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Business magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller is widely considered the wealthiest American in history.. Most sources agree that, adjusting for inflation, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) was the richest man in the United States.
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. Anna Elisabeth Baer 1878–1955 (shipping business), Finland
Chemicals. Leonard Blavatnik. 14.4 billion. Investment, music and media. James Dyson and family. 12.6 billion. Household goods and technology. Kirsten Rausing and Jorn Rausing. 12.3 billion.
Between 2009 and 2018 (with absence in 2017) the business magazine Forbes had compiled an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list had one slot for every 100 million people, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, and by 2018, there were 75. Slots were allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources ...
Tina Ambani (sister-in-law) Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian businessman and the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries. [4] With an estimated net worth of $123.3 billion as of July 2024, he is the richest person in Asia and 11th richest in the world. [5] [6] Sometimes characterized as a plutocrat, [7] he ...
Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), founder of Faber-Castell, manufacturers of office supplies, art supplies, writing instruments and leather goods. Günther Fielmann (born 1939), founder of Fielmann. Wilhelm von Finck (1848–1924), co-founder of Munich Re and Allianz. Eduard Fresenius (1874–1946), founder of Fresenius.
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet (1906–2009), chief executive of Bing, Harris & Co. Graeme Hart (born 1955), New Zealand's richest businessman. Murray Haszard (born 1954), entrepreneur and businessman. Joseph Hatch (1837–1928), Invercargill businessman, "harvester" of penguins. Keith Hay (1917–1997), builder, businessman, local politician ...
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the creation or ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or ...