Business
These goos are from the Business category, people famous for managing companies and influencing the economy. Browse another way.
Alan Greenspan
The span of his economic control might make you green with envy. Go »
Aliko Dangote
He may not be the richest man in the world, but he tops his region of the world. Go »
Alina Morse
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Arch Aplin III
Inspired by his woodland-creature nickname, this Texan imagined someday owning and running a large chain of gas stations throughout the South, and I mean world-record large. Go »
Aristotle Onassis
not Alexander's teacher Go »
August Busch IV
Let's not beat around the bush: This former CEO has had his share of legal troubles, from fatal car accidents to allegedly drunken helicoptering. But he rarely faces legal consequences, so he hasn't served even his eighth month in prison yet. Go »
Barbara Corcoran
When you want to know about real estate investment, ask a shark. Go »
Ben Bernanke
Can this government economist rescue us from the subprime crisis? It is his job, after all. Go »
Bill Gates
He's not just a rich nerd. He's super-rich... and a super nerd. Go »
Bill Gates
This philanthropist has a macro fortune from micro beginnings. Go »
Bob Iger
His company may have all started with a mouse, but for the last fifteen years, he has grown it with Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Fox. Go »
Bob Jordan
Many people have a bad first year on the job, but most don't end it by cancelling tens of thousands of flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers at Christmas. Go »
Brian Robbins
Media executives who have reached the paramount of success, like he has, rarely started their careers acting in the sort of sitcoms that he now greenlights. Go »
Burt Shavitz
The alliterative hygiene brand that he co-founded, inspired by his work with apis mellifera, first became successful in Maine. Go »
Carl Icahn
Among America's wealthiest investors, he has become an icon for his aggressive criticism and hostile takeovers (and more recently, his early support of Donald Trump's campaign). Go »
Carlos Slim
holds a slender margin over the world's second-richest man Go »
Carly Fiorina
Her experience running a tech company wasn't enough for Republicans to nominate her for president. Go »
Cecil Rhodes
Not only a famed scholarship but an entire country were named after this businessman. Go »
Charles R. Schwab
You may not know this very wealthy Californian, but you've probably heard of his eponymous financial company that brought inexpensive security trading to the masses. Go »
Charles Tandy
What do RadioShack, Color Tile, Tandy Leather, and a number of regional retail chains have in common? Go »
Charles and David Koch
These industrious brothers from Kansas are as famous for their success in the energy business as they are for their sizable donations to Republican and Tea Party candidates. [You must guess both names to be correct.] Go »
Clive Palmer
This Australian billionaire wants to be the second one to be on the Titanic. Go »
Colonel Tom Parker
This grifter extorted over half of his client's enormous income. Gambling and other poor decisions left only $1 million at the time of his death. Go »
Cornelius Vanderbilt
This railroad magnate and university founder would have been happy to sell you a Ticket to Ride. Go »
Craig Schnuck
This goo thinks that you should help and be respectful to other people in his place of business. Go »
Dan Price
This CEO put a $70k price tag on his employees' happiness. Go »
Dan Snyder
He's supposed to be in command of the NFL team that he owns, but he was pressured into changing their name and soon he might be pressured into not owning them at all. Go »
Daniela Dorrer
Who knew that selling cow farts could be a success? This designer did. Go »
Dave Checketts
Don't get all jazzed for your job as a general manager, Do you think he could check up on you? Go »
Dave Dahl
He went from eating "the loaf" to making some serious bread. Go »
David Zaslav
This media executive maxed out on his negative public perception by cancelling finished films and removing beloved shows from his monosyllabic streaming service. Go »
Dennis Lindsey
Although his role has a checkered past, he remains jazzed about it in general. Go »
Dick Portillo
This ex-Marine sold a lot of hot dogs in Chicago (but not out of his house). Go »
Donald Sterling
Business? Sports? Controversy? No, I think I should categorize this infamous Los Angeles racist under Disasters. Go »
Donald Trump
It's hard not to get fired up about this real estate mogul who treats business deals like an art. Go »
Donald Trump
This businessman, birther, and Apprentice host wants to make America great again. Go »
Eddie Bauer
He went from rackets to jackets. Go »
Elisha Otis
What goes up, must come down. But not dangerously (even fatally) because of his inventive solution. Go »
Elizabeth Arden
It takes a certain vanity to think you can make millions in America by leaving Canada behind. Go »
Elizabeth Holmes
This businesswoman took a bloody path from broke to billions and back. Go »
Emanuel Bronner
Despite his own blindness, he realized that the ideal audience for his moral and religious screeds turned out to be people stuck in a bathroom with nothing to read. Go »
Estée Lauder
This New Yorker was much more than just another pretty face. Go »
Fred DeLuca
The original name of his sandwich shop, Pizza Marines, didn't work out, so he named it after a subterranean transit system instead. Go »
Harrison King McCann
His company's creation of the modern Santa Claus left an imprint on society lasting much longer than one month. Who's the king? Go »
Harry Gordon Selfridge
At this retailer's London department stores, the customer is always right – but the goo players aren't. There are only 7 playing days left until this goo expires. Go »
Henry Ford
This Detroit automaker, who named his international motor company after himself, revolutionized mass production by getting the science of the assembly line down to a T. Go »
Hetty Green
This miserly millionaire was so cheap, she set her son's broken leg herself to save money leading to its amputation. She paid for that, though. Go »
Hiroaki Aoki
rocky restaurateur Go »
Howard Johnson
He invented the franchise model of restaurant and motel chains, but his true fame came from putting his name on every location, so that weary travelers across the nation looked for "HoJo" as a respite from the road. Go »
Indra Nooyi
Recognizing the importance of a healthy diet, this innovative business leader successfully expanded the company's soft drink and snack food portfolio with items of nutritional value, such as dairy, fruit and grain products. Go »
Isaac Tigrett
He invented the first chain of theme restaurants, drawing on his love of rock & roll and blues for his eatery concepts. Go »
J.D. Power
The awards that his firm gives are widely touted in car commercials, but if you want access to that kind of marketing power, you'd better be prepared to pay for it. Go »
Jack Daniel
This Tennessee distiller made his name synonymous with whiskey. Go »
James Jebbia
This British-born skate shop owner has built the ultimate fashion brand in New York. Go »
Jamie Dimon
This chief executive - that's Mr. Banker to you - has been criticized for his relentless pursuit of profit. Go »
Jamie Kern Lima
This cosmetics executive just became 2400 times richer than she would have been by winning her season of Big Brother. Go »
Jason Hart
Under his leadership, the 46,000 American employees of this fast-growing retail company love to focus on efficiency and simplicity to deliver affordable product to its customers. Go »
Jeff Bezos
Amazing! This innovative leader took his business from a garage to the world's fourth most valuable public company in just 23 years. Concepts of stores without checkout lines, product delivery by drones, and wholly investing in a new market will possibly make him the richest man in the world. Go »
Jimi Heselden
He was so impressed by the Segway that he decided to take the plunge and buy the company. Go »
Jimmy John Liautaud
This sandwich shopkeeper spent years hunting for massive growth after his college business took off. Go »
John Deere
I wonder if this green-and-yellow-loving tractor magnate ever got a Dear John letter. Go »
John K. Hanson
He started a business that took recreational travelers a long way from the Iowa county that inspired the name of the company and product. Go »
John Mozeliak
The President of Baseball Operations fires a lot of people, so you may not want to bet your cards you're still going to have a job. Go »
Ken Lewis
These days, it seems like no value is more American than greed. Go »
Kenneth Lay
This energy chairman became a model of greed when he energetically bilked his investors and bankrupted his employees for billions. Go »
Kevin Feige
This Hollywood executive is like a real-life Nick Fury, assembling a shared universe of Earth's mightiest heroes. Go »
Kevin O'Leary
This somewhat bald-headed Shark wants to be called Mr. Wonderful and isn't an easy business man to get along with. He prefers 200k for 30 percent equity of your business. Go »
King Gillette
his shaving savings made him a loss leader (who's the king?) Go »
Laura Ashley
This Brit was Martha's role model before her financial fall from grace. Go »
Lee Iacocca
This Pennsylvanian championed the mustang project in the 1960s. We're not talking horses here, though; just horsepower. Go »
Lori Greiner
This Shark would like to be called The Queen of QVC, but wanting 300k for 15% isn't a deal that you should be making with this shark. Go »
Louis Chevrolet
Somehow, this race car driver born in Switzerland to French parents went on to found one of the most American of car companies. Go »
Louis Vuitton
This French luggage designer was not obsessed with the number 55. His company just likes to put his initials on its purses and other luxury products. Go »
Marissa Mayer
Only a crazy person would fail to see this CEO's bright potential. Go »
Mark Cuban
Only mavericks cash in on the web's real potential. Go »
Mark Cuban
Liking pickles and mustard is not what makes this successful business owner a maverick. Go »
Mark King
Some CEOs need to live más in order to understand their customer base. Who's the king? Go »
Marshall Field
This retailer taught his staff to field complaints with the attitude that the customer is always right. Go »
Martin Shkreli
This pharmaceutical executive and Wu-Tang fan experienced a 5000% increase in hatred of his business practices this year. Go »
Mary Barra
She was given the keys to the kingdom just in time for them to fail. Go »
Mary Kay Ash
There's no need to make up how much kash she earned. Go »
Max Factor
He exerted maximum influence over the cosmetics industry, giving Hollywood stars their signature looks and popularizing the term make-up. Go »
Meg Whitman
Would you bid $40 for a share in her company in one week, or Buy It Now for $60? Go »
Meyer Guggenheim
You can't make money or children in Minecraft, but this Swiss-born miner eventually had lots of both. Go »
Michael Dell
Dude, you're getting one of this guy's computers. Go »
Mike Lindell
This entrepreneur is convinced that the 2020 election was fraudulent, and he's not about to sleep on it. Go »
Mike Merrill
If you can snip enough shares of this stock, you could have a controlling interest in his life. Go »
Nolan Bushnell
Entertaining kids isn't all fun and games, even with a cartoon mouse for a mascot. Go »
Ole Kirk Christiansen
This Danish construction expert built a very successful toy business brick by brick. Go »
Patrick Doyle
Like turning over a new Domino, he oversaw a record-setting corporate turnaround in the fast-food industry that started when his company apologized for being terrible. He was hired a year later and named the best CEO of 2011 by CNBC. Go »
Paul Allen
Some people make money just to give it away. Go »
Paul Budnitz
He may know a lot about bikes and toys, but time will tell if he can make it as a free social website without ads. Go »
Paul Fleming
You might have eaten at one of his chains of Chinese, Mexican, Southwestern, Asian, or steakhouse restaurants, without realizing that his name or initials are hidden in most of their names. Go »
Peter Cancro
He's not the eponymous Mike, but he did take over a struggling sandwich restaurant as a teenager and turn it into a 2000-location franchise. Go »
Phil Knight
At the intersection of sports, marketing, fashion, and controversy, this founder and former CEO has one attitude: Just goo it. Go »
Pleasant Rowland
It is appropriate that her dolls have brought so much joy to children, since her name connotes happiness. Go »
Preston Tucker
This Michigander's innovative approach to automobile engineering was not successful, in part because of his innovative approach to stock fraud. Go »
Ray Kroc
His enormous success at building McDonald's into a fast-food empire probably made his competitors feel like they were trapped in a nightmarish game of BurgerTime. Go »
Reed Hastings
This Internet CEO is committed to serving you movies and television ever faster, like his name. Go »
Richard Branson
He takes special care with first-time customers. Go »
Richard Branson
He shares a multi-billion net worth and voluminous blond hair with Donald Trump, but unlike the Republican nominee, he's a virgin. Go »
Richard Hellmann
What in the hell is up with this German businessman trying to sell product to grocery stores in the middle of May? Oh man! Go »
Rick Wagoner
Do people recall this accomplished executive for his business skills or for his ironic last name? Go »
Robert F. Smith
This tech billionaire, who's even richer than Oprah, put his money where his Morehouse College commencement address was. Go »
Roger Ailes
When your business is Fox News Channel, you succeed by outfoxing the competition. Go »
Run Run Shaw
This movie mogul and television tycoon was prolifically philanthropic with college campuses, but not named for running repeatedly. Go »
Rupert Murdoch
When your business is the News, you succeed by outfoxing the competition. Go »
Sam Bankman-Fried
It's going to be a long time before this crypto entrepreneur and former billionaire is freed. Go »
Sam Walton
Consumers enjoy this retail magnate's low, low prices, while critics complain about the comany's low, low business practices. Go »
Sara Blakely
This billionaire is shaping up to be quite an influential figure in American fashion. Go »
Satya Nadella
This engineer is going to have to go beyond the cloud to succeed in business. Go »
Sheldon Adelson
His big donations to Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney represent lines drawn in the sands. Go »
Sherb Noble
When his friend invented soft-serve ice cream, he knew it would be a best-seller in his royal restaurant when he couldn't give it away fast enough. Go »
Sheryl Sandberg
Becoming a young widow with two kids might have made for some lean years if this Silicon Valley COO wasn't worth over a billion dollars. Go »
Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook's longtime #2 had to lean in to find success as a woman in technology. Go »
Sonny Vaccaro
His sunny optimism helped Nike take its sales into the stratosphere by signing a future megastar. Go »
Stan Kroenke
Owning an arsenal of sports teams made him the envy of fans from Colorado to England, but relocating a St. Louis team to Los Angeles and trying to launch a closed "super" soccer league made him their enemy. Go »
Steve Bannon
The alt-right counts this digital media executive and former presidential advisor among its most prominent voices. Go »
Steve Case
It takes a real nut case to take aim across America. Go »
Steve Rubell
looks like Mike Myers Go »
Steve Wynn
Is it amusing that this prolific casino developer, whose works include the Mirage, is named for what you want to do in one? Go »
Suge Knight
Your days in this round are numbered. The last thing you need now is to slip up and go back to square A1. Go »
Sumner Redstone
This mogul knows all about viable commerce, broadcasting in Columbia, black entertainment, and television music. Go »
Suze Orman
When it comes to personal finance, no woman (or man) gives better advice. Go »
Thomas A. Scott
If you've ever owned the second railroad in Monopoly, then you have something in common with this Abraham Lincoln war adviser and reviled "robber baron" of industry. Go »
Tim Cook
His beloved, now deceased predecessor had a legacy of innovation. His legacy might be privacy. Go »
Todd Goldman
Some trace his success to rocky controversy, others to his willingness to face enormous challenges. Go »
Todd Schnuck
This Midwestern grocery-chain CEO depends on workers to keep the business running, just like the four relatives who held the position before him. Go »
Tom Stillman
This Midwesterner feels blue when he's not allowed to stand in one place for a long time, with or without one his beers. Go »
Tony Hayward
slick apologizer Go »
Travis Kalanick
Above all, this former CEO's ride was marked by calamitous scandals. Go »
Vikram Pandit
city slicker Go »
Vince McMahon
If this brash CEO had succeeded at doing in his extreme football league what he had already accomplished for professional wrestling, would that have meant suiting up and playing the sport himself? Go »
Vivek Ramaswamy
This near-billionaire might have to be high on his own pharmaceutical supply to think that his poll numbers relative to Donald Trump's give him a chance at the GOP nomination. Go »
Walter O'Brien
This Irish technologist might be smart enough to have taught NASA about their own security, but I still wouldn't carry him on my back across a river. Go »
Warren Buffett
Nothing makes money like money, as the world's richest man should know. Go »
Wilber Hardee
Soon after founding his eponymous fast food chain, he bet it away in a poker game. Go »
