Business
- Sheldon Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
- Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P.
- Amar Bose, inventor
- Safra A. Catz, President of Oracle Corporation
- Al Davis, former owner of the Oakland Raiders (deceased 2011)
- Elias Hasket Derby, Reportedly America's first millionaire
- William Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet
- John Wesley Emerson, founder of the Emerson Electric Company
- Aaron Feuerstein, inventor
- Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix
- Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine.
- Howard Deering Johnson, founder of the Howard Johnson's chain
- Leo Kahn, co-founder of Staples Inc.
- Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots
- Sumner Redstone, entertainment mogul
- Henry Huttleston Rogers, industrialist
- Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric 1981-2001
- Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin
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Famous quotes containing the word business:
“Never discuss public business while drinking.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Some of the smartest women in the country said that they’re too embarrassed to attend their reunions at Harvard Business School if they have dropped out of the work force, left the fast track by choosing part-time work, or decided to follow anything other than the standard male career path.”
—Deborah J. Swiss (20th century)
“Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)