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- Amit Ayare - Investor
- Christian James - Founder of Creative Management Agency.[2], Creative Management Agency CMA is responsible for securing Designers for, Freelance Projects, Collaborations, Licensing, Sponsorship, and Executive & Creative Placement.
- Merv Adelson - one of founders of Lorimar Productions
- Deepak Agarwal - Founder & CEO of NoMoreRack.com
- Stewart Allen - Pioneer in XML/B2B Integration. Founding CTO at webMethods and AddThis.
- Robert Afshar - President & Founder of Leadclick Media, Inc., also founded & presided over Legal Resource Inc., a source for online "How To" legal information
- Amador Aguiar - Founder of Banco Bradesco (one of three big banks of Brazil) and Fundação Bradesco (most big education program in Brazil).
- Mustaq Ahmad - Founder of Mustafa shopping center in Singapore
- Tim Alborn - (req. 12-16-2009) - American professor of history, CUNY Lehman. Founder of Harriet Records, Cambridge, MA in 1989. [3] Related to Wikipedia article: [4]
- Paul J. Alessi - Actor/Producer, known for the TLC Waterfalls Video, the Amazing Race Season 1, the Boondock Saints II and Ten 'Til Noon.
- Mohammed Alhammad - CEO and President of Albayan Holding Company in Saudi Arabia
- Michael Aloyan - self made millionaire that opened the first hotel and casino in one in Compton, California (Crystal Park Hotel and casino)
- Maria Helen Alvarez - with Jack Wrather, was co-owner of Wrather-Alvarez Productions, which owned television stations in Tulsa and San Diego, as well as the Disneyland Hotel
- Monem Alyaser - Entrepreneur, Inventor of a clean coal technology
- Afzaal Ameer - President & Founder of The Knight Labs, Inc.[5], also founded & presided over 3imension[6], The App Castle, Techademy[7], a designer, a developer, an animator, a speaker and also runs a blog @ [8]
- Jerry Anders - Creator of graphical mail (Javeo.com), in legal trouble with Google and Sun
- Fahd Ananta - Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Chime [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] and Tab Payments [16] [17] [18] [19]
- Elisabeth Anheuser-Busch - Wife of Adolphus Busch (Founder of Anheuser-Busch)
- Adam Anicich - Founder of Armada Asset Management, LLC, UMD Doctor of Management, and author of the 4% Theory that explains Army Recruiting and Retention. Is a contributor to the US Army Recruiting Commanders Course and has been recognized Army-wide.
- Yasmine Alexandra Arrington - 19 year old Founder of ScholarCHIPS For Children of Incarcerated Parents, has given over $10,000 in scholarships. Awarded a personal Resolution from the DC Council Board in 2011, selected as a Making a Difference (MAD) Girl by Black Girls Rock Incorporated and Black Entertainment Television October 2012, Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, awarded 2012 Linowes leadership Award, Jefferson Award for Community Service, featured in the Washington Post twice, WAMU Radio. Poet, blogger, motivational speaker, and radio personality. www.scholarchipsfund.com
- Zia Attala - First chaldean to immigrate to America in 1895. Owned a hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Moved back to Iraq and opened Zia House Hotel, one of the most famous hotels in Baghdad in the early 20th century.
- Muhammad al-Attas, whom the mother of Osama bin Laden, Hamida al-Attas, married shortly after Osama's birth and her divorce from Mohammed bin Laden
- Ahmed AlHatti - President and Chairman of the Board of Cayan Group[1] , CEO of Cayan International KSA, Chairman of Cayan Homes , Chairman of Primo Factory , and President & CEO of JADE Investment and Development .
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- Bachwani Naveen - Founder & CEO of ThinkShop. [20], [21]
- Ian Baggett - Founder of Adderstone Group. [22], [23]
- Karl Bandtel - Awesome
- Bertrand Badré - Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer. Previously Group CFO at Société Générale and Crédit Agricole, and Managing Director of Lazard.
- Steven Barbarich - CEO and founder of ChooseHotTubsDirect, ChooseOutdoorKitchens, AbsolutelyNew, and author of the book The Complete Manual on How To Make Money From Your Inventions and Patents.
- Wayne Barrow - President of ByStorm Entertainment. He is also one of The Notorious B.I.G. former managers and produced the 2009 Notorious film. He now helps manage the careers of J.Cole and Miguel. [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]
- Inga Beale - CEO of Lloyd's of London and the first female CEO of the institution in 325 years [30]
- William Bao Bean - Managing Director SingTel Innov8 Ventures. Venture capital and angel investor based in China. Authority on Internet and Technology in China. Formerly a top ranked equity analyst with Deutsche Bank. [31] [32] Co-Founder Angelvest angel investing group.
- Burhan Beidas - Founder and CEO of Madco Advertising and the first Ad agency in the Middle East.
- Stephen Bienko - Founder and President of 42 Holdings. 42 Holdings specializes in company ownership within the home and personal service industry. Bienko is largest owner of the College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving brand with offices in NJ, Tennessee, Ohio and Florida. Under the arm of 42 Holdings is the bin and storage company Bin-It.com. Bin-it prvides environmental friendly storage alternatives to cardboard boxes. Bin-it drops off stackable bins fro customers to pack their belongings. Bin-it then picks up the items, stores them or drops them off at next location. http://www.businessobserverfl.com/section/detail/call-the-roll/ http://patch.com/new-jersey/montville/college-hunks-moving-owner-named-njbizs-40-under-40 http://smallbusiness.house.gov/uploadedfiles/10-9-2013__testimony_stephen_bienko_final.pdf
- Doug Burgum -- Founder of Great Plains software (now Microsoft Dynamics). Former Microsoft Senior Vice-President. Founder of Kilbourne Group, revitalizing historic buildings and downtowns. Founder of Arthur Ventures, which invests in software companies across different markets – enterprise, healthcare, agriculture and energy. Philanthropist. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2002/0916/041.htmlRough Rider Recipient http://www.kilbournegroup.com/about/ourteam/ http://arthurventures.com/team/doug-burgum/ http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2013/09/fargos-burgum-eyes-nd-tallest-building.html Doug Burgum's Linkedin
- James Bessen - author of multiple books on patents and referenced in Wikipedia's articles on patents.
- Vanisha Mittal Bhatia - Director ArcelorMittal ADS, daughter of business tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal
- James W. Birkenstock - IBM director of product planning and market analysis
- James H. Blanchard - AT&T Board of Directors
- Claude Boiron - Real Estate Broker, Author, Educator, and Land Developer. Currently with Royal LePage Terrequity Realty.
- Deneen Borelli - Fellow with Project 21, a network of black conservatives which is an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research, a national public policy group based in Washington, D.C. Deneen is also a Fellow with FreedomWorks.
- Erica Brescia - Co-founder and COO of Bitnami, wife of Jono Bacon.
- Jim Bruene - Finance blogger, consultant, and founder of Online Financial Innovations and Finovate
- Jeremy Bullmore CBE - Pivotal Advertising/Marketing figure. He is a non-executive director of WPP. He was Chair of both J Walter Thompson and The Advertising Association. Writes a regular column in The Guardian newspaper.
- Nick Bunzl- Executive Director of Israel Policy Forum
- Sir William Parker Burton - Skipper of the 1920 and 1934 America's Cup challenge. Managing Director and Proprieter of Burton, Son & Sanders Ltd (National specialist in products for the bakery and confectionery trades and traditional bakery and grocery business). Brother of Sir Bunnell Henry Burton.
- Sir Bunnell Henry Burton - Chairman and Proprieter of Burton, Son & Sanders Ltd (National specialist in products for the bakery and confectionery trades and traditional bakery and grocery business). Mayor of Ipswich. Chairman of the Governors of Ipswich School. Brother of Sir William Parker Burton.
- Ali Bushehri - Founder of RacerTimes, executive producer of the short film The Racer , finance executive of Ruyan commercial group Bahrain and share holder of Ruyan commercial Group.
- Sedef M Buyukataman - Global Intern/CoOp Program Manager, Cisco Systems.
- Naomi Bodden - Nice and Intelligent Women.
- David Bolz - Founder and President of First Class Facility Management, LLC, a vertically integrated commercial cleaning organization that is currently being audited for ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS) certification, the first consensus-based management standard for the cleaning industry.
- Ajay Bijli - Chairman of PVR Cinemas[2]
- (Late) Ebrahim Bawany - Founded Ayesha Bawany Academy, Founded Ayesha Bawany Waqf, Former CEO of Bawany Group Industries, Author, and Billionaire.
- Binny Bansal - One of the CEO and co-founder of flipkart.com.
- Bhagat Mehar - Founder and CEO and co-founder of VzoomIn and Founder of Standout, also National President - Women Cell, Bharatiya Bahujan Party.
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- Olivia Fox Cabane - Author, "The Charisma Myth" [35]
- Karyn Calabrese - The Owner and founder of Karyn's; Author, "Soak Your Nuts";
- Chantal Coady - The Owner and founder of Rococo Chocolates; Author, "Rococo: Mastering the Art of Chocolate"; four other and four translations
- John Calimafde - lawyer; aid to have tried the most intellectual property law cases in U.S. history
- Giuseppina Carraro - former Rizzoli shareholder
- Maria Alvarez Castro - Founding President of the Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Minority Women Business Enterprise Chamber Challenge Champion under her leadership www.nyc.gov
- Stephen Chau - Product Manager, Google Maps and Google Earth http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2009/stephen-chau
- Amar Chugg - Entrepreneur, Investor, DJ, Music Producer and Model [36] [37]. He is currently the CEO and Founder of Spruse [38] [39], Fragallo [40] and Chugg Apps [41].
- Rehan Chogle - CEO of Entertainment Vision
- Raj Chowdhury - The Owner and founder of Shop-a-Block; Author, "The Dark Secret of the Silicon Valley";
- Marc Christian-Riebe - CEO of The Location Group
- Henry Chrysler, father of Walter P. Chrysler, a German-American automotive pioneer
- Susan Ciminelli, author of "The Ciminelli Solution: A 7-Day Plan for Radiant Skin," holistic beauty pioneer, skincare specialist to the stars & creator of an all-natural skincare line. [42]
- Ian Cinnamon - Graduate of MIT, Evil Genius (book series) Author, Serial Entrepreneur
- Vincent T Colace - "The Tomato King" Founder and President of Thomas Colace Co.
- John Coleridge (businessperson) - John Coleridge - CEO of SG Group Inc. an M & A company
- Michael Colglazier - Current president of Disneyland Resort and previous president of Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Edwin Colodny - Former Chairman of Allegany and US Airways, Former President of UVM
- Roy Cooper - Montreal impresario, former President of Premier Concerts in the 1970's and 1980's, Montreal booking agent responsible for bringing Frank Sinatre and Sammy Davis Jr. to Montreal amongst many others, deceased
- Cristóbal Conde - Former CEO, SunGard; Board Member, MassMutual; Executive Chairman, True Office; Chairman, Whiptail; Board Member, Digital Reasoning; Trustee, Mount St. Vincent's College
- Jean-Pierre L. Conte - Chairman and Managing Director, Genstar Capital LLC
- Joe Cordell - CEO of Jim Walter Corporation
- Ralph Cordiner - CEO of General Electric in the 1950's, created famous "blue books"
- Shawna Coronado - CEO of MAD 4 World Enterprises, Author, television and online personality www.shawnacoronado.com
- Luis Fernando Correa-Bahamon (World President of FIABCI-The International Real Estate Federation-Very Important Real Estate figure.)
- Ben Corn Xbox 360 Component Inventor. Chief Executive Officer of BPC Technologies, Inc. Invented the widely used rapid fire source code for Xbox 360 controllers. American entrepreneur and inventor.
- Hulon Crayton II - Founder of Cold Weather Films, Inc., Premier Booking & Management Co. and Premier Musique Group
- Pauline Crespo - Venezuelian model and TV star
- Francisco Cueto - Banker, entrepreneur and founder of Feu Nuvo and Abokado restaurant concept
- Simon Cullinan - Recruitment legend and International Banking magnate
- Joseph S. S. Cutrona - Founder and CEO of Adams-Cutrona Charitable Trusts
- Jordan Casey - Founder and CEO of Casey Games and TeachWare
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- Douglas Gan - Serial Entrepreneur in South East Asia. Born in Singapore, grew up in Indonesia. Received more than 2,000 press coverages in Asia and has sold more than 5 internet companies in the past 17 years. Linkedin: [43], Crunchbase [44], TechInAsia: [45], 2011 SCS Young Professional of the Year - awarded by Singapore Minister for the Ministry of Information, Communications & the Arts [46], Ngee Ann Poly Alumni 50th Anniversary Top 50 Most Outstanding Alumni in the past 50 years - awarded by PM Lee Hsien Loong [47] / [48]
- H. Ford Dickie - inventor of the ABC-Inventory Analysis
- Dr. Werner Dieter - Chairman and co-founder of HYDAC, ex-Chairman of Mannesmann/Rexroth, intriguing German business figure.
- Kris Duggan - CEO and Founder of Badgeville
- Peter Darbee - CEO of PG&E Corporation, climate change issues
- Paul Dunahoo - 14 year old CEO of Bread and Butter Software, LLC., an application development company for the Mac and iOS platforms. Sources: Wall Street Journal, WTNH.com Connecticut, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and Gizmodo.
- E. S. Purandar Das - (Former Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch, Executive Partner of Landmark Banyan Real Estate Holdings)
- Sanjiv Das - (CEO of CitiMortgage)
- Levison M. David - (Owner of Mega Power Sports)
- Guy DeChazal - Previous head of Private Equity at Morgan Stanley
- Jonathan Davis (businessperson) - Jonathan Davis - Founder and M D of Jonathan Davis Wealth Management (www.JonathanDavisWM.com), highest profile wealth manager in UK media
- Sean Demery - Former New Rock Radio originator - best known Music Director at 99X WNNX Atlanta Helped launch New Rock Genere and many bands such as the Cranberries. Also was DJ, Music Director, Radio Consultant. Refer to http://www.seandemery.com/Alt_Rock_Community/seandemery.com.html, Related to Wikipedia article WWWQ
- Stacy Denney - American entrepreneur and CEO of BarefootandPregnant.com, and author of the motherhood books Spa Mama and Fit Mama
- Vince Desi - Running With Scissors CEO
- Christopher Dessi - Silverback Social CEO
- Vernon Dickerson - American investor. Founded Dickerson Divisions, a holding company, and the Rollins-Dickerson Scholarship
- Bert Doerhoff - CPA, Author, Founder of AccuBiz a virtual accountancy , Philanthropist, founded Leaders Helping Leaders
- Joshua Doore - Founder of Joshua Doore Furniture Business
- Ross Dundas - Founder of Rosco IT Solutions Ltd, An IT Consultancy and Contractor based in Aberdeen, Scotland that supports micro-enterprise. Advocate of increased support for entrepreneurship in the Scottish Economy. Spoke at the Scottish Parliament in 2013 [3]
- Savannah Durbin - CEO of Tee-Off Enterprises
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- Bryan M. Eagle III - President of Memphis Ventures, president of Saint Blues Guitar Workshop
- Alan M. Eddison - Director of Green Earth Affairs, created the saying "Modern technology owes ecology an apology."
- Dick Enrico - Chief Executive Officer of 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment, a retail fitness company he founded in 1992
- Seabelle Emmanuelle - Fundraiser and strategist for DNC and Prophecien Women's Movement
- Sara Eisen is a correspondent for Bloomberg Television and contributor to "Bloomberg Surveillance,"
- Edmond Wong is the third generation owner of epicurean mainstay Kim Choo Kueh Chang, who has served Nyonya rice dumplings in Singapore since 1945." He is also the person who championed for the recognition of a Peranakan (Heritage) Town in Singapore."
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- Lothar von Faber - German industrialist, founder of Faber-Castell (German entry, Portuguese entry, Britannica article)
- Prince David Farrington - "Prince of the Bootleggers" Farrington was said to have made the best, purest whiskey known to man. Better, say those that sipped it during his prime, than any liquor made today by the good folks at Jack Daniels or Seagram.
- Esam Abdulla Yousif Fakhro, Dr. - Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry [49]
- Felix Fantus - Father of site selection consulting industry [50]
- Mohit Farhad - Entrepreneur, Founder of Shopzilla (formerly BizRate.com)
- Kurt Feazel - President of Pecten Trading Company
- Diana Celina Gordon-Lennox de Bourbon Felix Contessa Murill, Baroness Lewes, children's author, UN Ambassador to Chad
- David Fillpot - Sales and management expert [51]
- Benson J. Fischer American businessman, entrepreneur
- Kenneth B. Fischer (born 1937) - American businessman and freemasonn, DeMolay International's Hall of Fame member, Most Eminent Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of North America (of York Rite Freemasonry) from 2003-2006, see [52]
- Doug Flint, current CFO and Chairman-Designate of HSBC plc
- Alberto Forchielli, Managing Partner of Mandarin Capital Partners, see [53]
- Tobias Formbly, Owner of SaiboT PRO., Formbly is a public figure and local socialite.
- Brady Forrest, Creator of Ignite (event), Chair of O'Reilly Media conferences: Emerging Technology Conference, Where2.0, Android Open Conference, Web2.0 Expo. Contributor to O'Reilly Radar.
- Olivia Fox Cabane, author of The Charisma Myth, taught charisma at Harvard, MIT, Stanford. Youngest person ever to be nominated foreign trade advisor to the French government
- Giuseppe Franco - Founder & President of Giuseppe Franco Salon in Hollywood also on info-mercials for Procede hair treatment. [54]
- Harry James Free - Co-creator of Gatorade
- Paul Freiman - CEO of Syntex until 1994, CEO of Neurobiological Technologies INC until 2009
- Martin Fretwell - Head Of Gamestoria Enterprises Rival Company To Zynga
- Gregor Freund - CEO and Cofounder of Versal. [55] [56] [57] [58], former CEO of Zone Labs (purchased by Check Point in 2004) [59] [60] [61] [62], credited with inventing the desktop firewall and coining the term spyware [63] [64] (under History and Development), founding engineer at Starfish Software [65], founded Borland Germany [66]. Bio: [67]. Disclosure: I work with Mr. Freund at Versal.
- Ernestine Fu - Stanford University engineering student and venture capitalist in Silicon Valley
- Billy Fucillo - Owner of car dealership chain dominating New York, Florida, and other states
- Niquenya D. Fulbright (req. 2010-03-10) Executive Life Coach, Business Analyst, Author & Motivational Speaker from Chicago, IL. Most notable for contributions to life coaching industry and founding the Life Coach Support Network (LCSN). [68][69]
- Keith Funston - head of New York Stock Exchange
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- Johann Graf, Novomatic Group Proprietor [4]
- Gianluigi Gabetti, Agnelli Group manager
- Dominic Gallello - Graphisoft CEO
- Matt Garcia - CEO of Everyday Models Ltd and founder of Matt Garcia Design Studio Ltd and Matt Garcia Photography Ltd.
- Adam Gerrard - Group CIO of Avis Europe
- Matt Giamela - Owner and operator of Giamela's Sub Sandwiches
- Mark F. Gibbins - President of DME Corporation
- Gwilym ML Gibbons - Founder and CEO of Creative Help
- Rajesh Gill - Trader, known as "7 to 7 man", won landmark judgment of 20 million pounds against MF Global for fraud
- Ted Gilvar - Chief Marketing Officer/ Vice President of Monster Worldwide. As CMO "he oversees all aspects of Monster Worldwide’s marketing strategy and execution globally. Over his more than 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Mr. Gilvar has led successful campaigns, re-branding initiatives and new product launches for some of the world’s best brands. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President and Senior Director at BBDO in New York where he headed the Monster account as well as the accounts of other major organizations and corporations."
- Ann Godbehere - Previously CFO of Swiss Re Group and Northern Rock
- Greg Goode - Founder of Ignis Oil and Vitruvius Art. Since retiring to France in 2008, both businesses are now run by his sons.
- Greg Gopman computer businessman of some sort. Partner (founder?) of AngelHack, infamous for bizarre tweets about poor people.
- Dee Dee Gordon - One of the founders of Look-Look
- Chris Gorman - The multi-millionaire founder of Gadget Shop
- James V. Green - Director of Hinman CEOS Program at University of Maryland
- John Colin Grogan - Innovator in Sales, Group Head of Silverdene
- Naren Gupta - Co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners & Co-founder of Integrated Systems Inc (IPO, acquired by Intel). 1 2 3
- Puneet Gupta - Director of Indigo Care
- Marc Guberti - Teenager Entrepreneur, Author, And Blogger
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- Caroline Hurley - founder of Quintessentially Events
- Gary Halbert - Copywriter
- Julian Hall - Serial Entrepreneur, Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Business Consultant [70]
- Michael S. Hall - President and Founder of Screening Services Group, operator of the Wilshire Screening Room and Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA.
- Jake Hammer - President of Resorts Ontario
- Arash Hakhamian - CEO Gentle Dental, inventor of composite filter, professor at USCSD
- Noosheen Hashemi (req. 2008-10-28) Philanthropist, Founder of The H.A.N.D. Foundation and PARSA Community Foundation
- Gerald L. Hassell - President of The Bank of New York Mellon
- Isadore M. Hattem - Founder of the first ever Supermarket. December 17th 1917
- Roger Haywood - The originator of the concept of issues analysis in Public Relations
- LeVan Hawkins - famous franchiser that went to jail for embezzlement
- Kevin Hell Current DIVX President/CEO who shut down the Stage6 video
- Ragan Henry - Pioneering African-American media mogul
- Earl Hewlette CEO Ginn Clubs and Resorts -
- Jack D. Hidary co-founder of EarthWeb/Dice and founder and Chairman of Samba Energy [71] [72] [73] [74]
- Rahim Hirji - CEO of Maths Doctor
- Ed Hirschy - Corporate owner of JDH Enterprises
- Morris L. Hite - Member of the Advertising Hall of Fame [75]
- Dave Hodges (activist) - Founder of the All American Cannabis Club (A2C2), the San Jose Cannabis Buyers Collective, Marijuana Activist, and entrepreneur [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84]
- Janne Honkanen - Chief Executive Officer, Director and founder of Luxury Action [85] [86] [87] [88]
- Bria Hood - Notorious Ghetto Azz B*tch.
- Joel J. Horowitz - co-founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation and Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Director, Global Brands Acquisition Corp. [89][90][91][92]
- Ron Hose - Founder of Tokbox, Entrepreneur.
- Ho Amei aka He Mei 何崑山 - a pioneering 19th-century Chinese entrepreneur in Hong Kong and Australia.[5] Already has Chinese Wikipedia page.[6]
- Karen Hudes - World Bank whistle-blower who forecast drastic changes to world banking structure in the future. [93]
- Brent Nathaniel Hunter - Founder of The Park, Entrepreneur, Author of The Rainbow Bridge, Author of The Pieces of Our Puzzle.
- Dewaldt Huysamen - CEO and Owner of PCWIZODE CC
- Mohammed Al Habtoor - Vice Chairman and CEO Al Habtoor Group, Co-founder Al Habtoor Polo Organization.
- Husain Faisal - Founder and CEO, Synechron (http://www.synechron.com)
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- Blake Ian - American entrepreneur. Born March 17th 1979. Co-Founder and CEO of Tawkers, September 7th, 2011. http://www.crunchbase.com/person/blake-ian http://www.Tawkers.com http://tawke.rs/18t3emG
- Isadore M. Hattem - Founder of the first ever Supermarket. December 17th 1917
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- Yoni Jacobs- Executive Director & Chief Investment Strategist of Chart Prophet LLC. Author, "Gold Bubble: How To Profit From The Impending Collapse of Gold". [94][95]
- Dan Jester- Retired Goldman Sachs banker who served as advisor to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson during the 2008 financial crisis. [96][97]
- Peter A. Joseph- President of Israel Policy Forum
- John Jubilee - President of Jubilee Transformations
- James C. Justice II - Billionaire Coal Magnate; Owner of James C. Justice Companies, Inc.
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- James L. Kneip - CEO. Kneip Investment Group.
- Lynn Kegan - Designer and Carpenter on the Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible, and HGTV
- Pierre Kago - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of KAGO Kago-Kamine-Kachelofen GmbH & Co. Deutsche Wärmesysteme KG (biggest manufacturer of fireplaces, stoves and fire burning oven in Europe); he is the son of founder and former CEO Karl-Heinz Kago
- Inez Y. Kaiser - Founder and CEO of Inez Kaiser and Associates, Inc., the first public relations firm in the U.S. to be opened and operated by an African-American woman. [98], [99]
- Marvelless Mark Kamp - Edu-Tainer, Emcee and Corporate Motivator [100][101][102][103]
- Radhakissen Kanoria - Founder of the Kanoria Group of companies & patriarch of the Kanoria family
- Frank Karel III - President of the Rockefeller Foundation
- Christine Karpinski - Author, How To Rent Vacation Properties by Owner, Author Profit from your vacation home dream. Director Owner Community Homeaway, Inc
- Nikolas Kassimatis - Greek Tax Fraud, currently serving 504-year-sentence for ~$1.28 billion ponzi. Exploits include drastic plastic surgery to avoid prosecution.
- Lewis Katz -recently deceased, his article never should have been deleted
- Robert Kavner - Chairman of the Board at Earthlink, former CFO of AT&T, Director at Pandora and Idealab
- Alexey Kedrin - Vice President of Carlsberg Group
- Zack Kehayov - Bulgarian Financier
- Edwin S. Kelly (1857–1935) - founder of The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company and newspaper publisher in Springfield, Ohio
- Oliver Smith Kelly (1824–1904) - early civic leader in Springfield, Ohio, and founder of the O. S. Kelly Company, a pioneering U.S. manufacturer of traction engines, agricultural implements, and piano plates. Father of Edwin S. Kelly.
- Davy Kestens - 23-year-old serial entrepreneur who recently raised $1.2M for his third business and went viral in European press
- Wallace Key - Better known as Wally Key, has consistently inspired tremendous growth in several Chamber Of Commerce's including Northeast Tarrant County, Northwest Chamber in Oklahoma City [104] and most recently was named President to the Saginaw, TX Chamber Of Commerce,][http://www.saginawtxchamber.org
- Raza Khan (MyRichUncle) - Co-Founder and President of MyRichUncle Student Loan Company NASDAQ: UNCL
- Sharifa Khan - current President & CEO for Balmoral Marketing Inc.
- Qais al-Khonji- Chairman of few companies
- Paul Kirwin - Founder of eXperticity, Founder and CEO of Channel Signal
- Marnin Kligfeld- owner of (what) software firm
- Steven Kollar - founder of 30 different companies in America
- Randy Komisar - author, entrepreuner, founding director Tivo, former CEO LucasArts Entertainment
- Kumar Konanur - co-founded Yipkon Business Sytems in 1978
- German A. Korobov- Soviet weapons designer responsible for TKB line of weapons systems
- Felipe Korzenny- Director, Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, Florida State University; Founder of Hispanic and Asian Marketing Communication Research, and Co-Founder of Cheskin. Pioneer in US Multicultural Marketing. Author of "Hispanic Marketing: Connecting with the New Latino Consumer" and many other publications.
- Bob Koski - Co-founder of Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ:SNHY). Known for introducing a radical — and wildly successful — bottom-up management philosophy that formed the basis of several Harvard Business School case studies. Founder of the software company nMetric, which offers dynamic scheduling software serving complex manufacturing environments.
- Pavan Kota - CEO of KINDUZ Consulting
- Elizabeth Krukosky - Founder and CEO of Cool Fire Technologies, LLC
- Juris A. Kupris- CEO of Juris Kupris Fitness LLC, Juris Kupris Training LLC, Your Fitness Company LLC. Specializing in the production of Exercise videos [105]
- Edward B. Kurpis - Co-Founder of cable television network CNBC; Founding Vice President of Finance and Administration for NBC's Cable and Business Development division; Former member of the Board of Directors of A&E network, Court TV network (now TruTV); NBC-Cablevision Executive Partnership Board governing operations of American Movie Classics, Bravo, and 10 regional sports networks. http://edwardkurpis.com/Professional.html
- Balasubramaniyam Kandaswamy - C.E.O. & Co-Founder of Contus Support Interactive (http://www.contussupport.com)
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- Nicole Rodrigues Larsen - Nicole Rodrigues Larsen is a celebrity and socialite in Dubai, UAE . An ex model and a fantastic entrepreneur Nicole relocated to Dubai from Copenhagen in 2003 and lives with her husband Henrik Larsen and two children Victoria and Victor in the prestigious Palm Jumeriah . One of the big names in the media industry Nicole runs the super successful multimillion dollar business Diva models. She also under her group of companies holds and operates Diva Holdings, Diva Ladies spa, Diva Laundry and NM investments.
- Roy Larsen - President of Time, Inc.
- Marianna Latsis - daughter of the late Greek shipping tycoon Yiannis Latsis and one of the hairs of his fortune (see also Spiros Latsis).
- Jasmine Lawrence - Teenage President and CEO of EDEN BodyWorks. A company she started at age 13 that makes all natural hair and body care products.
- Jun "John" Lee - Founder and namesake of Lee Law Firm - attorney-in-law, environmental lawyer, and entreprenueur; has worked with many corporations and companies, including INFINIA, and their Sterling Engine technologies
- Edward T. Lewis (businessperson) - Edward T. Lewis - (Essence Communications) Chairman/CEO of Essence Communications Inc., a diversified, multi-million dollar corporation. One of the most successful and diverse African American-owned communications companies in the United States.Chairman, Magazine Publishers of America, TransAfrica Forum; board of directors, Black Council on Africa, Rheeland Foundation, Negro Ensemble of New York City; trustee, Tuskegee University, Leadership Council of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, Teachers College of Columbia University.
- Hyung Khu Lim - CEO of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- Robert Liodice - President and CEO of Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
- Hernan Lopez - President and CEO of Fox International Channels. Under his tenure, FOX grew from 3 to 300 television channels around the world, under the Fox, Fox SPorts, Fox Life, National Geographic and Star brands, generating $2.5bn in annual revenue.
- David H. Long - President and CEO of Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc.
- Richard Lorenzen - CEO of Fifth Avenue Brands, speaker and media personality. Contributor to Forbes and Fox Business. Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 List 2014 candidate. See RichardLorenzen.com for media clips and press references.
- Jonathan Lu - CEO of Alibaba Group
- Dan Lufkin - Co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Questor Partners
- Sam Lutfi - Britney Spears' Acting Manager and personal Confidant
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- Diana Madison - Host and founder of www.hollyscoop.com and Hollyscoop TV. [www.dianamadison.com].
- Malcolm Walker - Co Founder of Iceland.
- Melssa Macbride - KABC-TV reporter.
- Victor MacFarlane - Founder and CEO of MacFarlane Partners, the largest minority owned investment management real estate company. Former owner of DC United.
- John Hastings Marmaduke - CEO of Hastings Entertainment Inc.
- Charles Arthur Moore - founder of Manning Maxwell and Moore
- Alice Foote MacDougall - Restaurateur who built several restaurants by catering to women with an Italian-Spanish setting, opened her first eating place, The Little Coffee Shop, in Grand Central Station in New York City in December 1919
- Harry Macklowe (developer) -
- James Mandell - President and CEO of Children's Hospital Boston
- Dr. Allan Manning - academic, author, media commentator and award-winning business advisor in the Australian insurance industry
- Ian Marcousé - Former Chief examiner of AQA Business Studies
- Omar Mashabi - Saudi Business man that is head of Snasco
- John Mauldin - American financial expert
- Rodney Mayo - Founder of Respectable Street in West Palm Beach, one of the longest running nightclubs in the Southeast US - Owner of Several successful nightclubs and restaurants in South Florida
- Kumar Mavally - Founder of Brocade Communications, Venture Capitalist, Storage Domain Expert, Funded various companies in Stroage Domain.
- Shannon McAleavey - current Vice President for Walt Disney World
- Edward R. McCracken - former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard, former CEO of Silicon Graphics [106]
- Marshall McDonald (businessperson) - Marshall McDonald - Chairman of Florida Power and Light
- W. Wallace McDowell - IBM director of engineering*
- Stephen Meade - an American entrepreneur, executive and strategic adviser to a number of successful technology-based companies: Big Bamboo, LLC, My Wet Rock, RONAStar, ComCom, OrionNation, and VirtualSellers to name a few.
- Robert McGovern (businessperson) - Robert McGovern = Current CEO of JobFox and Founder of Carrerbuilder.com
- Scott McIntosh - Founder and President of MusikPitch.com, Founder of StartMySong.com, Organizer of Nashville 2.0, Speaker, Author of Google Juice.
- Jennifer McMillin - Vice President for Golin Harris International
- F. William McNabb III - CEO of The Vanguard Group, which pioneered low-expense mutual funds
- Frank Meehan - CEO and Co-founder of INQ Mobile (part of Hutchison Whampoa), Board Member of Spotify [107][108][109][110]
- Mehron Melik - founder of Mehron Inc., theatrical makeup manufacturer
- Peter Melnikov - Vice President of Marketing, MoveYourWeb
- Bernard Mendik - at one point was the largest single commercial real estate owner on the island of Manhattan if not all of New York.
- Leib Merkin - founder of Merkin & Company and Fifth Avenue Synagogue. Leipzig Furrier was father of Hermann Merkin.1878-1976
- Lara Merriken - founder of Lärabar [111]
- Vuk Mircetic - work in progress
- Alex Mittal CEO FundersClub - First online venture capital firm where private investors gain access to high-growth startups. [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136][137] [138] [139] [140] [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] [148] [149] [150]
- Fundrise - Real estate crowdfunding platform in Washington, DC [151]. [152]; [153]; [154]; [155]; [156].
- Andrew Monfried- Founder and CEO of Lotame Solutions, Inc. Formerly of advertising.com
- Richard Monroe - President for Darden Restaurants
- Scott Monty - Global Head of Social Media, Ford Motor Company [157] [158]
- Stephen Ball Munn - Wealthy New York Financier 1766 to 1855-one of the wealthiest businessmen in New York in the early 1800's-significant life and a cantankerous character.
- Robert W. Musslewhite - Chairman and CEO, The Advisory Board Company (ABCO), built leading cloud-based technology company; Washingtonian Magazine Tech Titan and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year; Princeton NCAA champion swimmer.
- Gordon S. Murray - Co-Author of "The Investment Answer" and former bond salesman with Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Authored the book after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer.
- Mary Beth McDade - News anchor of KTLA.
- Mel Robbins - Motivational Speaker, Talk Radio Host, Author.
- Ranjeet S Mudholkar - Vice Chairman and CEO Financial Planning Standards Board India [www.fpsbindia.co.in] and Former Director Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS) Pune [www.sims.edu]
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- Henry Nguyen - Vietnamese-American venture capitalist notable for bringing McDonalds to Vietnam and leading a new ownership group that bought a new MLS expansion franchise.[159][160][161][162]
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- Cherry Onglatco - Chief Executive Officer of Health Guard Care
- Leif Östling - Chief Executive Officer of Scania AB
- Preston Ochsner - Vice President of Frontier Utilities
- Joseph Orlickly - inventor of MRP
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- Duncan J. Palmer - senior vice president of Owens-Corning, Inc. See Forbes.com
- Ralph L. Palmer - manager of the IBM Poughkeepsie Engineering Laboratory
- Ali Partovi - Internet entrepreneur (iLike, LinkExchange) and angel investor (DropBox, Zappos, Facebook). See [163] and [164]
- Kumar Parakala - CEO KPMG (http://www.kumarparakala.com)
- Hadi Partovi - Internet entrepreneur (iLike, Tellme) and angel investor (DropBox, Zappos, Facebook). See [165] and [166]
- Diane Pearson - shareholder and CFP at Legend Financial Advisors, Inc.
- Ian Pegler - CEO of Little Chef
- Gordon Pell. Board member of the The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Chief Executive of Coutts & Co
- David Perdue - former CEO of Dollar General and Reebok. Candidate in United States Senate election in Georgia, 2014
- John A. Peters V- CEO of Shatter Box Inc.
- Timothy Pethick - Australian Entrepreneur, nudie drinks founder
- Herb H. Peyton - founder and President of the Gate Petroleum Co.
- Keyvan Peymani - Managing Director, Digital Strategy Division ICM Partners.
- William L. Phelan - Surety Underwriter at Cincinnati Financial, famous Elder High School graduate
- Darin Phillips - Author of several books on training and counseling activities, presenter at national conferences on customer insight, and consultant on competency-based human resources (talent management) best practices
- Brandon Piety - Co-founder and current Chief Operations Officer of PartnersHub, LLC.
- Craig Pisaris-Henderson - Serial Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of FindWhat.com (NASDAQ: FWHT) first publicly traded PPC search engine and first publicly traded performance-base SEO firm, Founder & CEO of MIVA, Inc. (NADSAQ: MIVA), built one of the largest performance base marketing PPC networks in the world after acquiring Espotting, Founder & CEO of Lexos Media (parent Company of Cursor Marketing and AdBull), contributing associate with Kelly Allan Associates, one of the original pioneers of SEO dating back to 1996, created first pay-for-placement local business directory (SWFL.com - 1996), one of the original pioneers of PPC, creator of the cursor ad, early adopter and pioneer of online behavioral analytics and first to introduce a post-click analytic solution for the PPC market, lead over $250 Million in global M&A, created global partnerships with many of the world's largest companies such as Lycos, Verizon and Mitsui, Winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. See [167], [168], [169], [170], [171], [172], [173], [174],
[175], [176], [177], [178],[179], [180],[181],[182],[183],[184], and [185], [186], [187], [188], [189], [190]
- Mark Pitts - The president of Urban Music at RCA Records and CEO of ByStorm Entertainment. Mark Pitts is also the former manager of The Notorious B.I.G. He now helps manage the careers of artists like Miguel and J. Cole [191], [192], [193], [194], [195], [196], [197], [198]
- Dan Porter - Internet entrepreneur (OMGPOP, Ticketweb. Worked for Richard Branson and early employee and eventually first President of Teach For America. Creator of the hit mobile game Draw Something. Known for hiring back laid off employees so they would benefit when company was sold for $200mm. See [199] and [200]. Also: [201], [202] and [203]
- Troy Post - Insurance executive and financier in Texas, 1950s and 60s.
- David Postings - CEO of Welcome Finance
- Kenneth W. Price - CEO of CHF Enterprises
- Bob Proctor - (July 5th, 1934) Chairman and Co-Founder of Proctor Gallagher Institute. He is an author, speaker, consultant, coach and mentor. He was featured in the movie, The Secret as a proponent of the Law of Attraction philosophy. His biggest book success has come from a book called You Were Born Rich. He was once an owner of an international custodial service company he founded but his start in the industry came from working directly with Earl Nightingale, the "Dean of Personal Development" who authored The Strangest Secret and created an ongoing radio program of the same name that lasted between 1950 and 1969. See [7] and [8]
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- Shafat Qazi - founder and CEO, BQE Software; creator, BillQuick, Time Tracking and Billig Software
- Mark K. Quarles - computer programmer, insurance agent, owner of CALIAN PARK Inc.
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- Richard Rumelt Author and Professor Rumelt was President of the Strategic Management Society in 1995-98. He received the Irwin Prize for his book Strategy, Structure, and Economic Performance.
- Akshat Rathee - MD of the NODWIN Group. Works actively with youth in the space of Entrepreneurship. Frequent speaker and guest on TV Shows. Fellow of the Aspen Institute USA (India Chapter). Serial Etrepreneur behind companies such as Earth 100, NODWIN gaming, LordNOD Media, Swabhimaanya, Undaz, KopyKat Restaurants, NODWIN Consultants, Launchpad, etc. Angel Investor. Also avid Video Gamer and Techie.
- Rinku Wadhwani (req. 2006-03-1) - founder, Cipher Dynamics IT Services
- Neil Rasmussen (req. 2009-03-19) - founder, American Power Conversion Corporation
- Deepak Ravindran - Entrepreneur,Startup Hero, CEO and Managing Director of Innoz Technologies (Pvt) Ltd., India
- Valentine Rei - Russian entrepreneur
- Arron Renfrew (req. 2010-05-12) - Founder of Renfrew Real Estate contributor to Catch a Dream Foundation USA, developer www.RenfrewRE.com
- Caterina Replica Gualtieri - industrialist of the fashion trademark Ketty, of building trade, decorated for the Italian resistance movement in the group Giustizia e Libertà
- Sydney J. Reso - kidnapped executive of Exxon Mobil
- Robert Riach, Riach Independent Financial Advisers, born in Carlisle 28 December 1954, Known as Bob Riach often quoted in National Financial Publications. involved with local charities and is the Vice Chairman of Lincolnshire Charity Appeals Committee, also a School Governor at Brumby School in Scunthorpe. Member of the Scunthorpe Round Table was president of The Scunthorpe Round for the year 2011/2012
- Dion C. Riggs - CEO House of Dijon, South Africa
- Efrain Rivera - Hispanic CFO for Bausch & Lomb
- Alberto Rizzoli - it:Andrea Rizzoli's son
- Andrea Rizzoli - it:Andrea Rizzoli
- Jeff Robinov - former head of Warner Bros.' cinematic division. (Requested 2014.03.30)
- David Ropes - President of Reebok
- Allan J. Ross - President/CEO of AJ Ross Creative Media, an advertising company in its 20th year in business
- Kristi Ross - Co-CEO and President of dough, Inc.
- D. Brett Rostochil -VP and Partner Allstate Roofing Experts, Insurance and Roofing Expert
- Joe Rotunda - CEO, EZCORP
- Kenneth Rowe - industrialist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Head of IMP Group.
- Ben Rudolph (businessperson) - Ben Rudolph - - Microsoft evangelist, notable for the #smokedbywindowsphone Internet campaign
- Percy S Rueber- Senior Executive Vice President & CEO Global Financial Markets, ING Bank N.V. / Board of AFME and GFMA / Economic Society of Singapore
- Andra Rush – mentioned in the state of the union address.
- Stephen L. Rush - (req. 2009-06-17) - Founder & CEO of bio-fuel manufacturing company For Fuel Freedom, Inc. [204]
- Paul Ryan (businessperson) - Paul Ryan(req. 2010-03-12) - Co-Founder of Wizard Home Loans- Founder of www.homeloanhints.com.au - Request evaluation from Admin - Possible violation for self-promotion
Jasal Shah - CEO and Managing Director - Markelytics Solutions
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- Lajos Simicska - ″Lajos Simicska is a reclusive Hungarian businessman who owns an opaque network of businesses, most prominently the construction company Közgép." - english reference. (hu)
- Wayne Sharpe - Chairman & Founder of CTX [205]
- John W. Somerhalder II - Chairman, CEO, President of AGL Resources [206] [207] [208] [209] [210] [211] Chairman of the board of directors for the Atlanta Beltline Project [212]
- Guy Saperstein: Pioneer civil rights attorney who all but invented the modern public interest class-action lawsuit. [213]
- Jeffrey Swartz: former CEO of Timberland [214]
- Steven R. Swartz: president and chief operating officer of Hearst Corporation; Swartz began his journalism career as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal in 1984 after graduating from Harvard. He served as an editor on the Journal's Page One staff from 1989 to 1991. [215] google
- Daniel Sadek - CEO, Quick Loan Fiancing
- William R. Salomon (req. 2012-10-23) - investment banker; former head of Salomon Brothers (succeeded by John Gutfreund); [216]
- Calline Sanchez - vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group, Storage Systems Program Management; won Great Minds in stem Role Model of the week; went to Harvard Business School,University of Arizona, and University of Arizona, Eller College of Management; has a Masters; wife and mother; climbed IBM ladder through promotion.
- Rudi Schmidleithner - CEO of Acer America Corporation
- Emil Schram - head, New York Stock Exchange
- Richard J. Schroth (born March 17, 1951) (req. 2009-08-13) - founder and CEO, Executive Insights, Ltd.; professional speaker ([217]); best-selling author, How Companies Lie; senior Fulbright Scholar in Information Sciences 2008–2013 ([218]); named as Top 25 Consultant in the World by Consulting Magazine 2008 ([219]); only single-practicing consultant to be named to Consulting Magazines Top 25 Consultants in the World; Executive In Residence, American University ([220]); first chief technology officer, Marriott Corporation; co-founder, Computer Sciences Corporation Vanguard; chief technology officer, Perot Systems
- Adrian Scott (entrepreneur) - social networking pioneer, Founder of Ryze, the big influence on Friendster; Napster founding investor [221] [222]
- Robert Seelert - chairman, Saatchi and Saatchi; former CEO, General Foods; wrote business book Start with the Answer
- Dov Seidman - CEO of LRN, author of How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything with foreword by Bill Clinton
- Peter Jay Sharp - Lots of public buildings in New York City named after him.
- Peggy Siegal (req. 2013-2-13) - American entertainment-business (Hollywood) publicist; founder, The Peggy Siegal Copany; [223]; [224]
- Sanford C. Sigoloff - turnaround manager and chairman, Wickes Companies in 1980s; member, Turnaround Managers Association Hall of Fame
- Boris Silver President FundersClub, Inc. www.fundersclub.com - First online venture capital firm where private investors gain access to high-growth startups. [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] [242] [243] [244] [245] [246] [247] [248] [249][250] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260] [261] [262] [263]
- John Smale (businessperson) - John Smale - executive, General Motors
- Brian Scott Smith - Service Disabled Veteran and Founder/CEO of Fighter International, LLC; visionary of the "Fighter Entrepreneurial Initiative"; executive director at award-winning iStart Jax, Inc.
- Steven Smith (businessperson) - Steven Smith - founder of Stash, Tazo, and Steven Smith Teamakers; [264]
- Jeff Sotzing - president, Carson Entertainment Group; former producer, Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
- Isaac Specter - product, OutboundEngine
- Leah Squire - CEO and founder of the award-winning, multimillion dollar business "BYOkids" and author of "Marketing With No Money."
- Billy Starr - founder, Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (www.pmc.org), the first US bike-a-thon which raises money for cancer research via the Jimmy Fund at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; over 31 years, has raised $303 million
- Reva Steenbergen - web design and vevelopment executive, entrepreneur, site design visionary, company site rich with information; [265]
- Greg Steltenpohl - co-founder, Odwalla and Adina World Beat Beverages
- Greg Stemm - co-founder, Odyssey Marine Exploration
- Pavan Sukhdev - head of UNEP's "Green Economy" Initiative; study leader for "TEEB" (the G8+5 study on the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity); managing director, Deutsche Bank
- Michael James Swan - Managing Director of Corporate Internet Solutions (rsdarkness.com), and Business Administrator of Juggle It All (juggleitall.org); [266]; [267] http://businessprofessionals.eu/Michael]
- Kent Speakman - technology and entertainment producer, [268] [www.linkedin.com/in/kentspeakman] Speakman Entertainment
- Sanjay Ghodawat - Pioneer of Sanjay Ghodawat Group, from Ichalkaranji - District Kolhapur of Maharashtra State in India
- Spirit de la MareEditor-In-Chief at Brogue Magazine, head of Brogue Industries and art collective.
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- Scott Tannen - Founder & CEO of Boll & Branch[9], Founder and former President of Funtank and Candystand which was sold to Publishers Clearing House in 2010 [10]
- Monique Tatum - CEO of Beautiful Planning Marketing & PR and creator of The Reality of FASHION The Reality of AIDS Celebrity Reality Star runway show. Celebrity and Event Publicist. Quoted in Business Week Article Company WebsiteSocial Media Today Article
- Don Dilum Tharaka Kothalawala - Managing Director & CEO of Key-School of English, Sri Lanka </https://www.facebook.com/TharakaKothalawala> and also he is a poet, a novelist & a Teacher of English. </https://www.facebook.com/DilumTharakaKothalawala>
- Stanley R. Tanka - CFO of Clif bar Inc.
- Stanley G. Tate - Florida entrepreneur. CEO and founder of Tate Enterprises. Former Chairman of RTC under the Clinton Administration. Chairman of the Board of Ameribid. [11]. Founder and former Chairman of the Florida Prepaid College Fund.
- Bill Taylor - Bill Taylor is a London, Ontario native with a notably successful career in the automotive industry that spanned 38 years. Following his retirement, Taylor accepted a new role as President of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama on July 1, 2009. Prior to joining EDPA, he was President and CEO of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, located in central Alabama. Taylor joined MBUSI in 1993, when the company first opened in the state. He played an essential role in the start-up of the new plant, driving production for five years and eventually becoming president of the company in 1999. Taylor was also instrumental in the establishment of the Mercedes Production System, which is now a global standard for all Mercedes-Benz plants in achieving only the highest levels of quality and efficiency. Taylor oversaw the plant’s $600-million expansion, which was completed at the end of 2004, as well as the beginning of a $300-million expansion underway to prepare for successor models. The plant employs more than 3,000 Team Members – significantly more than the 1,500 originally planned back in 1993. As president of one of the best-known companies in the state, Taylor was often called on to meet with prospective companies considering Alabama for new facilities. He also worked with communities and regions across the state, offering input and advice on economic development efforts. Prior to becoming president of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Taylor did his time in the "trenches", serving on the EDPA Board of Directors from 2000 to 2009 and was actively involved in Alabama’s economic development efforts through participation in a number of state and local initiatives concerning workforce development, community growth and retention and expansion methods in regards to existing industry.
- Vadim Telyatnikov - Pennsylvania entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of LiftDNA, sold to OpenX in 2012.[12]
- Richard K. Templeton - CEO of Texas Instruments
- George C Tilyou Namesake of Asbury Park, NJ icon Tillie, inventor, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/coney/peopleevents/pande04.html also named in many articles. [[269]]
- Gary Toomey - CEO of Jet Airways, former CEO of Ansett Airways, former Chief Financial Officer of Qantas
- Gary Triano - (req. 2009-07-27) - Developer in Tucson, Arizona during its period of growth. Was murdered by a bomb on November 1, 1996. His ex-wife and her lover are suspects. Notable criminal case and Tucson developer.
- Henry Tufo - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Keith Turley - (req 2007-05-13) - president of Arizona Public Service, member of Phoenix 40, responsible for the placement of Palo Verde Nuclear Plant
- Bernard J. Tyson - CEO & Chairman of Kaiser Permanente
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- Brooke Ueberroth - Vice President, Communications, Preferred Hotel Group
- Casey Ueberroth - Managing Director, Preferred Golf - Area Managing Director, Western United States, Preferred Hotel Group
- Gail Ueberroth - Chief Marketing Officer & Vice-Chair of Preferred Hotel Group
- John Ueberroth - Chairman of the Board and CEO of Preferred Hotel Group
- Lindsey Ueberroth - President of Preferred Hotel Group
- Ben Uretsky - CEO and founder of DigitalOcean, an American cloud computing provider
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- Alysha Del Valle - KABC-TV meteorologist.
- Norman B. Vansile - President Trannon Corp.; Detroit Philanthropist
- Goran Varaklic - Founder & CEO of MDG Computers
- Dilip Vellodi - CEO and Chairman, Sutherland Gobal Services
- Edwin J Venner - (req. 2012-04-01) - Founded Venners in 1896 (www.venners.co.uk). Came from a brewing family which owned Forest Hill Brewery in London and approximately 80 pubs between London and Brighton. A qualified chartered accountant who developed a specialised stocktaking system. He assisted and advised the government regarding alcohol and the defence of the Realm Act 1914 and was knighted in recognition of his service to the licensed trade in 1951. The Business of Adding Value, Published by Christie Group 2004 www.christiegroup.com
- Kal Vepuri - Founder & Chairman of The Trisiras Group
- Roger Ver - Bitcoin Angel Investor & Founder of Memory Dealers. Sources listed at http://rogerver.com/#blog
- Lew Veraldi (Former Ford vice president who led the team that produced the first Taurus in 1986)
- Edward and Lynn Via - Roanoke, VA owner of printing and publishing interests (formerly owned Claypool Comics), gives substantial sums to various political campaigns including $150,000 to VA Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell as top individual donor to the campaign.
- Patrick Viguerie - McKinsey director, author of several articles and a book.
- Idar Vollvik - Founder of Idar Vollvik Invest AS; serial entrepreneur that made Euro 100 million in 2004 when he sold Chess Communication to TeleSoniera
- Manu K. Vora - Chairman and President, Business Excellence, Inc., a global quality management consulting firm. Recipient of multiple awards in the quality field from American Society for Quality (ASQ). Also involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, including founding the Blind Foundation for India.
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- Rob Walling - author of Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup (2010), host of Startups for the Rest of Us (2010), founder of MicroConf (2011) and email marketing software Drip (2013) .
The son of an electrician and a receptionist, Rob was born in 1974 and grew up in the San Francisco bay area during the rise of the personal computer. After graduating from the University of California, Davis in the late 1990s, Rob worked as a freelance developer and consultant, but began launching small software products during his night and weekend hours. With a number of failed attempts in the early 2000s, he experienced his first notable success with invoicing software DotNetInvoice, followed by a series of other micro successes that lead him to start a community of software founders using the descriptor "Micropreneurs." Soon after, in 2010, he started a podcast with Mike Taber that became one of the most popular startup podcasts in iTunes, called Startups for the Rest of Us, as well as an annual gathering of self-funded startup founders, MicroConf, held annually in both Las Vegas and Prague. Rob has become known for promoting the idea of self-funding small software startup ideas instead of taking venture capital, as is the norm in most of the tech startup world.
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Date requested: 12 Sep. 2014 Bio: South African property investor and app developer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa on 21 December 1982. Notability: South African property investor; App of the year awards 2014; Public Speaker; Business Person; References: [279] [280] [281] [282] [283]
- Kyle Willkom - Author and Keynote Speaker.
Kyle Willkom is an energetic and insightful keynote speaker that keeps audiences laughing while they learn. He excels in his ability to engage youth audiences with his accents, music, and entertaining stories. Kyle joined FOCUS Training in 2010 and quickly became a highly sought-after motivational speaker for youth! A graduate of Marquette University, Kyle knows what it takes to effectively motivate groups. He spent a year training with the military learning universal leadership techniques that he now encourages audiences to put into practice. Kyle also spent time practicing with and managing the Marquette Men’s Basketball team, a combination that taught him lessons in time management and dedication. Kyle started a comedy rap group called the Spanish Odonnells while at Marquette; they now have over 150,000 views on Youtube and have played live for large audiences. [284]
With his charming personality, quick wit, hilarious accents, and musical ability, Kyle captures the attention of audiences and empowers them to become strong leaders.
- Philip Wynne - Owner of Felipe Gregorio, Inc., Established 1990, graduated from American University.
The son of an American foreign service officer, Wynne started in the cigar business in 1990 in Honduras, where he worked with La Flor de Copan and factory situated in Santa Rosa de Copan, there he created the Petrus, Tesoros de Copan, and Felipe Gregorio Brands in 1994, he started operations in Condega Nicaragua one of the first US investors in Nicaragua after the Sandinista Government took office. Frank Sinatra came to him and asked him to make his cigar brand, Mr. Sinatra insisted that brand be made in the Dominican Republic, Wynne with the financial backing of Sinatra built Tabacalera Real in 1998. Known for his blending abilities and the introduction of the first full bodied cigars in the US Market, (3)Wynne is now growing tobacco and making cigars in the Cordillera Central region of Costa Rica.(4) “Being a cigar maker, you are an environmentalist by choice, because you are dealing with Earth’s riches and I feel I have to give back. An active sponsor of the Rutamaya Foundation in Honduras, dedicated to preserving the rainforest and helping the Mayan peoples of Central America.
He is also involved in local charities in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic such as: Kids Saving The Rain Forest and Doulos Discovery School.
Cigar Legend Perelmans’s Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars 1997 (1) Cigar Star Cigar Aficionado 1995 (2)
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- Eric Yaverbaum - Best Selling Author of "PR For Dummies" and "Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEO'S" and PR Agency Owner (Ericho Communications)
- Chee Siew Yaw - Founder Otto Marine Pte Ltd and also owns Sihayo Gold. Chairs Perdana Parkcity, a Kuala Lumpur condo developer that is part of logging group Samling, owned by his father, Yaw Teck Seng, and brother Chee Ming, both among Malaysia's richest.
- Oleg Yefimov - Founder and CEO of Dissident Ltd.
- Kaan Yigit - founder and president of Solutions Research Group Consultants Inc.
- Peter Yip - Executive Chairman of the Board and CEO, CDC Software. founder of Yipkon Business Systems. Sold to MCI Worldcom in 1987. [292][293][294]
- Yu Yongda - eminent Chinese economist based at Tsinghua University, advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, head of the State Council's leadership oversight committee
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- Joseph Zada - US businessman currently being sued by Sergei Fedorov and others regarding failure to pay back money invested to him ($60 million US dollars). Zada claims the money was a loan and repayment has been delayed due to "a sad time in our economy" [295]
- Ron Zarella - An executive of General Motors
- Sylvain Zimmer - Founder of Jamendo
- Arvind Saxena - Director at Hyundai Motor India Limited
- Klaas Zwart - Dutch businessman and racing driver; founded Petroline 1980 [296]; holder of 9 US patents; owner Ascari Cars
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