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Executives in Business & Labor

56 people, across 6 fields.

Field: All Technology & Building 23 Business & Labor 21 Ideas & Media 5 Arts & Letters 3 Government & Politics 3 Frontier & Sport 1
Jeff Bezos b. 1964Business, Finance & IndustryFounder of Amazon who transformed e-commerce and cloud computing, becoming one of the wealthiest people in history.Sam Walton 1918–1992Business, Finance & IndustryFounder of Walmart and Sam's Club who built the world's largest retail empire.Ray Kroc 1902–1984Business, Finance & IndustryBusinessman who transformed McDonald's from a single restaurant into the world's largest fast-food chain.Larry Ellison b. 1944Business, Finance & IndustryCo-founder of Oracle Corporation, a pioneer in database software and enterprise computing.Jack Welch 1935–2020Business, Finance & IndustryFormer CEO of General Electric who reshaped corporate management and became a business icon.Michael Dell b. 1965Business, Finance & IndustryFounder of Dell Technologies who built one of the world's largest PC and IT infrastructure companies.Jamie Dimon b. 1956Business, Finance & IndustryBank executive whose leadership of JPMorgan Chase made him one of the most influential voices in American finance.Thomas J. Watson Sr. 1874–1956Business, Finance & IndustryExecutive who built IBM into the dominant punched-card and business-machine company before the computer age.Howard Schultz b. 1953Business, Finance & IndustryFormer CEO of Starbucks who turned a Seattle coffee shop into a global coffeehouse phenomenon.Alfred P. Sloan 1875–1966Business, Finance & IndustryGeneral Motors leader who established the multidivisional corporation and professional management systems copied across industry.Eric Schmidt b. 1955Business, Finance & IndustryFormer Google CEO whose tenure saw the company's explosive growth into a tech giant.Fred Smith 1944–2025Business, Finance & IndustryFounder of FedEx who pioneered overnight delivery and transformed global logistics.Andrew Grove 1936–2016Business, Finance & IndustryLed Intel through its shift to microprocessors and shaped American technology management practice.Steve Ballmer b. 1956Business, Finance & IndustryFormer CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, with vast technology-derived wealth.Sheldon Adelson 1933–2021Business, Finance & IndustryCasino magnate and political donor who built Las Vegas Sands into a global resort empire.Julius Rosenwald 1862–1932Business, Finance & IndustrySears executive who funded thousands of schools for African American children in the segregated South.Jeff Skoll b. 1965Business, Finance & IndustryeBay's first president whose Skoll Foundation supports social entrepreneurs solving global problems.Abigail Johnson b. 1961Business, Finance & IndustryCEO of Fidelity Investments who oversees one of the world's largest asset management firms.Rob Walton b. 1944Business, Finance & IndustryEldest son of Sam Walton who served as chairman of Walmart for over two decades.Jacqueline Mars b. 1939Business, Finance & IndustryHeiress and board member of Mars Inc., one of the world's largest privately held confectionery companies.Jim Walton b. 1948Business, Finance & IndustryYoungest son of Sam Walton and major shareholder in Walmart, one of the world's largest retailers.