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  • Agnelli, family of industrialists Allen, Paul, business personality, inventor Alvarado, Linda, entrepreneur Appleton, Daniel, publisher Arden, Elizabeth, beautician, business executive Ash, Mary Kay, business executive Astor, John Jacob, merchant Astor, William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount, financier Babson, Roger, statistician, business forecaster, writer Baedeker, Karl, publisher Baer, George Frederick, financier Bailey, Maria, entrepreneur, writer, radio host Baker, George Fisher, financier and philanthropist Baldwin, Matthias William, industrialist and philanthropist Beers, Charlotte, advertising executive Sylvia Beach, publisher Bennett, James Gordon, newspaper proprietor Bezos, Jeff, business personality Biddle, Nicholas, financier Black, Cathleen, publisher Black, Conrad Moffat, financier Boeing, William Edward, aircraft manufacturer Bradley, Owen, record producer Brady, Diamond Jim, financier and philanthropist Branson, Richard, business personality Brookings, Robert Somers, business executive, philanthropist Brown, Moses, manufacturer and philanthropist Brown, Nicholas, manufacturer and philanthropist Brown, Tina, magazine publisher Browning, John Moses, gunsmith, inventor Bryan, John Henry, Jr., business executive Buffett, Warren Edward, financial executive Busch, Gussie, brewer Buss, Jeanie, sports management executive Butterick, Ebenezer, inventor, fashion business executive Cabot, George, merchant and politician Cadbury, George, manufacturer, social reformer Carey, Mathew, publisher Carlson, Chester Floyd, inventor Carnegie, Andrew, industrialist and philanthropist Carnegie, Dale, lecturer and writer on self-improvement Carrier, Willis Haviland, air conditioning pioneer Case, Steve, business personality Cessna, Clyde Vernon, airplane manufacturer Chang, Ming E., business leader Chao, Stephen, movie producer, TV executive Chen, Tei Fu, skin care entrepreneur Chrysler, Walter Percy, industrialist Chu, James, computer entrepreneur Chuang, John, entrepreneur Claiborne, Liz, fashion designer, business executive Colgate, William, manufacturer and philanthropist Collins, Edward Knight, shipowner Cook, Thomas, travel agent Cooke, Jay, financier Cooper, Peter, inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist Cudahy, Michael, meat packer Cuffe, Paul, ship captain, merchant, and abolitionist Cunard, Sir Samuel, pioneer of regular transatlantic steam navigation Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar, publisher and philanthropist Cushing, John Perkins, merchant, philanthropist Dale, David, cotton manufacturer and philanthropist Daly, Marcus, copper magnate De Pauw, Washington Charles, manufacturer Deere, John, industrialist Dell, Michael, entrepreneur DeLorean, John, car designer Deming, William Edwards, statistician and quality-control expert Derby, Elias Hasket, merchant Diller, Barry, media mogul, business personality Drew, Daniel, railroad speculator Drexel, Anthony Joseph, banker and philanthropist Du Pont, industrialists Du Pont, Coleman, chemical industry entrepreneur Du Pont, Eleuthí¨re Irénée Du Pont, Pierre Samuel, industrialist Duke, James Buchanan, industrialist Dun, R. G., merchant, financial services broker Durant, Thomas Clark, railroad builder Durant, William C., manufacturer Eastman, George, inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist Edwardes, Sir Michael, business executive Eisner, Michael, media executive Fairless, Benjamin Franklin, industrialist Fargo, William George, pioneer expressman Field, Cyrus West, merchant Field, Marshall, merchant Filene, Edward Albert, merchant Fiorina, Cara Carleton “Carly”, business executive Firestone, Harvey Samuel, industrialist Fish, Stuyvesant, railroad executive Fisher, Carl G., entrepreneur, developer of racetracks, roadways, and resorts Fisk, James, financial speculator Flagler, Henry Morrison, financier and real-estate developer Forbes, Malcolm, publisher Forbes, Robert Bennet, merchant, author Forbes, Steve, publisher, political figure Ford, Henry, industrialist Frick, Henry Clay, industrialist Funston, Keith, lawyer and industrialist Garrett, Robert, financier Gary, Elbert Henry, lawyer and industrialist Gates, Bill, business executive Gates, John Warne, financier and promoter Gerber, Frank, baby food manufacturer Getty, Jean Paul, business executive Giannini, Amadeo Peter, banker Gilbreth, Lillian Evelyn, consulting engineer, household efficiency expert Gimbel, family of merchants and philanthropists Girard, Stephen, merchant, banker, and philanthropist Glidden, Joseph Farwell, inventor of barbed wire Godey, Louis Antoine, publisher Goodnight, Charles, cattleman Goodnight, Mary Ann Dyer, early settler, philanthropist Goodyear, Anson Conger, industrialist, art collector Gordy, Berry, Jr., record company founder and executive Gould, George Jay, railroad owner Gould, Jay, speculator Grace, William Russell, financier Graham, Katharine Meyer, publisher Graham, Philip Leslie, publisher Green, Hetty, financier Gregg, William, industrialist Gresham, Sir Thomas, merchant and financier Grinnell, Henry, merchant, philanthropist Grove, Andrew, engineer, technology executive Guccione, Kathy Keeton, publishing executive Guggenheim, family of industrialists and philanthropists Haas, Walter A., business executive Hammer, Armand, industrialist, art collector, philanthropist Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, capitalist and politician Harriman, Edward Henry, railroad executive Harris, Paul Percy, lawyer, founder of Rotary International Hartford, John Augustine, food merchant Havemeyer, Henry Osborne, industrialist Hearst, George, mining magnate Hearst, William Randolph, journalist and publisher Hefner, Hugh, publisher Heinz, H. J., food manufacturer Heinz, Howard, business executive, philanthropist Helmsley, Leona, business personality Hershey, Milton, chocolatier, philanthropist Hewitt, Abram Stevens, industrialist and political leader Hewlett, William, electronics entrepreneur Higgins, Pattillo, Texas oil pioneer Hill, James Jerome, railroad builder Hilton, Conrad, business personality Hock, Dee Ward, financial services pioneer Hollerith, Herman, engineer, computer inventor Holt, Henry, author and publisher Hoover, William, industrialist Hopkins, Johns, financier and philanthropist Hopkins, Mark, merchant, railroad developer Hormel, George A., meatpacker Hormel, Jay Catherwood, food industry executive Howard, Roy Wilson, newspaper publisher Hughes, Howard, business personality, aviator Huntington, Collis Potter, railroad builder Huntington, Henry Edwards, financier Iacocca, Lee, business executive Insull, Samuel, public utilities financier Jobs, Steven Paul, businessman Johnson, Eldridge Reeves, inventor, entrepreneur Johnson, Gary, businessman, governor, politician Johnson, Howard, restaurateur Johnson, John Harold, magazine publisher Johnson, Robert L., business personality, media mogul Johnson, Tom Loftin, businessman, U.S. representative, mayor Jones, Samuel Milton, inventor, manufacturer, reformer Jung, Andrea, business executive Kahn, Otto Hermann, banker and patron of the arts Kaiser, Henry John, industrialist, shipbuilder Karan, Donna, fashion designer, business executive Keith, Minor Cooper, magnate Kennedy, Joseph Patrick, banking, shipbuilding, investment banking Kim, James J., entrepreneur Kim, Steve, electronics entrepreneur King, Henrietta Chamberlain, rancher Knight, Phil, business personality Knopf, Alfred A., publisher Knox, Rose Markward, food products manufacturer Knudsen, William Signius, industrialist and U.S. government official Kresge, S. S., merchant, philanthropist Kroc, Raymond A., restaurateur Krupp, family of German armament manufacturers Kumar, Sanjay, computer software executive Lamont, Thomas William, banker Land, Edwin Herbert, inventor and photographic pioneer Lauder, Estée, cosmetics company founder Lazarus, Shelly, advertising executive Lever, William Hesketh, soap-maker, philanthropist Levitt, William Jaird, builder Lewis, Reginald, business leader Lloyd, Edward, business personality Loeb, James, banker and philanthropist Loeb, Solomon, banker Lowell, Francis Cabot, pioneer cotton manufacturer Lozano, Monica, newspaper publisher Luce, Henry Robinson, publisher Ludwig, Daniel K., shipping magnate Mackay, John William, financier Mars, Forrest Edward, candy manufacturer Maxwell, Robert, business executive Mayer, Louis B., movie executive McConnell, David Hall, toiletries pioneer McCoy, Joseph Geating, cattle-trade pioneer McElroy, Neil, business executive McGregor, Sir Ian, steel magnate McNamara, Robert S., business personality, presidential advisor Mellon, Andrew William, financier, industrialist, and public official Meyer, Eugene, financier and newspaper publisher Milken, Michael Robert, financial executive Minor, Halsey, Internet entrepreneur Morgan, family of financiers and philanthropists Morgenthau, Henry, banker, diplomat, and philanthropist Morita, Akio, business executive Motley, Arthur H., publisher Mow, William, clothing entrepreneur Munsey, Frank Andrew, publisher and author Murdoch, Rupert, media mogul Newberry, Walter Loomis, merchant and banker Nidetch, Jean, founder of Weight Watchers Nobel, Alfred, industrialist Nuffield, William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount, automobile manufacturer and philanthropist Ochs, Adolph S., newspaper publisher Oki, Scott, computer executive Onassis, Aristotle Socrates, shipowner and financier O’Neill, Paul Henry, business executive and government official Paepcke, Walter P., entrepreneur, philanthropist Parsons, Richard, media executive Patiño, Simón Ituri, capitalist Peabody, George, financier and philanthropist Peabody, George Foster, banker and philanthropist Pearson, Sir Cyril Arthur, publisher Perelman, Ronald, turnaround specialist Perot, H. Ross, business executive and political leader Petri, Angelo, tobacconist, vintner Philips, Anton, electronics manufacturer Piper, William, airplane manufacturer Plant, Henry , entrepreneur, railroad and steamship executive Pollock, Oliver, merchant Pratt, Daniel, industrialist Pritzker, Abram Nicholas, entrepreneur Pulitzer, Joseph, newspaper publisher and politician Pullman, George Mortimer, industrialist Putnam, George Haven, publisher Putnam, George Palmer, publisher Raeburn, Ben, publisher Redenbacher, Orville, business personality, corporate icon Remington, Eliphalet, gun manufacturer Reuter, Baron Paul Julius von, founder of Reuters Telegram Company (now Reuters Group PLC) Revson, Charles, cosmetics industry executive Rice, Linda Johnson, magazine publisher, executive Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon, airline executive Riordan, Richard J., businessman and politician Rockefeller, John Davison, industrialist and philanthropist Rockefeller, John Davison , Jr., industrialist and philanthropist Rockefeller, Laurance Spelman, business executive, conservationist Rockefeller, William, financier Rogers, Ralph Burton, businessman and philanthropist Rosenwald, Julius, merchant, retail executive, philanthropist Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount, publisher Rothschild, family of bankers Rothschild, Nathan Meyer, banker Rouse, James, real estate developer Rubinstein, Helena, cosmetics executive Rupert, Anthony Edward, financier, arts patron, conservationist Sage, Russell, financier Sanders, Harland, business personality, corporate icon Sarnoff, David, business personality, TV personality Sarnoff, Robert W., media executive Scardino, Marjorie, business executive Schiff, Jacob Henry, banker and philanthropist Schwab, Charles Michael, steel magnate Scott, Thomas Alexander, railroad president Scranton, George Whitefield, manufacturer Scribner, Charles, publisher Scripps, Edward Wyllis, newspaper publisher Sears, Richard Warren, merchant Siebert, Muriel Mickey, stockbroker Silverman, Sime, newspaper publisher Simon, Norton, food industry executive, art collector Slater, Samuel, pioneer in the cotton textile industry Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., businessman and philanthropist Soros, George, stock trader and philanthropist Stanford, Leland, railroad builder Stanley, Francis Edgar and Stanley, Freelan O., inventor, manufacturer Starrett, Paul, builder Stetson, John Batterson, hat manufacturer Stevens, Harry, food industry executive Stewart, Alexander Turney, merchant Stewart, Martha, publisher, business personality Stiegel, Henry William, ironmaster, glassmaker Stinnes, Hugo, industrialist Stouffer, Vernon B., food industry executive Straus, merchants, public officials, and philanthropists Strauss, Levi, entrepreneur, inventor Strong, William Barstow, railroad official Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, newspaper publisher Summerlin, Jacob, Florida cattleman and entrepreneur Tang, Cyrus, entrepreneur Tappan, Arthur, merchant, philanthropist, abolitionist Tata, industrialists Taylor, Frederick Winslow, industrial engineer Thalberg, Irving G., movie executive Townsend, Robert, business executive Trippe, Juan Terry, pioneering aviation executive Trump, Donald, business personality, TV personality Tu, John, software entrepreneur Turner, Ted, television network executive Ueberroth, Peter V., businessman, baseball commissioner, Olympics chairman Vanderbilt, Cornelius, railroad magnate Vanderbilt, William Henry, railroad developer, financier Villard, Henry, journalist and financier Wachner, Linda, apparel industry executive Walker, Madam C. J., entrepeneur Walker, Maggie Lena (Mitchell), businesswoman Wallace, William, inventor, manufacturer Walton, Sam, retailing executive Wanamaker, John, merchant Wang, An, computer entrepreneur Wang, Charles B., computer software entrepreneur Warner, Ty, toy industry executive Watson, Thomas John, industrialist and philanthropist Watson, Thomas John, Jr., industrialist Weill, Sanford I., business executive Weisman, Frederick R., businessman, art collector, philanthropist Welch, Jack, business executive Wells, Henry, pioneer expressman Weyerhaeuser, George Hunt, lumber executive Whitman, Margaret C. , business executive Wiggin, Albert Henry, banker Willing, Thomas, merchant and financier Willkie, Wendell Lewis, industrialist and political leader Wilson, Charles Erwin, industrialist and cabinet officer Wilson, Kemmons, hotelier Winchester, Oliver Fisher, arms manufacturer Wong, Tim, high technology executive Woolworth, Frank Winfield, merchant Wozniak, Steve, computer industry pioneer Yale, Elihu, merchant Yale, Linus, lock manufacturer, inventor Yang, Jerry, Internet entrepreneur Ybor, Vincente Martinez, cigar industry entrepreneur Yerkes, Charles Tyson, financier Yuen, Henry C., high technology entrepreneur Zaharoff, Sir Basil, international financier and munitions manufacturer

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