Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 5

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
Denis O’Brien

Denis O’Brien

Denis O’Brien is an Irish entrepreneur who was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015

IrishApril 19, 1958174 views

Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi is an Indian-born American business executive currently serving as the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo.

AmericanOctober 28, 1955228 views

Carly Fiorina

Carly Fiorina is the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP) and the current Chair of the non-profit philanthropic organization Good360.

Azim Premji

Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited

IndianJuly 24, 1945192 views

James Harris Simons

James Simons is an American mathematician and hedge fund manager who founded the famous Renaissance Technologies

American1938362 views

John Wilkinson

John Wilkinson was a British entrepreneur who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron’

British1728158 views

Michael S. Dell

Michael Dell is an American business magnate who founded Dell Inc

AmericanFebruary 23, 1965148 views

Reed Hastings

Reed Hastings is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Netflix

AmericanOctober 8, 1960146 views

Steve Wynn

Steve Wynn is an American business magnate famous for building high end casinos like The Mirage and The Bellagio

AmericanJanuary 27, 1942190 views

Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart is an Australian mining heiress, counted amongst the richest women in the world