Rick Hall

I really admire the perseverance of Rick Hall. Although his life was pretty horrible until he founded F.A.M. E. Records, and still continued to be struck with tragedy, he was able to build a very successful enterprise and succeed in life. As a child he was dirt poor, his brother was killed in a horrible accident, and his mother didn't care for him at all. Later in life his wife died, and his father was killed in a horrible tractor accident. Somehow Rick Hall's early life seemed to greatly resemble Johnny Cash's early life a lot. Both of them were able to build great careers regardless, and I admire both of them for their perseverance.