Ben Cohen

Businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream

a.k.a.Bennett "Ben" Cohen
life1951- (73)
regionus-nyc
school(s)Colgate University

Achal Bakeri living

Billionaire, air coolers, founder and chairman of Symphony Limited
1959- (65)

Ahti Heinla

co-founder of Skype (acquired by Microsoft)

Akio Toyoda

Toyota Motor Company

Alberto Culver

Co-founder of Unilever with the Lever brothers

Andrew Mason living

Entrepreneur, businessman, co-founder of Groupon, Descript
1980- (44)
britannica.com

Anne Wojcicki

genomics entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe in 2006, former wife to Sergey Brin

Anton Kathrein

Founder of Kathrein, the world's oldest antenna company

Arnold Clark living

Billionaire, automobiles, founder of Arnold Clark
1927- (97)
arnoldclark.com

Ben Silbermann living

Billionaire, co-founder and CEO of Pinterest, internet entrepreneur
1982- (42)

Bill Drayton living

founder & CEO of Ashoka changemakers, father of social entrepreneurship (1970)
1943- (81)

Charles H. Doerr

Baker, biscuits, candy & confectionary entrepreneur, co-founder of Dare Foods (C. H. Doerr & Co) in 1892
1868-1941 (73)
glimpsesofcanadianhistory.ca

Charles A. Pillsbury

Businessman, politician, entrepreneur, industrialist, co-founder of the Pillsbury Company
1842-1899 (57)

Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi living

Billionaire, founder of Thai Beverage, chairman of TCC Group, Fraser and Neave, Ltd.
1944- (80)

Chelsea Clinton

Entrepreneur, co-founder of HiddenLight Productions, daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton

Christine Maxwell living

Internet pioneer, entrepreneur, co-founder of Magellan search engine (sold to Excite) with her twin sister Isabel, founder of PROMIS software, Chiliad, co-founder and CEO of Techtonic Insight, director at Commtouch (Cyren), created the New Riders' Official Internet Directory
1950- (74)
isgap.org

Colonel Sanders

Founder of KFC franchise, or Kentucky Fried Chicken, railroad worker, gas station attendant, country lawyer

C.W. Post

entrepreneur, founder of General Foods, Postum (now Post Consumer Brands) or Post cereals

Dan Gilbert

Billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of Rocket Mortgage (Quicken Loans), founder of Rock Ventures, sports team owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers via Cavaliers Entertainment LLC

Dan Lufkin

Co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

Dario Telles de Menezes

founder of Ypióca a maker of traditional cachaças in 1846, Brazil's oldest distillery which he ran until 1895, entrepreneur

Dave Portnoy

businessman, founder of Barstool Sports, sports blogger, entrepreneur, timepieces, founder of Brick Watch Company

David Moores

Entrepreneur, founder of Littlewoods

Deganya Aleph

entrepreneur, pioneer of the kibbutz agricultural (agrarian) local community in 1910 and there are 270 kibbutzim today in Israel

Doris Fisher

Co-founder of The Gap with her husband Donald Fisher

Edgar Sia living

Billionaire, founder of Mang Inasal (Jollibee) fast food restaurants, chairman of DoubleDragon Properties
1976- (48)

Edward Clark

Inventor, pioneer in sewing machines, co-founder of the Singer Company

Erling Persson

Founder of H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) in 1947, merged with hunting outfitter Mauritz Widforss in 1968

Estée Lauder

Entrepreneur, founder of the namesake Estée Lauder cosmetics and beauty products in 1946
1908-2004 (96)
elcompanies.com

François Pinault living

Billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, founder of Kering, Artémis, branding for Puma, Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), owner of Grassi Palace
1936- (88)

Frank D'Angelo

Entrepreneur, Cheetah energy drinks

Frank C. Mars

entrepreneur, founder of Mars chocolate confectionary with his wife

Frank Morneau

Founder of W. F. Morneau & Associates which merged with Sobeco, Shepell-fgi to become Morneau Shepell (now LifeWorks) human resources technology firm

Frank Stronach

Founder of Magna International

Georg Schaeffler

Billionaire, Schaeffler ball bearings, auto parts

George Eastman

Entrepreneur, businessman, founder of the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company which later became Eastman Kodak Company, brought photographic film rolls into popularity, inventor of the Kodak camera in 1888, committed suicide in 1932
1854-1932 (78)
biography.com

George "Winning" Weston

breadmaker at the Model Bakery, bread wholesaler, entrepreneur who bought delivery wagons, founder of George Weston Limited (1882), patriarch of the Weston family dynasty
1864-1924 (60)

Gurbaksh Chahal

Internet entrepreneur, serial entrepreneur

Harry Lopes living

Founder and CEO of Eden Renewables, entrepreneur
1977- (47)

Harry Rosen living

Founder of Harry Rosen a chain of luxury menswear department stores
1931- (93)

Harry Steele

Founder of Newfoundland Capital Corporation, now Stingray Radio
Musgrave Harbour

Heinz-Horst Deichmann

Billionaire, footwear, boots
-2014

Henry Garrity

Founder of Devin Adair Publishing Company, news publisher, entrepreneur

Henry Wellcome

Pharmaceuticals entrepreneur, co-founder of Burroughs Wellcome & Company, merged to form GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), his legacy is the Wellcome Trust (Wellcome Collection & Foundation) created in 1936; a huge foundation with thousands of employees investing in modern therapeutics, like the Therapeutics Accelerator.
1853-1936 (83)
wellcome.org

Hilde Schwab

Billionaire heiress, chairperson and co-founder of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Howard Schultz

Entrepreneur, founder of Starbucks

Isabel S. Maxwell living

President of Commtouch, Blue World Alliance, co-founder of Magellan search engine that sold to Excite in 1996, moved on to email business, former senior advisor to Grameen America, declared bankruptcy
1950- (74)
weforum.org

Isidor Straus

Businessman, entrepreneur, co-owner of Macy's department stores, died on the Titanic

Ivanka Trump

Entrepreneur, founder of Ivanka Trump clothing line, fashion designer, daughter and heiress to Donald Trump fortune, golfing

J. Michael Cline

Founder and managing partner of Accretive LLC, executive chairman of Juxtapose, serial entrepreneur, founder of Fandango, Accretive Health (R1 RCM), investment banker, former vice-chairman at Bridgewater Associates, co-inventor of Panthera Poacher Cam, co-founder of Everspring, Accolade, Accumen, Insureon
accretivellc.com

Jack Ma

Billionaire tech founder of Alibaba, AliExpress, Alipay, Taobao and Tmall, entrepreneur, private jet owner

Jack Taylor

Billionaire, rental cars, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 1957, entrepreneur

Jake Burton

Entrepreneur, owner of Burton Snowboards

James Buchanan Duke

Founder of American Tobacco Company, Duke Energy co-founder, Duke University, entrepreneur

James L. Kraft

Founder of Kraft Foods, entrepreneur, patents and pioneer in processed cheese
1874-1953 (79)

Janet Jacks

Founder of Goodness Me! Natural Food Markets, podcaster on the The Honest to Goodness Podcast!
goodnessme.ca

Janus Friis

co-founder of Skype (acquired by Microsoft)

Jay Pritzker

entrepreneur, co-founder of the Marmon Group, co-founder and patriarch of the Hyatt family dynasty
1922-1999 (77)

Jeff Tangney

Co-founder and CEO of Doximity

Jerome Schottenstein

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp., philanthropist
1926-1992 (66)

Jessica Alba

Actress in Dark Angel, Into the Blue, entrepreneur, owner of The Honest Co.

Jim Balsillie living

Billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder and formal of BlackBerry (Research-in-Motion)
1961- (63)

Jim Sinegal living

Billionaire, businessman, co-founder and former CEO of Costco Wholesale
1938- (86)

Jim Treliving

Billionaire, co-founder of Boston Pizza, entrepreneur, TV host of Dragons Den

J.M. Smucker

Entrpreneur, founder of JM Smucker & Company

Joel Zamel

Co-founder of Wikistrat

John Cadbury

Founder of Cadbury chocolates & confectionary candy company, he was financed partly by his father Richard Tapper Cadbury
1801-1889 (88)

John Coleman (weather)

entrepreneur, co-founder of the Weather Channel

John D. Larkin

Businessman, entrepreneur, marketer, founder of the Larkin Soap Company, pioneer of the mail-order business strategy
1845-1926 (81)

John K. Smith

Pharmacist, entrepreneur, founder of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), opened up a drugstore in Philadelphia previously known as Smith, Kline & French (SKF) in 1830

John Lewis

entrepreneur, businessman, founder of John Lewis & Partners department stores in the UK, Ireland and Australia
1836-1928 (92)

John McAfee

founder of McAfee, Sentinel, MGT Capital Investments, inventor, early internet pioneer in anti-virus software, entrepreneur, drug dealer, FBI informant, CIA intelligence officer, Monero crypto enthusiast, Ghostcoin (Ghost Exchange), Libertarian Party politician
1945-2021 (76)
whoismcafee.com

John W. Nordstrom

Businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of Nordstrom department stores

John Patterson

Founder of National Cash Register Company (NCR)

John Schnatter living

Billionaire, founder of Papa John's
1961- (63)

John Watts

Businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of the British East India Company (dba The English East India Company) which traded overseas in Indo-China, Persia via the Indian Ocean

Joseph E. Seagram

entrepreneur, founder of the distillery Joseph E. Seagram & Sons (Seagrams), politician, philanthropist, thoroughbred racing, horse breeder
1841-1919 (78)

Julius Wilhelm Braun

Founder of B Braun, entrepreneur, acquired the Rose Pharmacy in Melsungen in 1839
bbraun.com

Keith Murdoch

Journalist, entrepreneur, billionaire, father of Rupert Murdoch, started the News Corp Australia empire, in 1979 Rupert created the News Corp holding company in New York

Kevin O'Leary

financier, founder of O'Leary Funds, former TV producer, founder of The Learning Company (SoftKey), millionaire entrepreneur aka Mister Wonderful, angel investor, TV presenter on SqueezePlay, TV host on Shark Tank, formerly on Dragons Den, wine lover, crypto promoter of FTX

Klaus Tschira

Billionaire, entrepreneur, co-founder of SAP AG in 1972 which is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company
1940-2015 (75)

Lori Greiner

Angel investor, "The Queen of QVC", TV host on Shark Tank, inventor, entrepreneur, bestselling author
lorigreiner.com

Mack McLarty living

Businessman, co-founder and chairman of McLarty Associates (McLarty Companies) since 1998, US Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton from 1993-1994, Democratic Party politician, co-signatory for NAFTA, special envoy for the Americas until 1998
1946- (78)
maglobal.com

Marc Lore

Real estate developer, entrepreneur, former CEO of Walmart, founder of Diapers.com (Quidsi) and Jet.com

Marc Randolph living

Co-founder and former CEO of Netflix, tech entrepreneur, author of That Will Never Work
1958- (66)
marcrandolph.com

Marian Ilitch living

Billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza, sports team owner of the Detroit Red Wings
1932- (92)

Martine A. Rothblatt living

Lawyer, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of United Therapeutics, pioneer in transhumanism, founder of the Truths of Terasem Movement Foundation
1954- (70)

Merritt J Osborn

Entrepreneur, founder of Ecolab

Michael Dell

Founder of Dell Computer, billionaire

Mike Ilitch

Billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza, sports team owner of the Detroit Red Wings (NHL) hockey team, Detroit Tigers (MLB) baseball team
1929-2017 (88)

Mike Lindell

Founder of MyPillow, elections whistleblower

Niklas Zennström

co-founder of Skype (acquired by Microsoft)

Nolan Bushnell

entrepreneur, founder of Atari video gaming, Chuck E. Cheese's family restaurants

Noubar Afeyan

Co-founder of Moderna, entrepreneur, investor at Flagship Pioneering, philanthropist, co-founder of the Aurora Prize and The Future Armenian

Ole Midelfart

Founder of Midelfart Cosmetics, entrepreneur

Olympia Taittinger

Champagne maker, winemaker, entrepreneur

Paul Orfalea living

businessman, entrepreneur, founder of Kinko's (FedEx Kinkos) facsimile copy-chain of fax copiers
1947- (77)

PBD

Entrepreneur aka Patrick Bet David (PBD), founder of Valuetainment, podcaster on PBD Podcast

Phil Knight

Billionaire, founder of Nike out of Blue Ribbon Sports in 1972, author of Shoe Dog

Sir Philip Green living

Billionaire businessman, founder and chairman of Arcadia Group (bought out Sears plc) with Charles Clore, entrepreneur, fashion retailer, owner of Topshop stores, Topman, Miss Selfridge
1952- (72)

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

Founder of the duPont family dynasty

Precious Moloi-Motsepe

Entrepreneur, fashion designer, philanthropist
motsepefoundation.org

Rich Miner

venture capitalist, investor, entrepreneur, inventor, co-founder of Android, Wildfire

Richard W. Sears

Co-founder and 1st President of Sears-Roebuck, railroad worker at Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
1863-1914 (51)
searsarchives.com

RJ Reynolds

entrepreneur, founder of RJ Reynolds (RJR Nabisco) tobacco maker known today as RAI for Reynolds American Inc.

Robert C. Kidd

Founder of Overwaitea Foods a retail chain of supermarkets

Robert Miller living

Billionaire businessman, electronics entrepreneur, co-founder of Future Electronics components distributor in 1968 who bought his partner out in 1976 for half a million dollars.
1943- (81)
forbes.com

Robin Li

Founder of Baidu, China's major search engine

Rocky Agusta living

Entrepreneur, car racing driver, racecar driver
1950- (74)

Rose Blumkin

retailer, businesswoman, entrepreneur, founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1937
1893-1998 (105)

Ruben Rausing

Billionaire industrialist, entrepreneur, founder of Tetra Pak

Ryan Breslow

Billionaire founder and chairman of Bolt, Prism, entrepreneur, co-founder of Eco, Love, The Movement, dancer
bolt.com

Sam Bronfman

anti-prohibitionist, entrepreneur aka Mr. Sam, The Whisky Man, founder of Distillers Corporation Ltd. in Montreal which bought out Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., philanthropist at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Sam Tick

Founder of Canada Goose (Metro Sportswear) outerwear jackets & down-filled parkas in 1957.
canadagoose.com

Samuel Curtis Johnson

Founder of SC Johnson & Sons family dynasty
scjohnson.com

Sandy Lerner

Billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Cisco Systems with her husband Len Bosack, fired and retired by John Morgridge because it was her or 8 VP's leaving the company

Sara Blakely

Founder of Spanx, entrepreneur, sports team owner of the Atlanta Hawks

Serge Godin living

Billionaire tech entrepreneur, founder and chairman of CGI Group in 1976 an information technology (IT) services company
1949- (75)
cgi.com

Sergey Brin

Billionaire, co-founder of Google, co-chairman and president of Alphabet Inc.

Sidney Harman

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Harman Kardon

Sosthenes Behn

Businessman, entrepreneur, founder of ITT Corporation

SS Kresge

Retailer, founder of Kmart which is now Sears
kresge.org

Steve Blank living

father of modern entrepreneurship, angel investor, educator, professsor at Stanford, keynote speaker, pioneer in lean startups
1953- (71)
steveblank.com

Steve Kirsch living

Serial entrepreneur, co-inventor of the optical mouse, founder of InfoSeek, Mouse Systems, OneID, FrameMaker (Frame Technology Corp.)
1956- (68)
skirsch.com

Terry Gou

Billionaire, entrepreneur, founder of Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn)

T.H. Chan

Entrepreneur, his sons donated $350 million for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Thaworn Phornprapha

Founder of Siam Motors Group

Theo Albrecht

Billionaire, co-founder of Aldi Supermarkets, his son Berthold Albrecht died at 58

Thomas Smythe

Businessman, entrepreneur, co-founder of the British East India Company (dba The English East India Company) which traded overseas in Indo-China, Persia via the Indian Ocean

Thomas J. Watson

Businessman, entrepreneur, founder, chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) from 1914-1956, diplomat, US ambassador in Moscow Russia
1874-1956 (82)
ibm.com

Tim Ferriss

Author, The 4-Hour Workweek, entrepreneur, angel investor

Todd Wagner living

billionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Broadcast.com (AudioNet) an online media platform bought by Yahoo! for $5.7 Billion, he also bought Magnolia Pictures with Mark Cuban
1960- (64)

Tom Bilyeu living

Multimillionaire entrepreneur, co-founder of Quest Nutrition, podcaster on Impact Theory, author of Neon Future, Imapct Planner
1976- (48)
impacttheory.com

Tom Sims

Entrepreneur, inventor of the snowboard, founder of Sims Snowboards, invented the first snowboards called skiboards

Trevor Milton

Entrepreneur, co-founder and former executive chairman of Nikola

Dr. Wallace C. Abbott

Founder of Abbott Laboratories, entrepreneur
abbott.com

Walt Disney

Founder of The Walt Disney Company, film producer, entrepreneur

Walter J. Hachborn

Founder of Home Hardware, entrepreneur, businessman

Wences Casares

co-founder & CEO of Xapo Bank since 2013, serial entrepreneur, crypto enthusiast, sold off Bitcoin chain of custody to Coinbase Custody, financier, director at PayPal, Diem, Endeavor Global, Kiva, founder of Banco Lemon Wallet, Patagon (Banco Santander Online), Wanako Games, Internet Argentina S.A. Internet service provider (ISP)

Wes Foster

co-founder of Long & Foster, entrepreneur

William Barrett

Entrepreneur, co-CEO of Barrett Corporation, co-founder of Xplornet Communications, Shaw Direct (Star Choice)

William Knox D'Arcy

Entrepreneur, businessman, principal founder of BP in Persia
1849-1917 (68)

William Ziff

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Ziff Davis

Zhong Shanshan

Billionaire, Nongfu Spring water company

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