Entrepreneurs in the Movies

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump and Dan Taylor, shrimp company
Forrest Gump has the unique honor of being the only non-biographical movie on this list to have spawned a real-world business--there are, in fact, 15 Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurants spread across the United States. In the film, while Forrest (Tom Hanks) is fighting in the Vietnam War, his friend and comrade Bubba Gump (Mykelti Williamson) passes time by telling Forest that his ultimate dream is to own a shrimp business. Although Bubba is killed in the war, Forrest never forgets Bubba's dream. After he becomes a ping-pong champ and earns $25,000 from a product endorsement, he buys a shrimp boat and launches a business with another friend from the war, Lt. Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise).

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