Entrepreneur

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 stripping.^[1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs.

A person who starts or organizes a business company, especially one involving risk. What this company needs is a real entrepreneur. Entrepreneur - Start, run and grow your business. Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was an American entrepreneur who actually immigrated from Scotland. Born into the lower class, Carnegie and his family immigrated to Pennsylvania, where they. Michael Bloomberg. Michael Bloomberg first achieved success as a stockbroker, then a billionaire.

17th-century entrepreneurs[edit]

• 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[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), 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[edit]

• 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
• Quah Beng Kee (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia
• 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[edit]

• 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
• 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[edit]

• 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
• Peter Gilgan (construction), Canada
• Vishal Gondal (video gaming), India
• Reid Hoffman (Internet), USA
• Drew Houston (Drew's Left Shoe) (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
• Trishneet Arora (Cyber Security), India
• Ritesh Agarwal (Internet), India
• Bhavish Aggarwal (internet), India

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 6. ISBN0-13-063085-3.CS1 maint: location (link)
2. ^Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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