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[edit] A-C
- Austin Newman - Owner of Natural Wonders Productions and Producer of Til' Death Do us Part and Third On a Match
- Ivan Mironov - Former President of Balkanbank, the largest commercial bank in Bulgaria prior to the crash of the Bulgarian banking sector in early 1990's.
- Amador Aguiar - Founder of Banco Bradesco (one of three big banks of Brazil) and Fundação Bradesco (most big education program in Brazil).
- Agnelli Family - Prominent Business family of Italy
- Aleem A. Desai - Los Angeles based Strategy Consultant
- Adamjee Haji Dawood - Founder of The Adamjee Group
- Ahmed Yar Mohammed - Treasurer of Croydon Labour Party (UK) and founder of Alt-EnergyTech [1]
- Al Teller- the former Chairman & CEO of MCA Music Entertainment Group
- Alex Bogusky - Executive Creative Director of Miami based ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- Alex Olcese - President of AllChem Industries
- Alexandra Lebenthal- President of Lebenthal & Co.
- Alvin Flanagan - President & Chairman of Gannett Broadcasting
- Ayukawa Junta - Techno Ventures
- James H. Amos Jr. - James Amos - (req. prior 2008-02-16) - Leader in franchising industry - partial biography to be found here
- Anthony Chukwueke - Nigerian Former Shell employee and current Director of Petroleum Resources
- Arthur Rubinfeld - Founder and CEO of Airvision, a Seattle-based brand positioning and strategic growth company
- Ayhan Hakimoglu - founder of Aydin Corp.
- Ayman Ahmed El-Difrawi - Founder of Trans Continental Talent, Wlihelmina Scouting network, eModel, USAVoice, World Voice, Instant Human Resources, and Internet Services Corp.
- Adam Streichler - CEO of GWM Group and Director of Development of Scopical
- Adrienne Arpel - Beauty Mogul that has been selling makeup for over 70 years.
- Avnish Goyal - Chairman of Hallmark Healthcare
- BA Hellman - Entrepreneur and founder of nobosh.com
- JBS Bakshi - Chairman Emeritus, UNIMIN India Private Limited
- Barinder Gill - Elder son of Mohinder Gill. Eldest heir to the New Patiala Transport Co. business and estates.
- Barney Josephson - Barney Josephson, the founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village, New York's first integrated nightclub
- Barry Berrish - President of the James B. Beam Distilling Co
- Batista Gibello - Founded Pay Per Click Marketing Co.
- Beeton, Samuel Orchart - publisher
- Ben Hill Griffin III - Chairman and CEO of Alico Inc.
- Ben Kaufman- 20 year old founder of mophie. "INC" magazine's #1 entrepreneur under the age of 30 in 2007
- Benyamin Wolfovich - Mayor of Ra'anana
- Bernard H. Mendik - was the largest single owner of commercial real estate in Manhattan, if not New York (it was said he owned half of new york city).
- Bernard Salt - Australian Demographer, KPMG Partner.
- Beth Comstock Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, GE. She led GE's shift to "imagination at work" campaign and was also president, NBC Universal Integrated Media.
- Bob Alting von Geusau - Former AFIR Treasurer
- Bobby Sager - Billionare philanthropist. Former president and partner of Gordon Brothers Group. Founder of Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow.
- Branden Espinoza - Founder and Chief Executive of Brio Sailwear.
- Brandon Kopetzky - Founder and leader of InvisionFree (now ZetaBoards).
- Neil Blue American billionaire businessman and Owner of General Atomics
- Karen Brauer - Pharmacists for Life
- Brian Hinman - Founded 2Wire and co-founder of PictureTel and Polycom.
- Bruce Kushnick - Chairman of Teletruth
- Julie Burkhart - (req. prior 2008-02-16) - Chief Executive Officer, ProKanDo
- Gordon M. Byrnes - CEO, Chairman, and President of the Milwaukee Forge Corporation
- C. Del Galloway CEO of Public Relations Society of America
- Cameron Chell Euntrepreneur
- Carl Hagmier CEO of Nett Solutions, Inc.
- Carlos Alfonso current CEO of Alliant Partners
- Carol Sanger VP for Macy's Inc
- Catherine Cruz Nicdao Cobra Productions & Corals Arts and media, Inc. President & owner of Red House Concepts and Solutions, Inc.
- Chaleo Yoovidhya - Co-founder of Red Bull GmbH
- Charles Appleton Hooper - Founder and owner of Hooper & Co. Also created Excelsior Bank, later becoming part of Wells Fargo Bank
- Charlie Torano President of Toraño Cigars
- Chris Hutchins Founder of LaidOffCamp
- Didier Chenneveau Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) of LG Electronics.
- Christopher Cagan - CoreLogic's Director of Research - Predicts problems in ARMs to cause recession.
- Cuthbert C. Hurd - IBM director of the Applied Science Division
[edit] D-E
- Dan Lufkin - Co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Questor Partners
- Dan Weiden - Co-founder of Weiden + Kennedy, a Portland based ad agency with offices in 6 countries.
- David Wolfand - CEO of Wolfand Consulting
- Daniel Sadek - CEO of Quick Loan Fiancing
- Dana Shires - Co-creator of Gatorade
- Darin Phillips - Author of several books on training and counseling activities, presenter at national conferences on customer insight, and consultant on competency-based human resources (talent management) best practices
- David Fillpot - Sales and management expert
- David Postings - CEO of Welcome Finance
- David Ropes - President of Reebok
- Denis Hennequin - President of McDonald's Europe
- Diane Pearson (CFP) - Shareholder and [[CFP] at Legend Financial Advisors, Inc.
- Dianne Snedaker - President of Ketchum Advertising
- Dee Dee Gordon - One of the founders of Look-Look
- Dewaldt Huysamen - CEO and Owner off PCWIZODE CC
- Dick Enrico - Chief Executive Officer of 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment, a retail fitness company he founded in 1992
- Dilip Vellodi - CEO and Chairman, Sutherland Gobal Services
- Dion C Riggs - CEO House of Dijon, South Africa
- Otto Divosta - Founder of Divosta homes, builder in South Florida (created innovative assembly line process for home building http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yPALAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6848,1006382&dq=divosta )
- Dominic Gallello - Graphisoft CEO
- Dhanin Chearavanont - Chairman of Thailand's largest agriculture business Cheroen Pokphand (C.P)
- E.S. Purandar Das - (Former Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch, Executive Partner of Landmark Banyan Real Estate Holdings)
- Earl Hewlette CEO Ginn Clubs and Resorts -
- Edgar Woolard - former chairman of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Edward T. Lewis (Essence Communications) - Chairman/CEO of Essence Communications Inc., a diversified, multi-million dollar corporation. One of the most successful and diverse African American-owned communications companies in the United States.Chairman, Magazine Publishers of America, TransAfrica Forum; board of directors, Black Council on Africa, Rheeland Foundation, Negro Ensemble of New York City; trustee, Tuskegee University, Leadership Council of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, Teachers College of Columbia University.
- Edwin Colodny - Former Chairman of Allegany and US Airways, Former President of UVM
- Efrain Rivera - Hispanic CFO for Bausch & Lomb
- Elisabeth Anheuser-Busch - Wife of Adolphus Busch (Founder of Anheuser-Busch)
- Elizabeth Krukosky - Founder and CEO of Cool Fire Technologies, LLC
- Emil Schram - head of New York Stock Exchange
- Eric Yaverbaum - Best Selling Author of "PR For Dummies" and "Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEO'S" and PR Agency Owner (Ericho Communications)
- Erika L. Walker - Founder and President of RUWebby, LLC
- Essam Abdulla Fakhro, Dr. - Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry
[edit] F-J
- Felix Fantus - Father of site selection consulting industry
- Tim Ferriss - Author: "The Four-Hour Workweek", actor, world-record tango holder, Chinese kickboxing national champion, runs multinational business, and is only 29 years old...
- Harry James Free - Co-creator of Gatorade
- Frank Karel III - President of the Rockefeller Foundation
- Gautam Singhania - Chairman & Managing Director of Raymond Textiles.
- Gerald L. Hassell - President of The Bank of New York Mellon
- George Nediyakalayil - Founder of Gas Depot Inc. which is ranked 25 in the Hot 500 The Fastest-Growing Businesses in America.
- Giuseppe Franco - Founder & President of Giuseppe Franco Salon in Hollywood also on info-mercials for Procede hair treatment.
- Goran Varaklic - Founder & CEO of MDG Computers
- Gordon Pell. Board member of the The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Chief Executive of Coutts & Co
- Greg Goode - Founder of Ignis Oil and Vitruvius Art. Since retiring to France in 2008, both businesses are now run by his sons.
- Greg Steltenpohl - Co-founder of Odwalla and Adina juice companies.
- Gurvinder Gill - Younger son of Mohinder Gill and heir to the New Patiala Transport Co. business and estates
- Guy DeChazal- Previous head of Private Equity at Morgan Stanley
- Herb H. Peyton - founder and President of the Gate Petroleum Co.
- Hyung Khu Lim - CEO of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- Henry Latham Doherty - was the founder and president of the Cities Service Company
- Henry Tufo - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Tokuji Hayakawa - Founder of Sharp Corperation
- Ed Hirschy - Corporate owner of JDH Enterprises
- Hulon Crayton II - Founder of Cold Weather Films, Inc., Premier Booking & Management Co. and Premier Musique Group
- Ian Cinnamon - Founder and CEO of Cinn Dev, Author
- Ian Marcousé - Former Chief examiner of AQA Business Studies
- Ian Pegler - CEO of Little Chef
- Idar Vollvik - Founder of Idar Vollvik Invest AS; serial entrepreneur that made Euro 100 million in 2004 when he sold Chess Communication to TeleSoniera
- Steve Irvine - President & CEO of 80/20 Solutions Inc.
- J. Michael Cook - CEO of Deloitte & Touche
- Jake Hammer - President of Resorts Ontario
- James W. Birkenstock - IBM director of product planning and market analysis
- James Mandell - President and CEO of Children's Hospital Boston
- Jennifer McMillin - Vice President for Golin Harris International
- Jeremiah Coman - the mustard man
- Jerry Anders - Creator of graphical mail (Javeo.com), in legal trouble with Google and Sun
- Joe Cordell - CEO of Jim Walter Corporation
- Joe Rotunda- CEO of EZCORP
- John A. Peters V- CEO of Shatter Box Inc.
- John Colin Grogan - Innovator in Sales, Group Head of Silverdene
- John C. Lechleiter - CEO of Eli Lilly and Company
- James V. Green - Director of Hinman CEOS Program at University of Maryland
- John Smale - An executive of General Motors
- Jonathan A. Shaw - CEO for Shaw American Financial Corporation
- Joseph S. S. Cutrona - Founder and CEO of Adams-Cutrona Charitable Trusts
- Jon Vincent Woods - Founder of Ocean Software
[edit] K-M
- Pierre Kago - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of KAGO Kago-Kamine-Kachelofen GmbH & Co. Deutsche Wärmesysteme KG (biggest manufacturer of fireplaces, stoves and fire burning oven in Europe); he is the son of founder and former CEO Karl-Heinz Kago
- Christine Karpinski - Author, How To Rent Vacation Properties by Owner, Author Profit from your vacation home dream. Director Owner Community Homeaway, Inc
- Edwin S. Kelly (1857–1935) - founder of The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company and newspaper publisher in Springfield, Ohio
- Oliver Smith Kelly (1824–1904) - early civic leader in Springfield, Ohio, and founder of the O. S. Kelly Company, a pioneering U.S. manufacturer of traction engines, agricultural implements, and piano plates. Father of Edwin S. Kelly.
- Omar Mashabi - Saudi Business man that is head of Snasco
- Wallace Key - Better known as Wally Key, has consistently inspired tremendous growth in several Chamber Of Commerce's including Northeast Tarrant County, Northwest Chamber in Oklahoma City [1] and most recently was named President to the Saginaw, TX Chamber Of Commerce,][http://www.saginawtxchamber.org
- Kaan Yigit - founder and president of Solutions Research Group Consultants Inc.
- Keith Funston - head of New York Stock Exchange
- Keith Nosbusch - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Rockwell Automation
- Kenneth W. Price - CEO of CHF Enterprises
- Kevin Hell Current DIVX President/CEO who shut down the Stage6 video
- Kumar Konanur - co-founded Yipkon Business Sytems in 1978
- Kumar Mavally - Founder of Brocade Communications, Venture Capitalist, Storage Domain Expert, Funded various companies in Stroage Domain.
- Kurt Feazel - President of Pecten Trading Company
- Leif Östling - Chief Executive Officer of Scania AB
- Leib Merkin - founder of Merkin & Company and Fifth Avenue Synagogue. Leipzig Furrier was father of Hermann Merkin.1878-1976
- Leib Merkin - Businessman
- Leo Alexander Sandy Smallwood - Heritage Restorer and owner of Andrex Holdings Limited in Ottawa
- Lew Veraldi (Former Ford vice president who led the team that produced the first Taurus in 1986)
- Robert Liodice - (req. prior 2008-02-16) - President and CEO of Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
- Liz Neumark - CEO Great Performances, (considered to be one of the 100 most influential women in New York)
- Luis Fernando Correa-Bahamon (World President of FIABCI-The International Real Estate Federation-Very Important Real Estate figure.)
- Lloyd Williams (CEO) (CEO of C.L.A.D. Construction)
- Lothar von Faber - German industralist, founder of Faber-Castell (German entry, Portuguese entry, Britannica article)
- Levison M. David - (Owner of Mega Power Sports)
- Marshall McDonald - Chairman of Florida Power and Light
- Mark F. Gibbins - President of DME Corporation
- Marc Boudreau - Marketing Director - MDG Computers
- Maria Alvarez Castro - Founding President of the Manhattan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Minority Women Business Enterprise Chamber Challenge Champion under her leadership www.nyc.gov
- Maria Helen Alvarez - with Jack Wrather, was co-owner of Wrather-Alvarez Productions, which owned television stations in Tulsa and San Diego, as well as the Disneyland Hotel
- Marnin Kligfeld- owner of (what) software firm
- Mehron Melik - (req. prior 2008-02-16) - founder of Mehron Inc., theatrical makeup manufacturer
- Mendik, Bernard - at one point was the largest single commercial real estate owner on the island of Manhattan if not all of New York.
- [{Michael Aloyan}] - self made millionaire that opened the first hotel and casino in one in Compton, California (Crystal Park Hotel and casino}
- Michael H. Jordan - notable business leader who has served as CEO of various major corporations including PepsiCo, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, CBS Corporation, and EDS.
- Michael S. Hall - President and Founder of Screening Services Group, operator of the Wilshire Screening Room and Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA.
- Mohinder Gill - CEO of New Patiala Transport Co.
- Mohit Farhad - Entrepreneur, Founder of Shopzilla (formerly BizRate.com)
- Monem Alyaser - Entrepreneur, Inventor of a clean coal technology
- Mortimer Neufville - Executive Vice-President for the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
- Mohammed Alhammad - CEO and President of Albayan Holding Company in Saudi Arabia
- Matt Giamela - Owner and operator of Giamela's Sub Sandwiches
- Mustaq Ahmad - Founder of Mustafa shopping center in Singapore
Kollar, Steven- founder of 30 different companies in America
[edit] N-R
- Neil Neddermeyer - Grand Master of Masons in Minnesota
- Nikesh Arora - Google, President EMEA and VP Google inc
- Nick Bunzl- Executive Director of Israel Policy Forum
- Norman B. Vansile - President Trannon Corp.; Detroit Philanthropist
- Oleg Yefimov - Founder and CEO of Dissident Ltd.
- Orit Gadiesh - Chairman of consulting firm Bain & Co
- Patrick Viguerie - McKinsey director, author of several articles and a book.
- Peter Melnikov - Vice President of Marketing, MoveYourWeb
- Peter Darbee - CEO of PG&E Corporation, climate change issues
- Peter Yip - Executive Chairman of the Board and CEO, CDC Software
- Peter A. Joseph- President of Israel Policy Forum
- Qais al-Khonji- Chairman of few companies
- Philip Nelson,Jr - SVP Strategic Development, NewTek Technical Emmy Nominee
- Puneet Gupta - Director of Indigo Care
- Peter Grauer- CEO Bloomberg L.P
- Radhakissen Kanoria - Founder of the Kanoria Group of companies & patriarch of the Kanoria family
- Rajesh Gill - Trader, known as "7 to 7 man", won landmark judgment of 20 million pounds against MF Global for fraud
- Ragan Henry - Pioneering African-American media mogul
- Ralph Cordiner - CEO of General Electric in the 1950's, created famous "blue books"
- Ralph L. Palmer - manager of the IBM Poughkeepsie Engineering Laboratory
- Raza Khan (MyRichUncle) - Co-Founder and President of MyRichUncle Student Loan Company NASDAQ: UNCL
- Rehan Chogle - CEO of Entertainment Vision
- Richard Caring - Clothing tycoon (UK)
- Richard K. Templeton - CEO of Texas Instruments
- Richard Monroe - President for Darden Restaurants
- Rob Dyson - Chairman of the Board at Marist College, former owner of WPDH
- Robert Afshar - President & Founder of Leadclick Media, Inc., also founded & presided over Legal Resource Inc., a source for online "How To" legal information
- Robert Gray (POP Radio) - Founder of POP Radio Corporation, General Partner at vSource1, Inc. and Scarborough Capital, Inc.
- Robert Kavner - Chairman of the Board at Earthlink, former CFO of AT&T, Director at Pandora and Idealab
- Ron Zarella - An executive of General Motors
- Ron Hose - Founder of Tokbox, Entrepreneur.
- Rosemarie Rolando Nye - President for Avaya Inc
- Roy Larsen - President of Time, Inc.
- Pathman Senathirajah - Greatest networker and speaker
[edit] S-Z
- Simon Dunn - Founder and current CEO of Single Hot & Loaded[1] www.singlehotandloaded.co.uk
- Stephen Chau - Product Manager, Google Maps and Google Earth http://www.fastcompany.com/100/2009/stephen-chau
- Sanford C. Sigoloff - Turnaround Manager, Chariman of Wickes Companies in 1980's, member of the Turnaround Managers Association Hall of Fame
- Shelley Sykes - Happiness Guru www.shelleysykes.com
- Sean Whaling - President and co-founder of eCommission Financial Services
- Shafat Qazi-Founder and CEO of BQE Software,creator of BillQuick, Time Tracking and billig Software
- Shannon McAleavey - current Vice President for Walt Disney World
- Sharifa Khan - current President & CEO for Balmoral Marketing Inc.
- Simran Gill - Eldest heiress to the New Patiala Transport Co. business and estates.
- Stephanie A. Burns
- Sundararajan.M.S -Chairman and Managing Director,Indian Bank,Chennai
- Sylvain Zimmer - Founder of Jamendo
- Sydney J. Reso - kidnapped executive of Exxon Mobil
- Simon Cullinan - Recruitment legend and International Banking magnate
- Savannah Durbin - CEO of Tee-Off Enterprises
- Stanley R. Tanka - CFO of Clif bar Inc.
- Stanley G. Tate - Florida entrepreneur. CEO and founder of Tate Enterprises. Former Chairman of RTC under the Clinton Administration. Chairman of the Board of Ameribid. [2]. Founder and former Chairman of the Florida Prepaid College Fund.
- Steven Barbarich - CEO and founder of ChooseHotTubsDirect, ChooseOutdoorKitchens, AbsolutelyNew, and author of the book The Complete Manual on How To Make Money From Your Inventions and Patents.
- Stacy Denney - American entrepreneur and CEO of BarefootandPregnant.com, and author of the motherhood books Spa Mama and Fit Mama.
- Timothy S. Leatherman
- Timothy Pethick - Australian Entrepreneur, nudie drinks founder
- Valentine Rei - Russian entrepreneur
- Vanisha Mittal Bhatia - Director ArcelorMittal ADS (New), daughter of business tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal
- Vernon Dickerson - American investor. Founded Dickerson Divisions, a holding company, and the Rollins-Dickerson Scholarship
- Victor Lightfoot - Founder and Owner of Lock Stock and Barrel, renowned British Stocktaking Company
- Vivek Wadhwa - Founder of Relativity Technologies
- Vince Desi - Running With Scissors CEO
- Vuk Mircetic - work in progress
- W. Wallace McDowell - IBM director of engineering*
- F. William McNabb III - CEO of The Vanguard Group, which pioneered low-expense mutual funds
- Walter H. Wheeler, Jr. - CEO and Chairman of Pitney-Bowes Inc. [2]
- William A. Emerson - Vice President of Merrill Lynch
- William F. Ruprecht - CEO of Sothebys
- James Frederick Willett - "king of copyright pirates" in late 19th century, convicted for conspiracy in 1905 for distributing music at cheap prices.
- Yu Yongda - eminent Chinese economist based at Tsinghua University, advisor to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, head of the State Council's leadership oversight committee
- Klaas Zwart - Dutch businessman and racing driver; founded Petroline 1980 [3]; holder of 9 US patents; owner Ascari Cars
