Forbes.com:
Immigrants have proven, over and over again, to be the engines driving U.S. entrepreneurship. Almost 350 out of every 100,000 immigrants create a new business every month, versus 280 out of 100,000 native-born U.S. adults, according to Kauffman Foundation, an entrepreneurship and education research group. Here are some immigrant entrepreneurs who have gone on to find fame as business leaders.
Sergey Brin
Country of origin: Russia
Claim to fame: Co-founder, Google
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Liz Claiborne
Country of origin: Belgium
Claim to fame: Founder, Liz Claiborne Inc.
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Andrew Grove
Country of origin: Hungary
Claim to fame: Co-founder, Intel
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Kevork S. Hovnanian
Country of origin: Iraq
Claim to fame: Founder, Hovnanian Enterprises homebuilder
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Jeong Kim
Country of origin: South Korea
Claim to fame: Founder, Yurie Systems
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William Mow
Country of origin: China
Claim to fame: Founder, Bugle Boy Industries
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Andreas von Bechtolsheim and Vinod Khosla
Country of origin: Germany (Bechtolsheim) and India (Khosla)
Claim to fame: Co-founders, Sun Microsystems
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Charles Wang
Country of origin: China
Claim to fame: Founder, Computer Associates
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Jerry Yang
Country of origin: Taiwan
Claim to fame: Co-founder, Yahoo!
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