List of entrepreneurs
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This is a list of entrepreneurs by century. An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and/or initiative.[1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs.
17th-century entrepreneurs
- Regina Basilier (1572-1631), Swedish-German banker, trader and investor
- Birgitta Durell (1619-1683), Dutch-Swedish manufactor-industrialist
- Louis De Geer (1587–1652), Walloon-born Dutch-Swedish businessman and industrialist; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
- Isaac Le Maire (ca.1558-1624), Walloon-born Dutch businessman and investor; active mainly in the Dutch Republic
- Johan Palmstruch (1611-1671), Latvian-born Dutch-Swedish businessman, investor, and financial innovator; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
- Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609-1680), French entrepreneur, creator of the Canal du Midi
18th-century entrepreneurs
- Anna Elisabeth Baer 1878-1955 (shipping business), Finland
- Samuel Crompton 1753-1827 (spinning mule), Great Britain
- Caroline Gother 1761-1836 (banking), Sweden
- Johns Hopkins 1795-1873 (personal business), USA
- Anna Lohe 1654-1731 (banking business), Sweden
- Thomas Newcomen 1664-1729 (steam engine), Great Britain
- Charlotta Richardy 1751-1831 (manufacture), Sweden
- Brigitta Sahlgren 1694-1771 (sugar), Sweden
- James Watt 1736-1819 (tugboats), Great Britain
19th-century entrepreneurs
- John Jacob Astor (real estate), USA
- Augusta Björkenstam (transportation), Sweden
- Andrew Carnegie (steel), Pittsburgh, USA and Scotland
- James Buchanan Duke (tobacco), USA
- Thomas Alva Edison (film, telecommunication, technology, scientific research, energy), USA
- Charles T. Hinde (shipping, railroads, hotels), USA
- Biddy Mason (real estate), California, USA
- J. P. Morgan (finance), USA
- Antoinette Nording (perfume), Sweden
- John D. Rockefeller (oil), USA
- Joseph Seligman (banking), USA
- Eugene Sharrer (plantations, retail, river steamers), Nyasaland (present-day Malawi)
- Claus Spreckels (sugar industry), Germany
- Leland Stanford (railroads), California, USA
- Levi Strauss (retail), USA/Germany
- Jamsetji Tata (shipping, steel industry, hotels, education), India
- Nikola Tesla (AC induction motor), USA, Yugoslavia (born in Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Alessandro Torlonia (banking), Italy[2]
- Richard Trevithick (mining and steam engines), Great Britain
- Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads), USA
20th-century entrepreneurs
- Agha Hasan Abedi (banking), Pakistan
- Paul Allen (computers, scientific research, real estate, media, education, entertainment, artificial intelligence, space, philanthropy), USA
- Dhirubhai Ambani (reliance industries), India
- Mary Kay Ash (cosmetics), USA
- Bang Si-hyuk (music), South Korea
- Otto Beisheim (retail), Germany
- William Boeing (aviation), USA
- Richard Branson (media, transportation, space), UK
- Coco Chanel (fashion), France
- Michael Dell (computers), USA
- Richard M. DeVos, Sr. (multi-level marketing), USA
- Walt Disney (animation), USA
- Larry Ellison (computers), USA
- Enzo Ferrari (sports cars), Italy
- Henry Ford (automobile manufacturing), USA
- Bill Gates (computers, philanthropy, investments) USA
- Henry Hu (technology), Hong Kong
- Howard Hughes (aviation, film), USA
- Steve Jobs (computers, technology, animation), USA
- Dean Kamen (technology), USA
- Ingvar Kamprad (retail), Sweden
- Vinod Khosla (technology), USA
- Ferruccio Lamborghini (sports cars), Italy
- Estée Lauder (cosmetics), USA
- Jorge Loring Martinez (aviation), Spain
- Vijay Mallya (breweries), India
- Terry Matthews (technology), Canada
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (biotechnology), India
- Vince McMahon (entertainment media), USA
- Sunil Mittal (telecommunication), India
- N. R. Narayana Murthy (information technology), India
- Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu (transportation, manufacturing), Nigeria
- Anita Roddick (retail), UK
- Michael J. Saylor (Internet), USA
- Magnús Scheving (entertainment, health), Iceland
- Carlos Slim (telecommunications), Mexico
- Alan Sugar (technology), UK
- J. R. D. Tata (steel, aviation, information technology, transportation, cosmetics, consumer products, education), France/India
- Donald Trump (real estate development), USA
- Ted Turner (entertainment media), USA
- Madam C.J. Walker (retail, philanthropy), USA
- Sam M. Walton (retail), US
- Oprah Winfrey (entertainment), USA
- Steve Wozniak (computers, technology, education, philanthropy), USA
21st-century entrepreneurs
- Annisul Huq (Business and television)
- Brian Acton (Internet), USA
- Bhavish Aggarwal (Internet), India
- Charles T. Akre (securities), USA
- Qais Al Khonji (oil and gas), Oman
- Folorunso Alakija (fashion, oil and gas), Nigeria
- Rod Aldridge (business process outsourcing, education), UK
- Pierre Andurand (investments), France
- Sachin Bansal (Internet), India
- Eike Batista (mining, oil and gas exploration), Brazil
- Steve Baxter (Internet), Australia
- David Benaron (digital health), USA
- Jeff Bezos (Internet, space), USA
- Joe Blackman (events, entertainment), UK/USA
- Ryan Blair (multi-level marketing), USA
- Sara Blakely (retail), USA
- Hernán Botbol (Internet), Argentina
- Sergey Brin (Internet), USA
- Tory Burch (retail), USA
- Malcolm CasSelle (Internet), USA/China
- Sean Combs (music and entertainment), USA
- Nancy Cruickshank (Internet), UK
- Mark Cuban (Internet), USA
- Nick D'Aloisio (Internet), UK
- Aliko Dangote (manufacturing, real estate, oil and gas), Nigeria
- Jack Dorsey (Internet), USA
- Helmy Eltoukhy (genomics), USA
- Shawn Fanning (Internet), USA
- Jon Fisher (Internet), USA
- Vishal Gondal (video gaming), India
- Reid Hoffman (Internet), USA
- Drew Houston (Internet), USA
- Arianna Huffington (Internet), USA
- Steve Huffman (Internet), USA
- Jessica Huie (greeting cards), UK
- Mohammed Ibrahim (telecommunication), Sudan
- Daymond John (clothing), USA
- Elle Kaplan (finance), USA
- David Karp (Internet), USA
- Sal Khan (education), USA
- Jan Koum (Internet), USA
- Jeremy Levitt (Internet), Australia
- Ana Maiques (healthcare), Spain
- Fadi Makki (trade), Middle East (Lebanon, Qatar)
- Strive Masiyiwa (telecommunication), Zimbabwe
- Rudy A. Mazzocchi (healthcare), USA
- Javier Moll (media), Spain/Australia
- Dave Morin (Internet), USA
- Ilya Movshovich (Internet), Russia/USA
- Rupert Murdoch (media, entertainment), UK/USA
- Elon Musk (Internet, space, energy, neurotechnology, transportation, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, electric cars), USA/South Africa
- Andrew Nisbet (catering), UK
- Phiwa Nkambule (Internet), South Africa
- Alexis Ohanian (Internet), USA
- Larry Page (Internet), USA
- Sean Parker (Internet), USA
- Melanie Perkins (Internet), Australia
- Stefano Pessina (healthcare), Italy
- Michelle Phan (Internet), USA
- Manny Phesto (music, cannabis/CBD), USA
- Bhargav Sri Prakash (automotive, education, healthcare), USA/India
- Azim Premji (information technology services), India
- Kelsey Ramsden (construction, children's toys), Canada
- Burton Rocks (Internet), USA
- Kevin Rose (Internet), USA
- Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Internet), India
- Param Singh (Internet, property), UK
- Lane Sutton (Internet), USA
- Kevin Systrom (Internet), USA
- Rodrigo Teijeiro (Internet), Argentina/Brazil
- Wang Jianlin (real estate development), China
- Emily Weiss (beauty), USA
- Anne Wojcicki (personal genomics), USA
- Wu Yajun (property developer), China
- Malala Yousafzai (education), Pakistan
- Mark Zuckerberg (Internet), USA
- Jack Ma (Internet), China
- Tânia Tomé (Consultancy, Investment & trainings), Mozambique
See also
References
- ^ O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 6. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016