TOP 10 ENTRENEURS WOH CHANGED THE WORLD
1 JOHANNES GUTENBERG
c1390/99–1468
Where would we be without the printed word? By 1450, Johannes Gutenberg had transformed the world with his printing press. Soon, news and ideas were flowing between towns, countries and even continents, and access to printed material such as books became widespread, rather than being restricted to just the clergy and nobility. Born in the German city of Mainz, Gutenberg began devising contraptions when he fell on hard times – and one of these was the printing press. Prior to the invention of Gutenberg’s device, copies of text were created by hand. The printing press, combined with metal movable type, now made this time-consuming task obsolete.
“News and ideas were soon flowing between towns, countries and
