Famous Business People - List of Famous Business People - page 7

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
Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad

Ingvar Kamprad is the founder of the furniture company ‘IKEA’ and has been instrumental behind its success

SwedishMarch 30, 1926203 views

Simon Fuller

Simon Fuller is one of the most influential entrepreneurs of recent times and has been instrumental in the success of many celebrities

BritishMay 17, 196082 views

Sam Wyly

Sam Wyly is an American entrepreneur who has converted several small business ventures into billion dollar companies

AmericanOctober 4, 1934127 views

Chris Gardner

Chris Gardner is the founder of the famous brokerage enterprise, ‘Gardner Rich & Co.’

Steve Case

Steve Case is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of recent times, and is credited with the innovation of social media

AmericanAugust 21, 1958127 views

Peter Jones

Peter Jones is a renowned entrepreneur, famous as the founder of the 'Phones International Group'

BritishMarch 18, 1966262 views

Kemmons Wilson

Charles Kemmons Wilson was a celebrated businessman, known for having established the ‘Holiday Inn’ chain of quality hotels

AmericanJanuary 5, 1913207 views

Pierre Omidyar

Pierre Omidyar is a famous entrepreneur known for his flourishing business establishment, ‘eBay’

AmericanJune 21, 1967198 views

Kevin Systrom

Kevin Systrom, is one of the most famous entrepreneurs of recent times, who is credited with the creation of Instagram

AmericanDecember 30, 1983194 views

Jack Ma

Jack Ma is a Business tycoon belonging to China known for his e-commerce business venture ‘Alibaba’

ChineseSeptember 10, 1964727 views