List of entrepreneurs: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
Removing link(s) / list item(s) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minamoto Takahito closed as delete (XFDcloser) |
Removing link(s) / list item(s) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phiwa Nkambule (2nd nomination) closed as delete (XFDcloser) |
||
(33 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown) | |||
Line 39: | Line 39: | ||
* [[Brigitta Sahlgren]] 1694–1771 (sugar), Sweden |
* [[Brigitta Sahlgren]] 1694–1771 (sugar), Sweden |
||
* [[James Watt]] 1736–1819 (tugboats), Great Britain |
* [[James Watt]] 1736–1819 (tugboats), Great Britain |
||
* [[Josiah Wedgwood]] 1730–1795 (pottery), Great Britain |
|||
* [[Robert Wood Johnson I]] 1845–1910 (medical device), U.S. |
* [[Robert Wood Johnson I]] 1845–1910 (medical device), U.S. |
||
Line 46: | Line 47: | ||
* [[John Jacob Astor]] (real estate), U.S. |
* [[John Jacob Astor]] (real estate), U.S. |
||
* [[Augusta Björkenstam]] (transportation), Sweden |
* [[Augusta Björkenstam]] (transportation), Sweden |
||
* [[George Cadbury]] (confectionery), UK |
|||
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (steel), Pittsburgh, U.S. and Scotland |
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (steel), Pittsburgh, U.S. and Scotland |
||
* [[James Buchanan Duke]] (tobacco), U.S. |
* [[James Buchanan Duke]] (tobacco), U.S. |
||
Line 51: | Line 53: | ||
* [[Charles T. Hinde]] (shipping, railroads, hotels), U.S. |
* [[Charles T. Hinde]] (shipping, railroads, hotels), U.S. |
||
* [[Rapid Ferry|Quah Beng Kee]] (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia |
* [[Rapid Ferry|Quah Beng Kee]] (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia |
||
* [[Pryce Pryce-Jones]] (mail order pioneer), UK |
|||
* [[Biddy Mason]] (real estate), California, U.S. |
* [[Biddy Mason]] (real estate), California, U.S. |
||
* [[J. P. Morgan]] (finance), U.S. |
* [[J. P. Morgan]] (finance), U.S. |
||
* [[Antoinette Nording]] (perfume), Sweden |
* [[Antoinette Nording]] (perfume), Sweden |
||
* [[John D. Rockefeller]] (oil), U.S. |
* [[John D. Rockefeller]] (oil), U.S. |
||
* [[Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist)|Joseph Rowntree]] (confectionery), UK |
|||
* [[Joseph Seligman]] (banking), U.S. |
* [[Joseph Seligman]] (banking), U.S. |
||
* [[Eugene Sharrer]] (plantations, retail, river steamers), [[Nyasaland]] (present-day Malawi) |
* [[Eugene Sharrer]] (plantations, retail, river steamers), [[Nyasaland]] (present-day Malawi) |
||
Line 80: | Line 84: | ||
* [[Richard Branson]] (media, transportation, space), UK |
* [[Richard Branson]] (media, transportation, space), UK |
||
* [[Coco Chanel]] (fashion), France |
* [[Coco Chanel]] (fashion), France |
||
* [[Jack Cohen (businessman)|Jack Cohen]] (retail), UK |
|||
* [[Michael Dell]] (computers), U.S. |
* [[Michael Dell]] (computers), U.S. |
||
* [[Oscar Deutsch]] (cinemas), UK |
|||
* [[Richard M. DeVos, Sr.]] (multi-level marketing), U.S. |
* [[Richard M. DeVos, Sr.]] (multi-level marketing), U.S. |
||
* [[Walt Disney]] (animation), U.S. |
* [[Walt Disney]] (animation), U.S. |
||
* [[James Dyson]] (vacuum cleaner), UK |
|||
* [[Larry Ellison]] (computers), U.S. |
* [[Larry Ellison]] (computers), U.S. |
||
* [[Fan Hongwei]] (petrochemicals), China |
* [[Fan Hongwei]] (petrochemicals), China |
||
Line 98: | Line 105: | ||
* [[Jorge Loring Martinez]] (aviation), Spain |
* [[Jorge Loring Martinez]] (aviation), Spain |
||
* [[Vijay Mallya]] (breweries), India |
* [[Vijay Mallya]] (breweries), India |
||
* [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|Jim Marshall]] (music equipment), UK |
|||
* [[Terry Matthews]] (technology), Canada |
* [[Terry Matthews]] (technology), Canada |
||
* [[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw]] (biotechnology), India |
* [[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw]] (biotechnology), India |
||
Line 122: | Line 130: | ||
== 21st-century entrepreneurs == |
== 21st-century entrepreneurs == |
||
<!--Entries in this list should already have a sourced stand-alone article for the entrepreneur on en-Wiki.--> |
<!--Entries in this list should already have a sourced stand-alone article for the entrepreneur on en-Wiki.--> |
||
⚫ | |||
*[[Annisul Huq]] (Business and television) |
*[[Annisul Huq]] (Business and television) |
||
*[[Brian Acton]] (Internet), U.S. |
*[[Brian Acton]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
Line 145: | Line 154: | ||
* [[Malcolm CasSelle]] (Internet), U.S./China |
* [[Malcolm CasSelle]] (Internet), U.S./China |
||
* [[Lee Chambers (psychologist)]] (healthcare), UK |
* [[Lee Chambers (psychologist)]] (healthcare), UK |
||
* [[Sean Combs]] (music and entertainment), U.S. |
* [[Sean Combs|Sean "Diddy" Combs]] (music and entertainment), U.S. |
||
* [[Simon Cowell]] (music and television), UK |
|||
* [[Nancy Cruickshank]] (Internet), UK |
* [[Nancy Cruickshank]] (Internet), UK |
||
* [[Mark Cuban]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Mark Cuban]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
Line 154: | Line 164: | ||
* [[Shawn Fanning]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Shawn Fanning]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Rihanna]] (cosmetics), Barbados |
* [[Rihanna]] (cosmetics), Barbados |
||
⚫ | |||
* [[Jon Fisher]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Jon Fisher]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Simon Fuller]] (music and television), UK |
|||
* [[Mattamy Homes#Philanthropy|Peter Gilgan]] (construction), Canada |
* [[Mattamy Homes#Philanthropy|Peter Gilgan]] (construction), Canada |
||
* [[Vishal Gondal]] (video gaming), India |
* [[Vishal Gondal]] (video gaming), India |
||
* [[Reid Hoffman]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Reid Hoffman]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Alex Hofmann (executive)|Alex Hofmann]] (executive), U.S. |
|||
* [[Drew Houston]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Drew Houston]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Arianna Huffington]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Arianna Huffington]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
Line 168: | Line 181: | ||
* [[David Karp (entrepreneur)|David Karp]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[David Karp (entrepreneur)|David Karp]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Sal Khan]] (education), U.S. |
* [[Sal Khan]] (education), U.S. |
||
⚫ | |||
* [[Jan Koum]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Jan Koum]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
⚫ | |||
* [[Prescott Lee]] (technology industry), U.S. |
|||
* [[Jeremy Levitt]] (Internet), Australia |
* [[Jeremy Levitt]] (Internet), Australia |
||
* [[Jack Ma]] (Internet), China |
* [[Jack Ma]] (Internet), China |
||
Line 182: | Line 196: | ||
* [[Carrie Rose]] (Internet), UK |
* [[Carrie Rose]] (Internet), UK |
||
*[[Andrew Nisbet]] (catering), UK |
*[[Andrew Nisbet]] (catering), UK |
||
* [[Phiwa Nkambule]] (Internet), South Africa |
|||
* [[Alexis Ohanian]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Alexis Ohanian]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Larry Page]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Larry Page]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
Line 196: | Line 209: | ||
* [[Vijay Shekhar Sharma]] (Internet), India |
* [[Vijay Shekhar Sharma]] (Internet), India |
||
* [[Param Singh (entrepreneur)|Param Singh]] (Internet, property), UK |
* [[Param Singh (entrepreneur)|Param Singh]] (Internet, property), UK |
||
⚫ | |||
* [[Lane Sutton]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Lane Sutton]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
* [[Kevin Systrom]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Kevin Systrom]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
⚫ | |||
* [[Rodrigo Teijeiro]] (Internet), Argentina/Brazil |
* [[Rodrigo Teijeiro]] (Internet), Argentina/Brazil |
||
* [[Tânia Tomé]] (Consultancy, Investment & training), Mozambique |
* [[Tânia Tomé]] (Consultancy, Investment & training), Mozambique |
||
Line 204: | Line 219: | ||
* [[Anne Wojcicki]] ([[personal genomics]]), U.S. |
* [[Anne Wojcicki]] ([[personal genomics]]), U.S. |
||
* [[Wu Yajun]] (property developer), China |
* [[Wu Yajun]] (property developer), China |
||
* [[Malala Yousafzai |
* [[Malala Yousafzai]] (education), Pakistan |
||
* [[Mark Zuckerberg]] (Internet), U.S. |
* [[Mark Zuckerberg]] (Internet), U.S. |
||
<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> |
|||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
⚫ | |||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
Line 230: | Line 242: | ||
{{Lists of people considered founders by specific groups|state=autocollapse}} |
{{Lists of people considered founders by specific groups|state=autocollapse}} |
||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Entrepreneurs}} |
|||
[[Category:Entrepreneurship]] |
[[Category:Entrepreneurship]] |
||
[[Category:Lists of businesspeople|Entrepreneurs]] |
[[Category:Lists of businesspeople|Entrepreneurs]] |
Latest revision as of 06:32, 20 December 2024
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2014) |
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 initiative.[1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs.
<18th-century entrepreneurs
[edit]- Regina Basilier (1572–1631), Swedish-German banker, trader and investor
- Birgitta Durell (1619–1683), Dutch-Swedish manufacturer-industrialist
- Louis De Geer (1587–1652), Walloon-born Dutch-Swedish businessman and industrialist; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
- Isaac Le Maire (c.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
[edit]- 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), U.S.
- 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
- Josiah Wedgwood 1730–1795 (pottery), Great Britain
- Robert Wood Johnson I 1845–1910 (medical device), U.S.
19th-century entrepreneurs
[edit]- John Jacob Astor (real estate), U.S.
- Augusta Björkenstam (transportation), Sweden
- George Cadbury (confectionery), UK
- Andrew Carnegie (steel), Pittsburgh, U.S. and Scotland
- James Buchanan Duke (tobacco), U.S.
- Thomas Alva Edison (film, telecommunication, technology, scientific research, energy), U.S.
- Charles T. Hinde (shipping, railroads, hotels), U.S.
- Quah Beng Kee (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia
- Pryce Pryce-Jones (mail order pioneer), UK
- Biddy Mason (real estate), California, U.S.
- J. P. Morgan (finance), U.S.
- Antoinette Nording (perfume), Sweden
- John D. Rockefeller (oil), U.S.
- Joseph Rowntree (confectionery), UK
- Joseph Seligman (banking), U.S.
- Eugene Sharrer (plantations, retail, river steamers), Nyasaland (present-day Malawi)
- Claus Spreckels (sugar industry), Germany
- Leland Stanford (railroads), California, U.S.
- Levi Strauss (retail), U.S./Germany
- Jamsetji Tata (shipping, steel industry, hotels, education), India
- Nikola Tesla (AC induction motor), U.S., Yugoslavia (born in Austro-Hungarian Empire)
- Alessandro Torlonia (banking), Italy[2]
- Richard Trevithick (mining and steam engines), Great Britain
- Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads), U.S.
- George Westinghouse (railroad braking, switching, and signalling systems; commercialization of natural gas; development, transmission and application of AC electricity), U.S.
20th-century entrepreneurs
[edit]- Agha Hasan Abedi (banking), Pakistan
- Paul Allen (computers, scientific research, real estate, media, education, entertainment, artificial intelligence, space, philanthropy), U.S.
- Dhirubhai Ambani (reliance industries), India
- Mary Kay Ash (cosmetics), U.S.
- Bang Si-hyuk (music), South Korea
- Otto Beisheim (retail), Germany
- William Boeing (aviation), U.S.
- Warren Buffett (investor), U.S.
- Richard Branson (media, transportation, space), UK
- Coco Chanel (fashion), France
- Jack Cohen (retail), UK
- Michael Dell (computers), U.S.
- Oscar Deutsch (cinemas), UK
- Richard M. DeVos, Sr. (multi-level marketing), U.S.
- Walt Disney (animation), U.S.
- James Dyson (vacuum cleaner), UK
- Larry Ellison (computers), U.S.
- Fan Hongwei (petrochemicals), China
- Enzo Ferrari (sports cars), Italy
- Henry Ford (automobile manufacturing), U.S.
- Bill Gates (computers, philanthropy, investments) U.S.
- Henry Hu (technology), Hong Kong
- Howard Hughes (aviation, film), U.S.
- Steve Jobs (computers, technology, animation), U.S.
- Dean Kamen (technology), U.S.
- Ingvar Kamprad (retail), Sweden
- Vinod Khosla (technology), U.S.
- Ferruccio Lamborghini (sports cars), Italy
- Estée Lauder (cosmetics), U.S.
- Jorge Loring Martinez (aviation), Spain
- Vijay Mallya (breweries), India
- Jim Marshall (music equipment), UK
- Terry Matthews (technology), Canada
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (biotechnology), India
- Vince McMahon (entertainment media), U.S.
- Sunil Mittal (telecommunication), India
- N. R. Narayana Murthy (information technology), India
- Nian Guangjiu (food), China
- Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu (transportation, manufacturing), Nigeria
- Qin Yinglin (agriculture), China
- Anita Roddick (retail), UK
- Michael J. Saylor (Internet), U.S.
- 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
- Ted Turner (entertainment media), U.S.
- Madam C.J. Walker (retail, philanthropy), U.S.
- Sam M. Walton (retail), US
- Oprah Winfrey (entertainment), U.S.
- Steve Wozniak (computers, technology, education, philanthropy), U.S.
- George Lucas (entertainment), U.S.
- Zhong Huijuan (pharmaceuticals), China
21st-century entrepreneurs
[edit]- Annisul Huq (Business and television)
- Brian Acton (Internet), U.S.
- Ritesh Agarwal (Internet), India
- Bhavish Aggarwal (Internet), India
- Charles T. Akre (securities), U.S.
- Folorunso Alakija (fashion, oil and gas), Nigeria
- Rod Aldridge (business process outsourcing, education), UK
- Pierre Andurand (investments), France
- Trishneet Arora (Cyber Security), India
- Sachin Bansal (Internet), India
- Eike Batista (mining, oil and gas exploration), Brazil
- Steve Baxter (Internet), Australia
- David Benaron (digital health), U.S.
- Jeff Bezos (Internet, space), U.S.
- Constantin Bisanz (Investor), U.S.
- Joe Blackman (events, entertainment), UK/U.S.
- Ryan Blair (multi-level marketing), U.S.
- Sara Blakely (retail), U.S.
- Hernán Botbol (Internet), Argentina
- Sergey Brin (Internet), U.S.
- Tory Burch (retail), U.S.
- Malcolm CasSelle (Internet), U.S./China
- Lee Chambers (psychologist) (healthcare), UK
- Sean "Diddy" Combs (music and entertainment), U.S.
- Simon Cowell (music and television), UK
- Nancy Cruickshank (Internet), UK
- Mark Cuban (Internet), U.S.
- Nick D'Aloisio (Internet), UK
- Aliko Dangote (manufacturing, real estate, oil and gas), Nigeria
- Jack Dorsey (Internet), U.S.
- Helmy Eltoukhy (genomics), U.S.
- Shawn Fanning (Internet), U.S.
- Rihanna (cosmetics), Barbados
- Dylan Field (Software), U.S.
- Jon Fisher (Internet), U.S.
- Simon Fuller (music and television), UK
- Peter Gilgan (construction), Canada
- Vishal Gondal (video gaming), India
- Reid Hoffman (Internet), U.S.
- Alex Hofmann (executive), U.S.
- Drew Houston (Internet), U.S.
- Arianna Huffington (Internet), U.S.
- Steve Huffman (Internet), U.S.
- Jessica Huie (greeting cards), UK
- Mohammed Ibrahim (telecommunication), Sudan
- Daymond John (clothing), U.S.
- Lisa S. Jones (technology), U.S.
- Elle Kaplan (finance), U.S.
- David Karp (Internet), U.S.
- Sal Khan (education), U.S.
- Jan Koum (Internet), U.S.
- Dominik Mate Kovacs (technology entrepreneur), U.S.
- Prescott Lee (technology industry), U.S.
- Jeremy Levitt (Internet), Australia
- Jack Ma (Internet), China
- Ana Maiques (healthcare), Spain
- Fadi Makki (trade), Middle East (Lebanon, Qatar)
- Strive Masiyiwa (telecommunication), Zimbabwe
- Rudy A. Mazzocchi (healthcare), U.S.
- Javier Moll (media), Spain/Australia
- Dave Morin (Internet), U.S.
- Rupert Murdoch (media, entertainment), UK/U.S.
- Elon Musk (Internet, space, energy, neurotechnology, transportation, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, electric cars), U.S./South Africa
- Carrie Rose (Internet), UK
- Andrew Nisbet (catering), UK
- Alexis Ohanian (Internet), U.S.
- Larry Page (Internet), U.S.
- Sean Parker (Internet), U.S.
- Melanie Perkins (Internet), Australia
- Stefano Pessina (healthcare), Italy
- Michelle Phan (Internet), U.S.
- Manny Phesto (music, cannabis/CBD), U.S.
- Azim Premji (information technology services), India
- Kelsey Ramsden (construction, children's toys), Canada
- Burton Rocks (Internet), U.S.
- Kevin Rose (Internet), U.S.
- Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Internet), India
- Param Singh (Internet, property), UK
- Masayoshi Son (Venture Capital), Japan
- Lane Sutton (Internet), U.S.
- Kevin Systrom (Internet), U.S.
- Motoaki Tanigo (Virtual Reality), Japan
- Rodrigo Teijeiro (Internet), Argentina/Brazil
- Tânia Tomé (Consultancy, Investment & training), Mozambique
- Wang Jianlin (real estate development), China
- Emily Weiss (beauty), U.S.
- Anne Wojcicki (personal genomics), U.S.
- Wu Yajun (property developer), China
- Malala Yousafzai (education), Pakistan
- Mark Zuckerberg (Internet), U.S.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 6. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.
- ^ Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016