Beaver

A relentless builder who created an empire from nothing.

Tyler Perry is the ultimate industrious self-made creator — he built his own studio, wrote his own plays, films, and TV shows, and constructed an entire entertainment empire largely on his own terms. His work ethic is legendary: he famously lived in his car while pursuing his dream and went on to build Tyler Perry Studios on a 330-acre lot in Atlanta, a monument to his obsessive drive to produce and perfect. Like a beaver, he finds deep identity in the work itself and never stops building, expanding, and refining what he has created.