Josef, one of the most successful businessmen in my hometown, is the founder of a large electronic company, of which the wholesale volume of each year stuns electronic field. His story was usually told by people surrounded me ever since my childhood.

Speaking of his success, it seems like a legend. He has come a long way from his first job-an ordinary salesman in a local store selling school appliances. Anyway, his communication skills with customers was practiced and improved during that period. Apparently, he is now one of the richest men in my hometown, gaining 0.8 billion dollars in 2009.

I am going to tell you the life story of the rich man in my hometown. This is another inspiring story as we witnessed his rags to riches story on how he built his own company and became the biggest electronic products wholesaler enabling him to become one of the richest men in my hometown in recent years. Even his sons and daughters are as outstanding as him. So many inspired stories are from his family.

Josef’s determination, discipline and his thriftiness have produced a smart and wise businessman who has influenced a lot of people, including me and my friends. He achieved a lot of obstacles both external and internal – in his business, and there were times he could not understand why things had to be so complicated for him to pursue his business objectives. He started his business at the age of 22, and worked more than 14 hours every day in the beginning. With his great effort and quick learning, he began to devise ways later to increase his income by producing electronic accessories, like keyboard, headphone. A few years ago, he focused on little electronic gadgets such as speakers and pen drive, which are the necessities in our daily life nowadays. It seems that he has a great capability of making multiple sales in order to earn extra income, but as spending so much in his company that he had less time to be with his family and play with them, which was realized by him shortly after the setup of his own company.

He treasured everyone that helped him in his career, moreover, he treasured friendship, often expressed his gratitude in public. Once he said, without some of those friends, he could have totally failed. Whenever he found a nice opportunity of making profit, he shared it with them and managed the project together. Each time, he studied the market and made his decision different from other people’s ideas, which expresses why his though was hardly accepted.

In an interview held by the local TV station, he told he was continuously learning from his customers, suppliers, and employees, which is also the key to be a successful businessman. This on-the-job research gave him enough confidence and experience to deal with more difficult situation and problems. He believes challenges enrich his life.

This is the successful businessman with his legendary story that still inspires us today.