List of Jewish American businesspeople
Appearance
This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans. |
Advertising and public relations
Aerospace
- Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics)[1][2]
- Jesse Itzler (1968–), co-founder of Marquis Jet (now NetJets), a private jet card company, and co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks[3][4]
- Abraham Karem (1937–), Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft, Inc., UAV (drone) technology pioneer[5]
- Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of TRW Inc.[6][7]
- Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–), long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications Inc.[8]
- Al Schwimmer (1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI)[9][10]
Cosmetics
Energy and mining
- Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012[11][12]
- Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation[13]
- Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)[14]
- Marvin Davis (1925–2004), chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., brief owner of 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel; member of the Davis family[15]
- Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.[16]
- Avram Glazer (1960–), former chairman and CEO of Zapata Corp. (now HRG Group, Inc.), co-chairman of family-owned EPL's Manchester United F.C.; member of the Glazer family[17]
- Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company[18]
- Jack J. Grynberg (1932–), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.[19][20]
- Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family[21][22]
- Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco[23][24][25]
- Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of the Hess Corporation (now led by his son, John B. Hess (1954–)) and former owner of NFL's New York Jets[26]
- Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros.[27]
- George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company[28][29]
- Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company[30]
- Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah[31]
- Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy[32]
- Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc.[33]
- Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company[34]
Financial services
Food
Manufacturing and distribution
Miscellaneous
- Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International[35][36]
- Larry Baer, CEO of MLB's San Francisco Giants[37]
- Henry (1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc.[38]
- Al Davis (1929–2011), long-time owner of NFL's Oakland Raiders[39]
- Heidi Fleiss (1965–), former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport[40]
- Orit Gadiesh (1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company[41]
- Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company[42]
- Ami James (1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge[43][44]
- Jules Kroll (1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.[45]
- Terry Lenzner (1939–), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI)[46]
- Jason Levien, co-owner of D.C. United Holdings (holds MLS' D.C. United), co-owner of EFL Championship's Swansea City A.F.C. and NBL Australia's Brisbane Bullets, former CEO of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies[47]
- Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of Moishe's Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios[48]
- Barry Minkow (1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co.[49]
- Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of Budget Rent-a-Car[50][51]
- Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons[52][53]
- Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company[54]
- Mark Weinberger, former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)[55][56]
- Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration[57][58]
Music industry
Newspapers and publishing
Pharmaceuticals and healthcare
- Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–), Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics[59]
- Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)[60][61]
- Phillip Frost (1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva[62]
- Alex Grass (1927–2009), founder of the Rite Aid Corporation[63]
- Bennett Greenspan (1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)[64][65]
- Rachel Haurwitz (1985–), co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences[66]
- Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare[67]
- Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva[68]
- Arthur D. Levinson (1950–), CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech[69]
- Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation[70]
- Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc.[71][72]
- Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC[73]
- Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in 2012)[74]
- Martine Rothblatt (1954–), founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio[75][76]
- Mortimer (1916–2010) and Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family[77]
- Leonard Schleifer (1953–), founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals[78][79]
- Cheryl Shuman, founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club[80]
- Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies[81]
- Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of ImClone Systems, Kadmon Corporation[82][83][84]
- Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)[85][86]
- Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Inc.[87]
Real estate
Retail
Technology and software
- Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp.[88]
- Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security LLC[89]
- Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)[90]
- Beny Alagem (1953–), Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel[91]
- Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology[92]
- Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of NBA's Los Angeles Clippers[93][94]
- Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast Corporation[95]
- Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation[96]
- Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk[97]
- Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.[98]
- Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)[99]
- Michael Dell (1965–), founder of DELL[100]
- Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation[101]
- David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa[102]
- Gideon Gartner (1935–), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.[103]
- Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation[104]
- Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel[105][106]
- Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel[107]
- Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)[108]
- Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation[109]
- David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.[110][111]
- Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm Incorporated[112]
- Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation[113]
- Dan Kaminsky, co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops[114]
- Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)[115][116]
- Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37[117][118]
- Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker)[119]
- Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation[120]
- Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay[121]
- Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim[122]
- Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum[123]
- Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation[124][125]
- Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family[126][127]
- Lior Ron (1977–), Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps[128]
- Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds[129]
- Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global[130]
- Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)[131]
- Henry Samueli (1954–), co-founder of the Broadcom Corporation, owner of NHL's Anaheim Ducks (founded in 1993 by Disney as "the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim")[132]
- Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity Corporation[133]
- Dan Schulman (1958–), president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile[134]
- Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners[135]
- Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation[136][137][138]
- Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello[139][140]
- Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc., former Executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions[141]
- Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)[142]
- Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems[143]
- Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TeleTech[144]
- Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm[145]
- Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing[146][147]
- Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research[148]
- Amit Yoran, former president of RSA Security LLC, former CEO of network security company Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech[149]
- Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)[150]
- John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft[151]
- Nir Zuk (1971–), Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks[152]
New media
- Robert A. Altman (1947–), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)[153]
- Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI[154]
- Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com[155][156]
- Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance[157]
- Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce[158]
- Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X[159][160]
- Jay Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX[161]
- Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.[162]
- Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment[163]
- Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.[164][165]
- Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo[166]
- Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps[167]
- Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images[168]
- Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC[169][170]
- Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.[171]
- Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively[172]
- Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)[173]
- Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), co-founder of Groupon[174]
- Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"[159][175]
- Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.[176]
- Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)[177]
- David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com[178][179]
- Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno[180]
- Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon[181]
- Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)[182][183]
- Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[184][185]
- Ilya Movshovich (1981–), Russian-American founder of CARMAnation[186]
- Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork[187][188]
- Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist[189]
- Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks[190]
- Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock[191]
- Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.[192]
- Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)[193]
- Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga[194][195][196]
- Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.[197]
- Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage[198]
- Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder[199][200]
- Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com[201]
- David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal[202]
- Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google[203]
- Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.[204][205]
- Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp[206]
- Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit[207]
- Jeff Weiner (1970–), CEO of LinkedIn[208]
- Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.[209]
- Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia[210]
- Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.[211]
Television, film and video
Tourism and hotels
- Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), casino magnate, founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (owns the Venetian, the Palazzo, Marina Bay Sands), co-founder of the Interface Group (COMDEX)[212][213]
- Micky Arison (1949–), Israeli-American chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel leisure company and owner of NBA's Miami Heat; member of the Arison family[214][215][216][217]
- Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills[218][219]
- Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner[220][221]
- Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus[222]
- Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Toas Ski Valley[223]
- Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires[224][225]
- Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)[226][227]
- Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos[228]
- Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers[229]
- Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International[230]
- Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.[231]
- David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)[232]
- Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel[233][234]
- Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins[235]
- Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)[236][237]
- Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino[238]
- Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator[239]
- Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family[240][241]
- Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach[242][243]
- Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher[244]
- Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC[245]
- Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group[246][247]
- Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family[248][249]
- Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)[250][251]
- Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts[252]
- Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner[253]
- Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group[254][255]
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino[256]
- David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts[257][258]
- Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels[259][260]
- Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)[261][262]
- Jonathan Tisch (1953–), chairman of Loews Hotels, co-chairman of family-owned Loews Corporation and co-owner of NFL's New York Giants; member of the Tisch family[263][264]
- Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts[265]
Restaurants
- Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins[266][267]
- George Cohon (1937–), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's of Canada and Russia[268]
- Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))[269]
- Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream)[270]
- Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants[271]
- Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)[272]
- Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse[273]
- Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel[274]
- William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts[275][276]
- Howard Schultz (1953–), former Executive Chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron[277]
- Daniel Schwartz, co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes[278]
- Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks Corporation[279][280]
See also
- Lists of Jewish Americans
- Businesspeople
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Further reading
- Aris, Stephen (1970). The Jews in Business. Cape. ISBN 978-0224619530.
- Birmingham, Stephen (1999). "The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815606147.
- Chapman, Peter (2010). The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008. Penguin. ISBN 978-1591843092.
- Wiener Cohen, Naomi (1999). Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 978-0874519488.
- Foxman, Abraham (2010). Jews and Money: The Story of a Stereotype. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0230623859.
- Gabler, Neal (2010) [1988]. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Doubleday. ISBN 9780307773715.
- Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power: Inside The American Jewish Establishment. Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0201327984.
- Gurock, Jeffrey (1997). Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415919210.
- Krefetz, Gerald (1982). Jews and Money: The Myths and the Reality. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 9780899191294.
- Marschall, John P. (2008). Jews in Nevada: A History. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 9780874177374.
- Norwood, Stephen Harlan; Pollack, Eunice G. (2008). Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Band 1. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851096381.
- Pfeffer, Jacob (1917). Distinguished Jews of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of Jews who Have Made Their Mark in Business, the Professions, Politics, Science, Etc. Distinguished Jews of America Pub. Co.
- Sachar, Howard Morley (2007). A History of the Jews in the Modern World. Knopf. ISBN 9780307424365.
- Shapiro, Edward S. (1995). A Time for Healing: American Jewry since World War II. JHU Press. ISBN 9780801851247.
- Sombart, Werner (2015) [1913]. The Jews and Modern Capitalism. Martino Fine Books. ISBN 978-1614277637.