Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 28

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
Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk

Kimbal Musk is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and restaurateur

Dasha Zhukova

Dasha Alexandrovna Zhukova is a Russian businesswoman, fashion designer, and art collector

RussianJune 8, 1981532 views

George Soros

George Soros is a highly successful businessman and philanthropist of Hungarian origin

HungarianAugust 12, 1930196 views

Christopher Poole

Christopher Poole is an American entrepreneur and internet prodigy

American1988119 views

Olivier Sarkozy

Olivier Sarkozy, born as Pierre Olivier Sarkozy, is a popular French banker based in America

FrenchMay 26, 1969167 views

John H. Johnson

Founder of the Johnson publishing company, John H

AmericanJanuary 19, 1918156 views

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is an Indian investor, trader and qualified chartered accountant who is considered to be the greatest investor in the Indian market

IndianJuly 5, 1960171 views

Andrey Melnichenko

Andrey Melnichenko is a Russian industrialist and philanthropist

RussianMarch 8, 1972576 views

Alisher Usmanov

Alisher Usmanov is a Russian business magnate with an estimated net worth of $15.1 billion

David Chang

David Chang is an American restaurateur, author, and TV personality

AmericanMay 8, 1977361 views