Entrepreneur

This is a list of entrepreneurs by century. An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and/or stripping.^[1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs.

17th-century entrepreneurs[edit]

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• Regina Basilier (1572-1631), Swedish-German banker, trader and investor
• Birgitta Durell (1619-1683), Dutch-Swedish manufactor-industrialist
• Louis De Geer (1587–1652), Walloon-born Dutch-Swedish businessman and industrialist; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
• Isaac Le Maire (ca.1558-1624), Walloon-born Dutch businessman and investor; active mainly in the Dutch Republic
• Johan Palmstruch (1611-1671), Latvian-born Dutch-Swedish businessman, investor, and financial innovator; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
• Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609-1680), French entrepreneur, creator of the Canal du Midi

18th-century entrepreneurs[edit]

• Anna Elisabeth Baer 1878-1955 (shipping business), Finland
• Samuel Crompton 1753-1827 (spinning mule), Great Britain
• Caroline Gother 1761-1836 (banking), Sweden
• Johns Hopkins 1795-1873 (personal business), USA
• Anna Lohe 1654-1731 (banking business), Sweden
• Thomas Newcomen 1664-1729 (steam engine), Great Britain
• Charlotta Richardy 1751-1831 (manufacture), Sweden
• Brigitta Sahlgren 1694-1771 (sugar), Sweden
• James Watt 1736-1819 (tugboats), Great Britain

19th-century entrepreneurs[edit]

• John Jacob Astor (real estate), USA
• Augusta Björkenstam (transportation), Sweden
• Andrew Carnegie (steel), Pittsburgh, USA and Scotland
• James Buchanan Duke (tobacco), USA
• Thomas Alva Edison (film, telecommunication, technology, scientific research, energy), USA
• Charles T. Hinde (shipping, railroads, hotels), USA
• Quah Beng Kee (Ferry, Shipping), Penang, Malaysia
• Biddy Mason (real estate), California, USA
• J. P. Morgan (finance), USA
• Antoinette Nording (perfume), Sweden
• John D. Rockefeller (oil), USA
• Joseph Seligman (banking), USA
• Eugene Sharrer (plantations, retail, river steamers), Nyasaland (present-day Malawi)
• Claus Spreckels (sugar industry), Germany
• Leland Stanford (railroads), California, USA
• Levi Strauss (retail), USA/Germany
• Jamsetji Tata (shipping, steel industry, hotels, education), India
• Nikola Tesla (AC induction motor), USA, Yugoslavia (born in Austro-Hungarian Empire)
• Alessandro Torlonia (banking), Italy^[2]
• Richard Trevithick (mining and steam engines), Great Britain
• Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads), USA

20th-century entrepreneurs[edit]

• Agha Hasan Abedi (banking), Pakistan
• Paul Allen (computers, scientific research, real estate, media, education, entertainment, artificial intelligence, space, philanthropy), USA
• Dhirubhai Ambani (reliance industries), India
• Mary Kay Ash (cosmetics), USA
• Bang Si-hyuk (music), South Korea
• Otto Beisheim (retail), Germany
• William Boeing (aviation), USA
• Richard Branson (media, transportation, space), UK
• Coco Chanel (fashion), France
• Michael Dell (computers), USA
• Richard M. DeVos, Sr. (multi-level marketing), USA
• Walt Disney (animation), USA
• Larry Ellison (computers), USA
• Enzo Ferrari (sports cars), Italy
• Henry Ford (automobile manufacturing), USA
• Bill Gates (computers, philanthropy, investments) USA
• Henry Hu (technology), Hong Kong
• Howard Hughes (aviation, film), USA
• Steve Jobs (computers, technology, animation), USA
• Dean Kamen (technology), USA
• Ingvar Kamprad (retail), Sweden
• Vinod Khosla (technology), USA
• Ferruccio Lamborghini (sports cars), Italy
• Estée Lauder (cosmetics), USA
• Jorge Loring Martinez (aviation), Spain
• Vijay Mallya (breweries), India
• Terry Matthews (technology), Canada
• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (biotechnology), India
• Vince McMahon (entertainment media), USA
• Sunil Mittal (telecommunication), India
• N. R. Narayana Murthy (information technology), India
• Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu (transportation, manufacturing), Nigeria
• Anita Roddick (retail), UK
• Michael J. Saylor (Internet), USA
• Magnús Scheving (entertainment, health), Iceland
• Carlos Slim (telecommunications), Mexico
• Alan Sugar (technology), UK
• J. R. D. Tata (steel, aviation, information technology, transportation, cosmetics, consumer products, education), France/India
• Ted Turner (entertainment media), USA
• Madam C.J. Walker (retail, philanthropy), USA
• Sam M. Walton (retail), US
• Oprah Winfrey (entertainment), USA
• Steve Wozniak (computers, technology, education, philanthropy), USA

21st-century entrepreneurs[edit]

• Annisul Huq (Business and television)
• Brian Acton (Internet), USA
• Bhavish Aggarwal (Internet), India
• Charles T. Akre (securities), USA
• Qais Al Khonji (oil and gas), Oman
• Folorunso Alakija (fashion, oil and gas), Nigeria
• Rod Aldridge (business process outsourcing, education), UK
• Pierre Andurand (investments), France
• Sachin Bansal (Internet), India
• Eike Batista (mining, oil and gas exploration), Brazil
• Steve Baxter (Internet), Australia
• David Benaron (digital health), USA
• Jeff Bezos (Internet, space), USA
• Joe Blackman (events, entertainment), UK/USA
• Ryan Blair (multi-level marketing), USA
• Sara Blakely (retail), USA
• Hernán Botbol (Internet), Argentina
• Sergey Brin (Internet), USA
• Tory Burch (retail), USA
• Malcolm CasSelle (Internet), USA/China
• Sean Combs (music and entertainment), USA
• Nancy Cruickshank (Internet), UK
• Mark Cuban (Internet), USA
• Nick D'Aloisio (Internet), UK
• Aliko Dangote (manufacturing, real estate, oil and gas), Nigeria
• Jack Dorsey (Internet), USA
• Helmy Eltoukhy (genomics), USA
• Shawn Fanning (Internet), USA
• Jon Fisher (Internet), USA
• Peter Gilgan (construction), Canada
• Vishal Gondal (video gaming), India
• Reid Hoffman (Internet), USA
• Drew Houston (Drew's Left Shoe) (Internet), USA
• Arianna Huffington (Internet), USA
• Steve Huffman (Internet), USA
• Jessica Huie (greeting cards), UK
• Mohammed Ibrahim (telecommunication), Sudan
• Daymond John (clothing), USA
• Elle Kaplan (finance), USA
• David Karp (Internet), USA
• Sal Khan (education), USA
• Jan Koum (Internet), USA
• Jeremy Levitt (Internet), Australia
• Ana Maiques (healthcare), Spain
• Fadi Makki (trade), Middle East (Lebanon, Qatar)
• Strive Masiyiwa (telecommunication), Zimbabwe
• Rudy A. Mazzocchi (healthcare), USA
• Javier Moll (media), Spain/Australia
• Dave Morin (Internet), USA
• Ilya Movshovich (Internet), Russia/USA
• Rupert Murdoch (media, entertainment), UK/USA
• Elon Musk (Internet, space, energy, neurotechnology, transportation, infrastructure, artificial intelligence, electric cars), USA/South Africa
• Andrew Nisbet (catering), UK
• Phiwa Nkambule (Internet), South Africa
• Alexis Ohanian (Internet), USA
• Larry Page (Internet), USA
• Sean Parker (Internet), USA
• Melanie Perkins (Internet), Australia
• Stefano Pessina (healthcare), Italy
• Michelle Phan (Internet), USA
• Manny Phesto (music, cannabis/CBD), USA
• Bhargav Sri Prakash (automotive, education, healthcare), USA/India
• Azim Premji (information technology services), India
• Kelsey Ramsden (construction, children's toys), Canada
• Burton Rocks (Internet), USA
• Kevin Rose (Internet), USA
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Internet), India
• Param Singh (Internet, property), UK
• Lane Sutton (Internet), USA
• Kevin Systrom (Internet), USA
• Rodrigo Teijeiro (Internet), Argentina/Brazil
• Wang Jianlin (real estate development), China
• Emily Weiss (beauty), USA
• Anne Wojcicki (personal genomics), USA
• Wu Yajun (property developer), China
• Malala Yousafzai (education), Pakistan
• Mark Zuckerberg (Internet), USA
• Jack Ma (Internet), China
• Tânia Tomé (Consultancy, Investment & trainings), Mozambique
• Trishneet Arora (Cyber Security), India
• Ritesh Agarwal (Internet), India
• Bhavish Aggarwal (internet), India

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 6. ISBN0-13-063085-3.CS1 maint: location (link)
2. ^Daniela Felisini, Alessandro Torlonia. The Pope's Banker, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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