Business
- Arthur Anderson (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
- James Gordon Bennett, Sr. (1795–1872) founder and publisher of the New York Herald
- Alexander Berry (1781–1873), town of Berry named after him, possibly first millionaire in Australia
- David Buick (1854–1929) founded the Buick car company
- Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
- William Davidson (1740–1890) entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
- Dr. Henry Duncan (1774–1846) Church of Scotland Minister. Started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
- Sir Tom Farmer (born 1940), entrepreneur
- Ann Gloag (1942–Present) Co-founder of Stagecoach Group, born in Perth
- Thomas Blake Glover (1838–1911) Nagasaki-based trader in 19th century Japan
- Robert Gordon (1668–1731), founder of the Robert Gordon University
- Willie Haughey (1956–present) Entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
- George Heriot (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder of George Heriot's School
- Tom Hunter, entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
- Irvine Laidlaw (born 1943) Scotland's 6th richest man and founder of the modern conference company
- John Law (1671–1729), advocate of paper money and founder of the Mississippi Company
- Thomas Leishman, founder of United Breweries, India
- Stewart Milne, founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder of Aberdeen F.C.
- Alexander Mitchell (1871–1934), entrepreneur
- Michelle Mone (born 1971), founder of Ultimo
- William Paterson (1658–1719), founder Bank of Scotland and Bank of England
- George Watson (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland, and founder of George Watson's College
- William Walls (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th century Glasgow
- Wilson, Sons (1837–present) Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson (One of South America's largest shipping brokers)
- Brian Souter (1954–present) Entrepreneur and co-founder of Stagecoach Group
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“My business is stanching blood and feeding fainting men; my post the open field between the bullet and the hospital. I sometimes discuss the application of a compress or a wisp of hay under a broken limb, but not the bearing and merits of a political movement. I make gruel—not speeches; I write letters home for wounded soldiers, not political addresses.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)
“I only do business with the people I do business with. The people I do business with find out I do business with the people I don’t do business with.... I can’t do business with you.”
—John Guare (b. 1938)
“The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright—
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.
The moon was shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there
After the day was done—
“It’s very rude of him,” she said,
“To come and spoil the fun!””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)