Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 3

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
Robert Kraft

Robert Kraft

Robert Kraft is an American business magnate who is the Chief Executive Officer of The Kraft Group

AmericanJune 5, 1941153 views

Ronald Lauder

Ronald Lauder is an American businessman and art collector who opened the art museum Neue Galerie in New York

AmericanFebruary 26, 1944117 views

Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of LinkedIn

AmericanAugust 5, 1967187 views

Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins was an American entrepreneur and investor who left large endowments in his will to found Johns Hopkins University

AmericanMay 19, 1795215 views

Ted Lerner

Ted Lerner is a prominent American real estate developer

AmericanOctober 15, 1925111 views

George Peabody

George Peabody was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist often referred to as the “father of modern philanthropy”.

AmericanFebruary 18, 1795133 views

Mike Ashley

Michael Ashley is an English entrepreneur dealing in sporting goods and clothing

Milton S. Hershey

Milton Hershey was an American manufacturer and entrepreneur who started the chocolate candy revolution in the US

AmericanSeptember 13, 1857183 views

Will Keith Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg was an American industrialist best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company

AmericanApril 7, 1860168 views