Portrait
Irwin Jacobs
6/10/1991 | 28m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
At the age of 5, he was traveling with his father on business trips. Later, eager to...
At the age of 5, he was traveling with his father on business trips. Later, eager to go to work, he skipped college and went into business. Today, he's a self-made millionaire and attributes much of his success to the old-world values he learned from his father.
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Portrait
Irwin Jacobs
6/10/1991 | 28m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
At the age of 5, he was traveling with his father on business trips. Later, eager to go to work, he skipped college and went into business. Today, he's a self-made millionaire and attributes much of his success to the old-world values he learned from his father.
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Clip: 6/10/1991 | 7m 55s | Jacobs knows his strength for success started at home with the support and teachings... (7m 55s)
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Clip: 6/10/1991 | 7m 33s | As a successful businessman, Jacobs has understood his responsibility to his company... (7m 33s)
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Clip: 6/10/1991 | 4m 4s | Jacobs believes that it's not up to the government to fulfill our needs in society... (4m 4s)
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Clip: 6/10/1991 | 7m 40s | Never having faced death in his life, Irwin Jacobs faced it many times with his... (7m 40s)
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