Business Tycoons & Entrepreneurs
17 entries in the Business Tycoons & Entrepreneurs compendium.
Business Tycoons & Entrepreneurs — Era Chart
Trip HawkinsHe is credited with helping shift the video game industry from simple one-person projects Vagit AlekperovRussian oligarch and longtime president of oil company Lukoil until 2022.Vijay MallyaIndian businessman and former politician facing extradition for financial crimes.Whitney Wolfe HerdFounder of Bumble and co-founder of Tinder.Will Keith KelloggIndustrialist who founded Kellogg Company and Kellogg Foundation.William C. DurantNotable person from Duluth, MinnesotaWilliam E. BoeingAmerican aviation pioneer who founded the Boeing Company.William FargoWilliam George Fargo (May 20, 1818 – August 3, 1881) was an American businessman and politWilliam Henry VanderbiltEldest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt; railroad magnate and richest American.William Lever, 1st Viscount LeverhulmeEnglish industrialist who built a soap empire and founded Port Sunlight.William Procter (industrialist)English-born candlemaker who co-founded Procter & Gamble.William S. KnudsenMIT-educated engineer who became the youngest GM division head and later directed war prodWilliam S. PaleyHis career is the basis for the fictional broadcasting tycoon in Harold Robbins's *Tycoon*Wolfgang PuckAustrian-born chef who made Spago a global icon.Zhang YimingFounder of ByteDance and creator of TikTok.Vidal SassoonBritish hairstylist who repopularised geometric cuts and built a global salon chain.Vanderbilt familyAmerican family that rose to prominence during the Gilded Age.
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