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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Famous quotes containing the word business:
“Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.”
—Augustine Birrell (1850–1933)
“I have said many times, and it is literally true, that there is absolutely nothing that could keep me in business, if my job were simply business to me. The human problems which I deal with every day—concerning employees as well as customers—are the problems that fascinate me, that seem important to me.”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)
“This whole business of Trade gives me to pause and think, as it constitutes false relations between men; inasmuch as I am prone to count myself relieved of any responsibility to behave well and nobly to that person who I pay with money, whereas if I had not that commodity, I should be put on my good behavior in all companies, and man would be a benefactor to man, as being himself his only certificate that he had a right to those aids and services which each asked of the other.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)