Ask HN: what is the most inspiring entrepreneur story ever?

Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Jay Z are all pretty inspiring.

EM: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/73460184-elon-musk-profiled-b...

SJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vrM7AvmxTA

Jay Z: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_O7ra9LDis

Tony Montana - lots and lots of people have been inspired to try and do what he did, often with similar results.

Soichiro Honda

Gary Vaynerchuck

It didn't end well and he made some poor business decisions along the way, but Tesla still deserves consideration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Lord Kelvin has to be a contender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelv...