List of People From Kansas - Business People and Inventors

Business People and Inventors

  • Philip Anschutz, (born 1939), billionaire investor, Russell, Kansas.
  • Bion Barnett, (1857–1958), co-founder Barnett Bank, Hiawatha, Kansas.
  • Dan and Frank Carney, (Dan born 1931, Frank born 1938), founders of Pizza Hut, Wichita, Kansas.
  • Walter Chrysler, (1875–1940), founder of Chrysler Corporation, Wamego, Kansas.
  • William Coffin Coleman, (1870–1957), founder of the Coleman Company, Wichita, Kansas.
  • James Harbord, (1866–1947), President and Chairman of Board of RCA, Manhattan, Kansas.
  • William Wadsworth Hodkinson, (1881–1971), pioneer film marketer and distributor, Independence, Kansas.
  • Charles G. Koch, (born 1935), CEO of Koch Industries, Wichita, Kansas.
  • David H. Koch, (born 1940), executive and politician, Wichita, Kansas.
  • Alan Mulally, (born 1945), engineer, President and CEO of the Ford Motor Company, Lawrence, Kansas.
  • Harry F. Sinclair, (1876–1956), founder of Sinclair Oil company, Independence, Kansas.
  • Russell Stover, (1888–1954), founder of Russell Stover Candies, Alton, Kansas.

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