Soichiro Honda

Honda was a mechanic who made piston rings before he made motorcycles, and he stayed in the workshop while his partner Takeo Fujisawa ran finance and sales. The Super Cub of 1958 came out of that pairing: Fujisawa pressed for a light, clutchless bike a noodle delivery rider could handle with one hand, and Honda's engineers delivered it. It became the best-selling motor vehicle in history, with over one hundred million made.