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*[[Sergey Brin]], co-founder of [[Google, Inc.]]<ref>[http://bnaibrith.org/pubs/bnaibrith/spring2006bbm/searchmeisters2.cfm Jewish], [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/D664.html US Citizen]</ref> |
*[[Sergey Brin]], co-founder of [[Google, Inc.]]<ref>[http://bnaibrith.org/pubs/bnaibrith/spring2006bbm/searchmeisters2.cfm Jewish], [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/D664.html US Citizen]</ref> |
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*[[Michael Dell]], Founder, Chairman and CEO of [[Dell, Inc.|Dell]]<ref>Marcie Cohen Ferris, Mark I. Greenberg. ''Jewish roots in southern soil: a new history'', [[University Press of New England]], 2006, p. 300.</ref> |
*[[Michael Dell]], Founder, Chairman and CEO of [[Dell, Inc.|Dell]]<ref>Marcie Cohen Ferris, Mark I. Greenberg. ''Jewish roots in southern soil: a new history'', [[University Press of New England]], 2006, p. 300.</ref> |
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( [[Bennett Greenspan]], Founder of [[Family Tree DNA]]<ref name=BCG_birth /><ref name=BudObit /><ref name=Dardashti /> |
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*[[Lawrence Ellison]], Founder of [[Oracle Corporation]]<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFD8133BF936A25751C0A9629C8B63 Jewish mother, Jewish adoptive parents], [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/JKEX.html US Citizen]</ref> |
*[[Lawrence Ellison]], Founder of [[Oracle Corporation]]<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFD8133BF936A25751C0A9629C8B63 Jewish mother, Jewish adoptive parents], [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/JKEX.html US Citizen]</ref> |
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*[[Larry Page]], CEO and co-founder of [[Google|Google Inc]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110714111625/]</ref><ref>[http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007-02/200702-BrinFeature.html]</ref> |
*[[Larry Page]], CEO and co-founder of [[Google|Google Inc]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20110714111625/]</ref><ref>[http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007-02/200702-BrinFeature.html]</ref> |
Revision as of 02:01, 6 May 2015
This is a list of Jewish American Businesspeople. For other Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
Cosmetics
- Max Factor, founded the company which bears his name.[1][2]
- Estée Lauder founder of the company which bears her name.[3]: 114
Food and retail
- Rose Blumkin , Founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart[4]
- Kenneth Cole, Founder of Kenneth Cole Productions INC[5]
- Nathan Eckstein, CEO of Schwabacher Brothers companies.[6]
- Donald Fisher, Co-founder of The Gap[7]
- Doris F. Fisher, Co-founder of The Gap with her husband Donald Fisher.[8][9]
- John J. Fisher, Majority owner of the Oakland Athletics and son of Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher.[10]
- Robert J. Fisher, Director of Gap Inc.[10]
- William S. Fisher, Director of Gap Inc. and the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Manzanita Capital Limited.[10][11]
- Diane von Fürstenberg, Founder and CEO of Diane von Furstenburg[12]
- Ruth Handler, President of Mattel Inc. and inventor of the Barbie doll.[13]
- Calvin Klein, Founder and CEO of Calvin Klein[14]
- Ralph Lauren, Founder of Polo Ralph Lauren[15]
- Bernard Marcus, Founder of Home Depot[16]
- Lawrence Marcus, VP Women's Department of Neiman Marcus[17]
- Sol Price, founder of Price Club (merged with Costco)[18]
- Julius Rosenwald, President and Chairman of the Board of Sears[19]
- Sholom Rubashkin, CEO of Agriprocessors[20]
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee[21]
- Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Co. clothing company.[22]
- Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's department store[23]
- Stanley Tanger, Founder and Chairman of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers[24]
Newspapers and publishing
- Al Goldstein, publisher of Screw[25]
- Adolph Ochs, New York Times[26]
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., New York Times[26]
- Isaac Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment[27]
- Reuben Sturman, adult magazine publisher[25]
- Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher of U.S. News and World Report and New York Daily News[28]
Real estate
- Sheldon Adelson, owner of Las Vegas casinos Venetian and Sands Casino[29][30]
- Robert Kraft, Massachusetts based mogul and owner of the New England Patriots.[31][32]
- Charles Kushner, co-owner of Kushner Properties, father of Jared and Joshua Kusher.[33][34][35]
- Jared Kushner, New York based real estate entrepreneur and newspaper publisher.[36][37]
- Joshua Kushner, founder and Managing Partner of the investment firm Thrive Capital and principal director of Kushner properties.[38]
- Stephen M. Ross, Florida based real estate developer and owner of the Miami Dolphins.[39][40][41]
- Mel Sembler, Florida-based retail real estate magnate[42]
- Bugsy Siegel, co-founder of Flamingo casino, co-owner of El Cortez hotel and casino[43]
- Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.[44]
- Ivanka Trump, Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions at The Trump Organization.[45][46][47]
- Steve Wynn, Las Vegas casino owner[48]
- Sam Zell, Chicago based businessman.[49]
Technology
- Beny Alagem, Israeli-American founder of Packard Bell[50]
- Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft[51]
- Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, Inc.[52]
- Michael Dell, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Dell[53]
( Bennett Greenspan, Founder of Family Tree DNA[54][55][56]
- Lawrence Ellison, Founder of Oracle Corporation[57]
- Larry Page, CEO and co-founder of Google Inc[58][59]
- Philippe Kahn, creator of the Camera Phone, Founder of Fullpower, Borland[60]
- Benjamin M. Rosen, founding investor and former Chairman and CEO of Compaq[61]
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook[62]
- Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook[63]
Television, film and video
- Herbert Allen, Jr., CEO of entertainment investment house Allen & Company[64]
- Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Seagram, Viacom[64]
- Harry Cohn, founder of Columbia Pictures[65]
- Barry Diller, CEO of 20th Century Fox and QVC[64]
- Gerald Levin, Time Warner, CEO of HBO[64]
- Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney[64]
- William Fox, founder of Fox Film Corporation[66]
- David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks, CEO of Geffen Records[64]
- Adam Glasser, founder of Seymore Inc, producer of Seymore Butts videos[25]
- Leonard Goldenson, president of ABC[67]
- Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment[25]
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, Disney[64]
- Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures[68]
- Louis B. Mayer, founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[69]
- Les Moonves, CBS President[70]
- William S. Paley, Founder And CEO of CBS[67]
- Sumner Redstone, chairman of CBS and Viacom[64]
- Michael Ovitz, president of Disney, founder of Creative Artists Agency[64]
- David Sarnoff, founder of NBC, general manager of RCA[67]
- Sidney Sheinberg, executive of MCA[71]
- Steven Spielberg, director, co-founder of DreamWorks[64]
- Laurence Tisch, CEO of CBS[72]
- Albert Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[73]
- Harry Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[73]
- Jack Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[73]
- Sam Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[73]
- Lew Wasserman, founder of MCA[71]
- Harvey Weinstein, Co-founder of Miramax[74]
- Bob Weinstein, Co-founder of Miramax[74]
- Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount Pictures[75]
- Jeff Zucker, NBC President[76]
Notes
- ^ http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/09/01/080901crbo_books_updike
- ^ http://reocities.com/HotSprings/Sauna/1932/factor/abrahamfactor.htm
- ^ Kent, Jacqueline C. (2003). Business Builders in Cosmetics. The Oliver Press, Inc. ISBN 1-881508-82-X.
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- ^ Pogrebin, Abigail (2007). Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish. Random House, Inc. pp. 36–37. ISBN 0767916131.
- ^ The Jewish Transcript, June 25, 1926, quoted by Lee Micklin, Eckstein, Nathan (1873-1945), HistoryLink, August 26, 1999.
- ^ "Gap set to open in Israel". JTA. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ New York Times: "Don Fisher, the Gap’s Founder, Dies at 81" by Bruce Weber September 28, 2009
- ^ Calisphere: "Letter from Feigenbaum to Fry" and Interview with B. Joseph Feigenbaum 1976
- ^ a b c The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California: "Gap Founder Donald Fisher Leaves Stamp on Community" October 1, 2009
- ^ Gap, Inc. web site retrieved March 31, 2013
- ^ Karni, Annie. "Diane von Furstenberg's Family Drama", New York Post, February 11, 2010.
- ^ Jewish Virtual Library: "Ruth Mosko Handler - (1916-2002) retrieved August 10, 2013
- ^ Slater, Robert (1996). Great Jewish men. University of Michigan. p. 167.
- ^ Slater, Robert (1996). Great Jewish men. J. David,. pp. 176–178. ISBN 0-8246-0381-8.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Hall of Fame Biographies: Arthur Blank and Bernard Marcus". World Retail Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books/about/Minding_the_Store.html?id=Q5a109z7AGMC
- ^ "Sol Price obituary".
- ^ Norwood, Stephen Harlan (2008). Encyclopedia of American Jewish history, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 406.
- ^ Reinitz, Jeff (May 27, 2010). "DCI investigator asked to guess ages of Agriprocessors workers". Waterloo Valley Cedar Falls Courier. "The Rubashkin family would fall under Ultra Orthodox, said [Rabbi Moses] Weissmandel."
- ^ Jewish American
- ^ Shapiro, Michael, The Jewish 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Jews of All Time, Citadel Press, 2000, pp 265-269.
- ^ Birmingham, Stephen, "The rest of us": the rise of America's eastern European Jews, Syracuse University Press, 1999, pp 327-328
- ^ "Stanley Tanger, outlet industry pioneer, dies". News & Record. 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ a b c d Abrams, Nathan (Winter 2004). "Triple-Exthnics". Jewish Quarterly. 196. Jewish Literary Trust: 27–30.
- ^ a b Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power. Addison Wesley. p. 301. ISBN 0-201-32798-8.
- ^ Rosenberg, Hilary (2000). The Vulture Investors. John Wiley. p. 351.
- ^ Lynfeild, Ben, (2008) "Jewish leaders fear anti-Semitic backlash", The Independent, December 17, 2008, [1].
- ^ Bergman, Ronen (2008). The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World. Simon and Schuster. p. 344.
- ^ Sheldon Adelson expected to set new charity donation record], The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, December 14, 2006.
- ^ Jspace Staf (February 4, 2012). "Jewish Owners Face Off in Super Bowl XLVI". Jspace. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Gershman (January 23, 2012). "Bob Kraft: New England Patriots' Jewish owner". Jewish Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ^ Elkies, Lauren (November 1, 2007). "The Closing: Charles Kushner". The Real Deal. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Executive Profile: Charles Kushner", Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "Mini Bio: Rae Kushner", Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Salkin, Allen (March 11, 2007). "The Education of a Publisher". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Forbes Features Members of the Tribe In 30 Under 30 / Jspace News". Jspace.com. 2011-12-29. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ "Stephen M. Ross" BY ALIZA DAVIDOVIT retrieved October 25, 2012
- ^ The Jewish Daily Forward: "Romney PAC Attracts New Jewish Donors: Hedge Fund Managers and Developers Top List of Supporters" by Josh Nathan-Kazis March 12, 2012
- ^ The New York Jewish Week: "Billionaires Busy Praying?" by Gary Rosenblatt August 23, 2008
- ^ Waveney Ann Moore. "Celebrating 75 years of faith, progress", St. Petersburg Times, March 7, 2004.
- ^ Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980, p 245. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- ^ Franz Lidz (April 17, 2000), "Up and Down in Beverly Hills", Sports Illustrated
- ^ "Report: Tycoon Donald Trump's daughter converting to Judaism". Haaretz. October 30, 2008.
- ^ Messer, Lesley. Ivanka Trump Converts to Judaism for Fiancé, People, July 17, 2009. Accessed February 19, 2010.
- ^ The View, October 26, 2009
- ^ Raphael, Marc (2008). The Columbia history of Jews and Judaism in America. Columbia. p. 237.
- ^ Rosenberg, Hilary (2000). The Vulture Investors. John Wiley. p. 306.
- ^ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Packard-Bell-Electronics-Inc-Company-History.html
- ^ Jewish mother
- ^ Jewish, US Citizen
- ^ Marcie Cohen Ferris, Mark I. Greenberg. Jewish roots in southern soil: a new history, University Press of New England, 2006, p. 300.
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- ^ [4]
- ^ Self-identifies as Jewish
- ^ Taylor III, Alex (September 30, 1996). "Gentlemen, Start Your Engine Ben Rosen, 63, Of Personal Computer Fame, Has Teamed With His Rocket Scientist Brother, Harold, 70, To Pioneer A Radical Way To Power The Family Car". CNN.
- ^ Sara Nathan (1 March 2013). "rom teenage aerobics instructor to Facebook's billion-dollar woman and is the next stop the White House? The astonishing rise and rise of Sheryl Sandberg". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
- ^ http://www.heraldscotland.com/mark-zuckerberg-1.836693
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power. Addison Wesley. p. 388. ISBN 0-201-32798-8.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 151–163. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 64–72. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ a b c Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power. Addison Wesley. p. 286. ISBN 0-201-32798-8.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 47–64. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 79–94. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ Rebecca Spence, "Synagoge of the Hollywood stars starts fundraising", August 10, 2008. Haaretz
- ^ a b Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power. Addison Wesley. p. 285. ISBN 0-201-32798-8.
- ^ Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power. Addison Wesley. p. 297. ISBN 0-201-32798-8.
- ^ a b c d Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 123–129. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ a b Hirschberg, Lynn (Oct 10, 1994). The Mad Passion of Harvey and Bob, The New York Magazine. p. 48.
- ^ Gabler, Neal (1988). An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Crown. pp. 11–46. ISBN 0-385-26557-3.
- ^ Pogrebin, Abigail (2007). Stars of David. Random House. p. 366.
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