Famous Business

Indian industrialist, engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who chaired Tata Group from 1991 to 2012 and received India's highest civilian honors

American NASA astronaut, naval aviator, and engineer who was the eleventh and last human to walk on the Moon

American inventor and business leader who developed the Singer sewing machine and founded one of the first American multi-national businesses

American industrialist and entrepreneur who founded the Ford Motor Company, pioneering affordable automobiles for the middle class through the system of Fordism

Italian inventor and radio pioneer credited with developing the practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics

American businessperson, politician, philanthropist, and art collector who served as the 41st Vice President of the United States and the 49th Governor of New York

American statistician and inventor who developed the electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards, ushering in the era of mechanized data processing

49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islam, business magnate, and philanthropist who led global humanitarian and development initiatives

Japanese association football player and manager who played as a forward for the national team and later managed it, also a businessperson

Japanese engineer and industrialist who founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and transformed it into a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer

British stockbroker and humanitarian who orchestrated the Czech Kindertransport, saving 669 Jewish children from Nazi persecution before World War II

French-Italian fashion designer and grand couturier celebrated for his avant-garde Space Age designs and geometric styles

18th Prime Minister of Canada, lawyer, businessman, and politician known for leading the Progressive Conservative Party from 1984 to 1993

Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian who saved thousands of Jews in German-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust by issuing protective passports and creating safe houses

American businessman, management consultant, founder of LAUNCH Media, and CEO of SurveyMonkey

American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, and internet-political activist who helped develop RSS, Creative Commons, Markdown, and co-founded Reddit

American entrepreneur and computer scientist known for leading Zappos and co-founding LinkExchange, impacting online retail and advertising

American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman known as the top-selling female artist in regional Mexican music

American businessperson who co-founded The Gap Inc. clothing stores and became a billionaire businesswoman

American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist widely regarded as the 'King of Pop' who broke racial barriers and redefined visual performance in music

American professional boxer, two-time world heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, and successful businessperson known for the George Foreman Grill

Japanese industrialist and entrepreneur who founded Panasonic, the largest Japanese consumer electronics company, earning the title 'God of Management' in Japan

British fashion designer, activist, and businessperson who largely brought modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream