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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 (enterprise)|initiative]].<ref>{{Cite book
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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 initiative.<ref>{{Cite book
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| authorlink = Arthur O' Sullivan
| author-link = Arthur O'Sullivan (economist)
| coauthors = Steven M. Sheffrin
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| title = Economics: Principles in action
| title = Economics: Principles in Action
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| publisher = Pearson Prentice Hall
| publisher = Pearson Prentice Hall
| year = 2003
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| location = Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458
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| pages = [https://archive.org/details/economicsprincip00osul/page/n22 6]
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| ISBN = 0-13-063085-3}}</ref> This list includes notable entrepreneurs.
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=== 18th century entrepreneurs ===
* [[Samuel Crompton]] (Spinning Mule), UK
* [[Thomas Newcomen]] (Steam Engine), UK
* [[James Watt]] (Steam Engine), UK


=== 19th century entrepreneurs ===
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* [[Thomas Alva Edison]] (General electricals), USA
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* [[Sam M. Walton]] (Retail), USA
* [[Regina Basilier]] (1572–1631), Swedish-German banker, trader and investor
* [[John Jacob Astor]] (Real estate), New York, USA
* [[Birgitta Durell]] (1619–1683), Dutch-Swedish manufacturer-industrialist
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (Steel), Pittsburgh, USA
* <!--Geer, Louis De -->[[Louis De Geer (1587-1652)|Louis De Geer]] (1587–1652), Walloon-born Dutch-Swedish businessman and industrialist; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and [[Sweden]]
* [[James Buchanan Duke]] (Tobacco), Durham, North Carolina, USA
*<!-- Le Maire, Issac -->[[Isaac Le Maire]] (c.1558–1624), [[Walloons|Walloon]]-born Dutch businessman and investor; active mainly in the [[Dutch Republic]]
* [[Charles T. Hinde]] (shipping), (railroad), (hotels), California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
* [[Johan Palmstruch]] (1611–1671), Latvian-born Dutch-Swedish businessman, investor, and financial innovator; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
* [[J. P. Morgan]] (Finance), New York, USA
* [[Pierre-Paul Riquet]] (1609–1680), French entrepreneur, creator of the [[Canal du Midi]]
* [[John D. Rockefeller]] (Oil), USA
* [[Leland Stanford]] (Railroads), California, USA
* [[Joseph Seligman]] (Banking), USA
* [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (Railroads), USA
* [[Jamsetji Tata]] (Iron and Steel, Various), India


=== 20th century entrepreneurs ===
== 18th-century entrepreneurs ==
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* [[Oprah Winfrey]] (Entertainment), USA
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* [[Steve Jobs]] (Computers), USA
* [[Anna Elisabeth Baer]] 1878–1955 (shipping business), Finland
* [[Coco Chanel]] (Fashion), France
* [[Samuel Crompton]] 1753–1827 (spinning mule), Great Britain
* [[Otto Beisheim]] (Retail), Germany
* [[Caroline Gother]] 1761–1836 (banking), Sweden
* [[Madam C.J. Walker]] (Retail, Philanthropy), USA
* [[Johns Hopkins]] 1795–1873 (personal business), U.S.
* Sir [[Richard Branson]] (Media and Transportation), UK
* [[Larry Ellison]] (Computers), USA
* [[Anna Lohe]] 1654–1731 (banking business), Sweden
* [[Thomas Newcomen]] 1664–1729 (steam engine), Great Britain
* [[Bill Gates]] (Computers), Seattle, USA
* [[Charlotta Richardy]] 1751–1831 (manufacture), Sweden
* [[Carlos Slim]] (Telecommunications), Mexico
* [[Brigitta Sahlgren]] 1694–1771 (sugar), Sweden
* [[Henry Ford]] (automobile, manufacturing) USA
* [[James Watt]] 1736–1819 (tugboats), Great Britain
* [[Dhirubhai Ambani]] (Reliance industries,Various) India
* [[Josiah Wedgwood]] 1730–1795 (pottery), Great Britain
* [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]] (Information Technology), India
* [[Robert Wood Johnson I]] 1845–1910 (medical device), U.S.
* [[Estée Lauder (businesswoman)|Estée Lauder]] (Cosmetics), USA
* [[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw]] (Biotechnology), India
* [[Vijay Mallya]] (Breweries), India
* [[Anita Roddick]] (Retail), UK
* [[Ingvar Kamprad]] (Retail), Sweden
* [[Henry Hu]] (Technology), Hong Kong
* [[Mary Kay Ash]] (Cosmetics), USA
* [[Dean Kamen]] (Technology), USA
* [[Enzo Ferrari]] (Sports Cars), Italy
* [[Lord Sugar ]] (Technology) , UK
* [[Vinod Khosla]] (Technology), USA


=== 21st century entrepreneurs ===
== 19th-century entrepreneurs ==
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* [[Mark Zuckerberg]] (Internet), USA
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* [[Wu Yajun]] (Property developer), China
* [[Drew Houston]] (Internet), USA
* [[John Jacob Astor]] (real estate), U.S.
* [[Jack Dorsey]] (Internet), USA
* [[Augusta Björkenstam]] (transportation), Sweden
* [[Kevin Rose]] (Internet), USA
* [[George Cadbury]] (confectionery), UK
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (steel), Pittsburgh, U.S. and Scotland
* [[Jan Cameron]] (Retail), Australia
* [[Larry Page]] & [[Sergey Brin]] (Internet), USA
* [[James Buchanan Duke]] (tobacco), U.S.
* [[Thomas Alva Edison]] (film, telecommunication, technology, scientific research, energy), U.S.
* [[Elon Musk]] (Internet, Space, Energy), USA
* [[Charles T. Hinde]] (shipping, railroads, hotels), U.S.
* [[David Karp (entrepreneur)|David Karp]] (Internet), USA
* [[Rapid Ferry|Quah Beng Kee]] (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia
* [[Steve Huffman]] & [[Alexis Ohanian]] (Internet), USA
* [[Sara Blakely]] (Retail), USA
* [[Pryce Pryce-Jones]] (mail order pioneer), UK
* [[Strive Masiyiwa]] (Telecommunication), Zimbabwe
* [[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 (philanthropist)|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<ref>Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016</ref>
* [[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 ==
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* [[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 is the family name -->[[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 (businessman)|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 (businesswoman)|Estée Lauder]] (cosmetics), U.S.
* [[Jorge Loring Martinez]] (aviation), Spain
* [[Vijay Mallya]] (breweries), India
* [[Jim Marshall (businessman)|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 ==
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*[[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 (entrepreneur)|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 Combs|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
* [[Mattamy Homes#Philanthropy|Peter Gilgan]] (construction), Canada
* [[Vishal Gondal]] (video gaming), India
* [[Reid Hoffman]] (Internet), U.S.
* [[Alex Hofmann (executive)|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 (businessman)|Mohammed Ibrahim]] (telecommunication), Sudan
* [[Daymond John]] (clothing), U.S.
* [[Lisa S. Jones]] (technology), U.S.
* [[Elle Kaplan]] (finance), U.S.
* [[David Karp (entrepreneur)|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 (entrepreneur)|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 is the family name -->[[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.
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== See also ==
== See also ==
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*[[List of Internet entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of social entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Brazilian entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Turkish entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Indian entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Indian entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Indonesians]]
*[[List of Internet entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Japanese entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Japanese entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Memphis entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Nigerian entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of social entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Swedish entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Swedish entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Brazilian entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Turkish entrepreneurs]]
*[[List of Zambian entrepreneurs]]
*[[Startup company]]
{{div col end}}
*[[Business incubator]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:32, 20 December 2024

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016
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