Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 25

The textbook definition of business is the providing of products, services or both to people in exchange for something from them like money. This activity has been around for centuries and has always had its big guns and the ‘smaller guy’. The earliest form of trading was done using the barter system where one person exchanged a part his product for a service or another product produced by another person. The introduction of money for the trading of goods was introduced in as far back as circa 3000 B.C. Today business refers to an individual or an organization involved in providing services or products to consumers. So who exactly are business people? The simplest answer would be that they are people who have been put in charge of the management and administration of an entity like an organisation as a whole or a major arm of said organisation. The world of business is full of impressive names which have equally impressive stories attached to them and that is why, what follows these words is a list of some of the most famous people from the field of business and a their biographies which includes their life history, achievements, trivia and even timelines.

The Most Famous Business People

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Kristina Sunshine JungAugust 1, 1978AmericanKristina Sunshine Jung is an American entrepreneur and actor, better known as the daughter of drug-smuggler George Jung and his ex-wife, Mirtha Jung.
Guccio GucciMarch 26, 1881Italian, BritishGuccio Gucci was a famous fashion designer from Florence, Italy, and the founder of the world-renowned fashion brand ‘Gucci.’
Jawed KarimOctober 28, 1979German, AmericanJawed Karim is a German-American internet entrepreneur, technologist and co-founder of the video-sharing website, YouTube
Ajaypal Banga1960AmericanAjaypal Banga is an Indian-American business executive who is the CEO of MasterCard
Santo VersaceDecember 16, 1944ItalianSanto Domenico Versace is an Italian businessman and politician
Andrew McCollumSeptember 4, 1983AmericanAndrew McCollum is one of the five founders of Facebook
Terry GouOctober 8, 1950TaiwaneseTerry Gou is a Taiwanese business giant who founded the company Foxconn
Robert Charles ChienChinese, JapaneseRobert Charles Chien is an entrepreneur who is married to actress Lea Salonga
Randi ZuckerbergFebruary 28, 1982AmericanRandi Zuckerberg is an American businesswoman
Dodi FayedApril 15, 1955EgyptianDodi Fayed was an Egyptian heir and a film producer
Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Ted Turner is a media tycoon who founded the cable news network CNN

AmericanNovember 19, 1938280 views

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was a legendary figure and master of innovation who created history with his revolution in consumer electronics

AmericanFebruary 24, 1955338 views

Seth Godin

Seth Godin is an American author, entrepreneur, marketer and public speaker who has written 17 bestsellers on topics like, post-industrial revolution, marketing, leadership, etc

AmericanJuly 10, 1960316 views

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch is a renowned Australian business magnate famous for his establishment, ‘News Corporation’ in the US

AmericanMarch 11, 1931267 views

Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons is an American businessman, producer and entrepreneur

AmericanOctober 4, 1957151 views

Richard Branson

Richard Branson is the founder and chairman of Virgin Group of companies

BritishJuly 18, 1950239 views

Mary Kay Ash

Mary Kay Ash was a famous American businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc

AmericanMay 12, 1918354 views

Jay Gould

Jay Gould was a famous American railroad developer

AmericanMay 27, 1836214 views