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Isaac Le Maire (c.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 ...
Bridgestone – Shojiro Ishibashi; the name comes from a calque translation and transposition of "ishibashi," meaning "stone bridge" Briggs & Stratton – Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton; Britek Motorsport – Jason Bright; Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke; Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks
Brazilian businessman and football executive, chairman of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (1993–2007) [26] [27] Hilda Eisen: 1917–2017: 100: Polish-American businessperson, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor [28] Carl Falck: 1907–2016: 109: Norwegian businessman [29] Eduard von Falz-Fein: 1912–2018: 106: Russian-born Liechtensteiner ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Charlie Munger is perhaps most famous for being the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, having assumed the title of Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chairman in 1978. While he was known for ...
Because of their success, these company names are very familiar to us, but most of them have hidden meanings behind their peculiar names. LEGO, for example, is the How 17 famous companies got ...
The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are considered to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more, by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March 1987. [1]
One of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen 2017-11-12 S&P Global: Douglas L. Peterson: President & CEO 2013 2018-10-01 Samsung: Oh-Hyun Kwon: Chairman and CEO [90] 2012 Joined the firm in 1985 2017-11-12 SAP: Christian Klein: CEO [91] 2019 Succeeding Bill McDermott in 2019 2019-11-18 SC Johnson: Herbert Fisk Johnson III: Chairman and CEO [92] 2004