Businesspeople
Rochester's history of innovation and progress is reflected in the long list of notable businessmen who founded their companies here. Eastman Kodak, Bausch + Lomb, Xerox, Gannett Company, and Western Union all trace their roots to Rochester.
- Charles August, co-founder of Monro Muffler Brake
- John Jacob Bausch, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
- George Eastman, Eastman Kodak founder
- Charles J. Folger, lawyer, jurist and statesman
- Frank Gannett, founder of Gannett Newspapers and Presidential candidate
- Malcolm Glazer
- Kate Gleason, first female mechanical engineer
- Tom Golisano, Paychex founder, philanthropist, gubernatorial candidate and owner of the Buffalo Sabres (2003–2010)
- Leonard Jerome, financier, "King of Wall Street", and grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill
- David T. Kearns, Xerox CEO and former Deputy Secretary of Education
- Henry Lomb, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
- Frank Ritter, Dental chair pioneer and philanthropist
- Hiram Sibley, Western Union founder
- Henry A. Strong, Eastman Kodak co-founder and president
- Hulbert Harrington Warner
- Henry Wells, founder of American Express and co-founder of Wells Fargo
- Joseph C. Wilson, founder of Xerox Corporation
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