Business
- Howard F. Ahmanson, Sr. (1906–1968), financier and philanthropist
- Walter Behlen (1905–1994), founder of the Behlen Manufacturing Company in Columbus, Nebraska
- Warren Buffett (1930–), "Oracle of Omaha", investor; Forbes Magazine's 2008 Richest Man in the World
- Richard N. Cabela (1936–), entrepreneur, founder of Cabela's sporting store
- Paul Endacott, Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (University of Kansas), president of Phillips Petroleum Company
- Joyce Hall (1891–1982), founder of Hallmark Cards
- Andrew Higgins (1886–1952), industrialist and shipbuilder, owner and founder of Higgins Industries, and manufacturer of "Higgins boats"
- Peter Kiewit (1900–1979), contractor, investor, and philanthropist
- C. Edward McVaney (1940–), founder of JD Edwards
- William Norris (1911–), pioneering CEO of Control Data Corporation
- Edwin Perkins (1889–1961), inventor of Kool-Aid and philanthropist
- Walter Scott, Jr. (1931–), civil engineer and philanthropist
- Phil Sokolof (1922-2004), industrialist and proponent of low-cholesterol diet
- Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949), founder of Swanson
- Evan Williams, creator of Blogger and CEO of Twitter
- Saddle Creek Records
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“My business is stanching blood and feeding fainting men; my post the open field between the bullet and the hospital. I sometimes discuss the application of a compress or a wisp of hay under a broken limb, but not the bearing and merits of a political movement. I make gruel—not speeches; I write letters home for wounded soldiers, not political addresses.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)
“Never discuss public business while drinking.”
—Chinese proverb.
“I have always had something to live besides a personal life. And I suspected very early that to live merely in an experience of, in an expression of, in a positive delight in the human cliches could be no business of mine.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)