Business
- George Addes (1911–1990), founder of United Auto Workers (La Crosse)
- Edward P. Allis (1824–1899), co-founder of Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company (Two Rivers, Milwaukee)
- Carol Bartz (1948–), President and CEO of Yahoo! (Alma)
- Ernest J. Briskey (1930–2006), Vice President, Technical and Administration of Campbell Soup Company (Waunakee)
- Jerome Case (1819–1891), founder of an agricultural and construction equipment company (Racine)
- Leo Crowley (1889–1972), banker & FDIC director (Milton)
- John Cudahy (1887–1943), industrialist (Milwaukee)
- Michael Cudahy (born 1924), entrepreneur (Milwaukee)
- Alexander M. Cutler, CEO of the Eaton Corporation (Milwaukee)
- Arthur Davidson, Walter Davidson, and William A. Davidson, co-founders of Harley-Davidson
- Edward L. Doheny (1856–1935), oil tycoon (Fond du Lac)
- Ole Evinrude (1877–1924), inventor and entrepreneur (Cambridge, Madison, Milwaukee)
- Bob Galvin (1922–2011), CEO of Motorola (Marshfield)
- Chris Gardner (born 1954), entrepreneur, subject of movie The Pursuit of Happyness (Milwaukee)
- King C. Gillette (1855–1932), industrialist (Fond du Lac)
- Donald Goerke (1926–2010), Campbell Soup Company executive, inventor of SpaghettiOs (Waukesha)
- William S. Harley (1880–1943), co-founder of Harley-Davidson (Milwaukee)
- Randolph E. Haugan (1902–1985), editor and publisher (Martell)
- Ken Hendricks (1941–2007), billionaire (Janesville, Beloit, Afton)
- Jay L. Johnson, CEO of General Dynamics (West Salem)
- Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr. (1833–1919), founder of consumer products company (Racine)
- Phil Katz (1962–2000), computer programmer (Glendale)
- Carl Kiekhaefer (1906–1983), owner of Mercury Marine (Mequon)
- Herbert Kohler (born 1939), business executive (Kohler)
- Oscar Mayer (1859–1955), founder of meat packing company (Milwaukee, Fitchburg)
- John Menard (born 1940), business executive (Eau Claire)
- George Safford Parker (1863–1937), pen inventor and entrepreneur (Shullsburg, Janesville)
- John Shannon ( born 1945–) CEO Quick Cable Inc. ( La Crosse)
- Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), economist and computer scientist (Milwaukee)
- James Trane (1857–1936), founder of heating and air conditioning company (La Crosse)
- Reuben Trane (1886–1954), co-foudner of Trane (La Crosse)
- Elmer Winter (1912–2009), co-founder of Manpower Inc. (Milwaukee)
- Dean Witter (1887–1969), founder of Dean Witter & Co. investment house (Wausau)
- Walter Wriston (1919–2005), chairman and CEO of Citicorp (Appleton)
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“God forgive me, I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things; though, yet in the middle of it, it hath reluctancy after my business, which is neglected by my following my pleasure. However, music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.”
—Samuel Pepys (1633–1703)
“A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“Do not craze yourself with thinking, but go about your business anywhere.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)