How to be a successful businessman by Eva Matova

Since July31 2007 Mr Rupert Murdoch is the new owner of the American publishing and financial information firm Dow Jones & Company. He spent $5 billion to gain the publisher of the The Wall Street Journal and now hopes to extend its worth even more. Murdoch is a well-known businessman and the owner of many newspapers all around the world such as The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, web page MySpace, The Twentieth Century Fox and many others. He studied Politics and Economics at the Oxford University, after his studies started to work as a managing director of News Limited and gradualy became one of the most influential men in the world. As he says, one of the most important things in business is to be motivated: "In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved." If you wonder what I the secret to success, Murdoch says "I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.

by Eva Matova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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