermaine and Jackie. Michael joined the group at the age of 5.
He made quite an impression at his young age. He had an outstanding range of powerful chords. He was the lead singer of the Jackson 5 and his older Marlon also entered the group known today as the Jacksons.

Soon the Jacksons, were making opening acts for Motown artists such as James Brown, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, the Supremes, etc. Berry Gordy, Motown’s founder signed the group to his label. Their father remained their manager and a lot of hard work was put on recording their tracks and choreographies. Their father was known to be abusive and very strict with them.
Tension razed between Joseph Jackson and Gordy over recording controlling issues. The Jacksons moved to Epic Records except for Jermaine who still remained with Motown as he wanted to work on his solo career.

Michael’s solo album “Off the Wall” was released in 1979, a blend of funk and pop including the song Grammy Award winning Track “Rock with You”, had positive impact on the World. 1982’s Thriller, generated 10 smash hits, including Billie Jean and Beat it. His famous dance move, the moonwalk emerged while Michael was creating the dance sequences for his number one hit “Beat it”. Although, to this day, “Thriller” still prevails as a classic of all times. It stayed for 37 consecutive weeks on the charts and it stayed for a total of 80 weeks. It was nominated for 12 Grammy awards and was designated 8 of these.

As his career was moving forward, a $5 million dollar endorsement deal had been concluded with Pepsi-Cola. In 1984 while filming a commercial, he got severely injured. Plastic surgery was used to repair the major damages caused by the multiple burns. This open door led to many other surgeries. “Bad” came out in 1987, it had success but not at the same extent at Thriller’s album. A considerable amount of his investments went to the Creation of Neverland.
A daydreaming ranch filled with exotic pets, amusement rides, often available to children for special events. Later sold in 2008 to gain more financial loose.

In 1994, his marriage with Lisa Marie Presley was announced, it lasted 2 years and ended in 1996. He had a second marriage with Debbie Rowe later during the same year. His had two children through artificial insemination, Prince Michael Jackson in 1997 and Paris Michael Jackson in 1998. Prince Michael Jackson 2 dubbed Blanket was born after from an unknown mother. He divorced in 1998 and obtained full custody of their kids.

His other successful albums include the following, “Dangerous”, 1991 including single “Black and White” featuring model Tyra Banks. His last solo album “Invicible” released in 2001. Showing his philanthropic side, he has also collaborated on a charity single “We Are the World,” USA for Africa.
Amongst the pool of other singing artists were also found Lionel Ritchie, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, and Tina Turner.

Michael was known to be shy and very secretive about his private life. He rarely gave interviews beside his one time appearance on Oprah. On that very same show, he commented on his different skin tone changes to be the outcome of a disease called vitiligo. During his life history, he has been accused of child molesting more than once but was never found guilty.

This year of 2009, tickets were already sold out for some of his 50 concerts series as his “Final curtain call”. Just before he even had the chance to start touring, he unexpectedly died of a cardiac arrest on June 25th, 2009. Some will say overdose of medication, for now the rumor abides as an unsolved mystery.

None of the less, no artist can even come close to him. He was surely one of a kind. He remains a true icon. He truly rocked his entertaining skills on stage. Besides he’s the only one who was allowed to wear white socks with black shoes. We will remember him as he slowly “moonwalked” and stylishly bowed down on stage while holding his hat with his designer gloves.

Jean Pascal moved from Haiti to Laval, close to Montreal at the age of 4 with his mother and older. After winning his first championship he pursued his boxing career. In the past, he had also played hockey and soccer. He had impressively gathered a perfect record since his entrance in the pros in 2005. He already won 7 Canadian amateur championships (1998-2004). Without mentioning that he is the only fighter to be nominated as Boxer of the Year in Canada, 3 times in a row (2001-2003). Pascal has won all the following titles: the 2002 Commonwealth games and the 2003 Pan American games both as a light middleweight. He won the 2004 Olympic Games with a bronze medal, as he lost to Yordanis Despaigne.

His professional career started on the 3rd of February of 2005. He fought with Justin Hann. He was defeated on the second round only. His 12 next fights were all striking victories. In 2006, He battled in the Casino of Montreal against Lucas Green Arias. Lucas was unable to stand for the seventh round after receiving multiples punches which made Pascal the winner of the super WBC Latino super middleweight title. Meanwhile Oxygen had to be given to Green on his way to the hospital.

He obtained the WBO NABO super middleweight title by unanimous decision as he triumphed over Jermain Mackay on November 18, 2006. The same scenario repeats itself over and over. As a resume, the exhaustive list of his defeated opponents includes: Christian Cruz, world title challenger Kingsley Ikeke, Esteban Camou, Brian Norman, Omar Pittman, Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas. His only loss was to Carl “The Cobra” Froch. He didn’t get knocked out but got outpointed for constant tagging on the ring. World champion WBC Heavyweight and WBO inter-continental super middleweight represents his titles acquired in 2009.

His most challenging fight took place on June 20th 2009. This historical event took place at the Montreal’s Bell center. Using his speed and his refined fighter skills, he won over the unbeaten 31year old Adrian “The Shark ” Diaconu. Some even say he was kind of dancing up there, showing a wide variety of synchronized kicks. Diaconu was not able to adjust. Diaconu is himself a pretty strong fighter and was not going to give up easily. Although, he was clearly not able to keep up to Pascal’s speed. Both fighters were cheered at the end. It was a great fight, both adversaries had given their all. Pascal demonstrated real bravery and showed to the world that he belonged at 175 pounds.

How this 26 year old does it? Intelligence, ambition, self-confidence, natural talent and hardness made him the winner of the WBC light-heavyweight crown. Work, discipline and perseverance are the three major principles he clings to.

Many do not appreciate Pascal’s cockiness and unfriendly comments. Although, no one can deny the fact that he surely knew what he was doing. How many of us are truly and fully exploiting the potential that have been invested in us? In order to do so, you need to know who you are. Jean Pascal has proved that he knows exactly who he is, He kept on sowing with zeal and here are the fruits of his harvest. He earned the public’s respect and it is well deserved.

“I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun.”

Guy Laliberté
Guy Laliberté has decided to surpass the conventional circus ideology that we’ve all been accustomed too including clowns, elephants and so on. Instead he opted for themed presentations executed by international acrobats and gymnastic athletes as precious as gold.

Guy Laliberté has become the co-founder and president of Cirque du Soleil.
He is considered to be one of the richest and most successful men in Canada. Cirque du Soleil has been travelling on 3 continents and has been recognized for its eccentricity.

Laliberté was born in Quebec City on September 2, 1959 and was raised in St-Bruno. Music and parties were always part of the household. Folk dancing, martial arts and choirs represented all of his extra curriculum activities as a child. At the age of 16 and still in high schools, he was already skilled as an event organizer. Then he played harmonica and the accordion for a Folk music group named “La Grande Gueule”. At the age of 18, he toured in Europe as a street performer. Guy went to London with little money and nowhere to stay or sleep. His used his talents to gain more money so he could freely travel throughout Europe. He perfected his skills and he added some more to his portfolio, such as fire breathing, magic, juggling and stilt walking. His flame for the performing arts only grew stronger.

In 1984, Cirque du Soleil started as a small group with funds provided by the Quebec Government. The group visited 13 Canadian cities including Toronto and Vancouver. In 1987, Cirque du Soleil had gained a solid base and reputation throughout Canada. Guy even saw further and managed a booking for the opening of the Los Angeles Arts Festival. The crowd included high profile celebrities and it was a success. The financial gain was used to hire new performers for a new presentation and the old presentation was still available to the public.

Pleasure, fun, creativity and adventure are major guidelines in Laliberté’s business strategy. His shows include the following, “Mystere ” was launched in 1992 in Las Vegas, “O” opened in 1998 in Las Vegas, “La Nouba” opened the same year in Orlando. In 2003 “Zumanity” , strictly for adult, opened in Las Vegas. “Alegria” and “Saltimbanco” remain as pioneers of their trademark.

Today,Cirque du Soleil counts more than 2,700 employees including 600 performers. Despite Guy’s prosperity, he stays humble and keeps on looking up to his dreams. This way he continues to go forward.

Kobe Bryant now plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. He is considered to be an American All-Star shooting guard. He simply creates shots for himself. He pulls out amazing stunts with agility and ability on the court

He greatly stands at 6`7 He use to were jersey number for years but switched to 24 at the beginning of the NBA season in 2006.Kobe was born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the third child of his two parents Joe “Jellybean” Bryant and Pamela Cox. He has two older sisters: Sharia and Shaya. His father played for the 76ers, Clippers and Rockets.

When Kobe was six years old, his family moved to Italy, his father decided to play professional basketball. Kobe was 6 at the time and he would come back to the United States every summer to play basketball summer league.

The Bryant moved back when Koby was 13 continued playing basketball. Kobe received multiple awards while being in high school such as the Naismith High school player High School Player of the year, a Mc Donald All-American and USA today ALL-USA first team player. Kobe could have gone to college but decide to skip so he could play right away for the NBA. He was recruited by the Charlotte Hornets during the first round of the NBA draft. Then he was traded by the Lakers center Vlade Divac.

Kobe became one of the premiere shooting guards in the league. Shaquille O’Neal and Bryant formed a terrific team and led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA championships from 2001 till’ 2002. He had a steady improvement and it paid off. He formally married Vanessa Laine in 2001 and they had a daughter in 2003 name Nathalia.

Bryant was arrested and charged with sexual assaults in 2003 by a 19 year’s old hotel employee. His career badly suffered from these allegations. Hopefully in September 2004, the case was dropped. Pressure was put on Kobe’s back when O’Neal got traded. Through this season the Lakers had missed for the first time the playoffs for the first time in a decade. It would have been one of his worst season.

In 2008 Bryant won an MVP award. He was the unique unanimous selection to the All-NBA team on May 8, 2008 for the third straight season and sixth time in his career. He would then headline the NBA All-Defensive First Team with receiving 52 points overall including 24 first-place nods, earning his eighth selection.

The Lakers acquired their 15th title and Kobe Bryant was named MVP of the final.U can love him or hate him he show the world why is the best basketball player in the world.Congratulations on the lakers then what about Kobe his determination,his will power and strong leadership that we all can apply on our life.

You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. We just weren’t raised that way.- Michelle Obama

Born in Chicago on January 17, 1964 Michelle Robinson and her brother Craig were raised by Fraser and Marian Robinson. They grew up in a cosy environment filled with the warmth of laughter, love and good manners. Her father Fraser has been a true inspiration to them. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he was a hard working man.

Michelle majored in sociology and African-American studies at Princeton University
She graduated in 1985 with academic distinction. She attended Harvard Law School and earned her degree in 1988. A year later, Barack Obama also attended the exactly same school, although they hadn’t met yet.

She accepted a position at Sidley & Austin law firm where she met her husband to be Barack whom she married on October 18 1992.

Michelle had quite an astonishing career through serving through serving her community and her neighbours. She has been a member of a total of six different boards of directors including the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and Tree House Foods.

In 1996, she allied with the University of Chicago as a former associate dean of student services to tie up the bond between the campus and the community. Volunteerism was taken to another level under her influential as vice president of Community and External Affairs at the University of Chicago Medical center.

Michelle and Barack work as a striking team where she supported and still dearly supports her husband. They almost waited seven years before having their two beautiful daughters: Malia, 10 and Natasha, 7.

As a First Lady she wants to pursue her calling of encouraging and assisting her community through multiple issues. Meanwhile, she has skilfully managed to balance out her life as a career woman, a mother and a wife.