Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 27

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
Guccio Gucci

Guccio Gucci

Guccio Gucci was a famous fashion designer from Florence, Italy, and the founder of the world-renowned fashion brand ‘Gucci.’

ItalianMarch 26, 18813,009 views

Estee Lauder

Estee Lauder was an American businesswoman and founder of the Estée Lauder Companies, a pioneering cosmetics company

AmericanJuly 1, 1908421 views

George Stephen

George Stephen was a Canadian, Scottish born businessman who played the prominent role in the construction of Canadian Pacific Railway

CanadianJune 5, 1829237 views

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner was an American adult magazine publisher best known for being the founder of Playboy Enterprises

AmericanApril 9, 1926216 views

Conrad Hilton

Conrad Hilton was an American hotelier who founded the Hilton Hotels chain

AmericanDecember 25, 1887145 views

Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc was the mastermind behind one of the world’s largest fast food chains, McDonald's

AmericanOctober 5, 1902338 views

Leo Burnett

Leo Burnett was a famous advertising executive who founded the leading advertising agency the Leo Burnett Company

AmericanOctober 21, 1891221 views

Tom Steyer

Tom Steyer is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and banker

AmericanJune 27, 1957320 views

Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman and former politician

IndianDecember 18, 1955173 views