Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 26

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

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie was a famous businessman and philanthropist and one of the richest men in the history of the world

AmericanNovember 25, 1835197 views

Santo Versace

Santo Domenico Versace is an Italian businessman and politician

ItalianDecember 16, 19441,731 views

H. L. Hunt

Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, or H

AmericanFebruary 17, 1889254 views

Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca is a businessman famous for reviving the Chrysler Corporation from near bankruptcy

AmericanOctober 15, 1924187 views

Sam Walton

Sam Walton was an American businessman who founded the Wal-Mart Stores Inc

AmericanMarch 29, 1918309 views

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken is a Dutch-English businesswoman

DutchJune 30, 1954480 views

Terry Gou

Terry Gou is a Taiwanese business giant who founded the company Foxconn

TaiwaneseOctober 8, 19501,505 views

Jim Cramer

Jim Cramer is a hedge fund manager turned television personality who co-founded TheStreet.com Inc

AmericanFebruary 10, 1955159 views

David Ogilvy

David Ogilvy was a renowned advertising executive who is popularly known as the 'Father of Advertising'

FrenchJune 23, 1911317 views