Business and Inventions
759 famous people found
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John Stith PEMBERTON
American biochemist and American Civil War veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola
1831 - 1888 -
Tim COOK
American business executive, industrial engineer, developer, and CEO of Apple Inc.
1960 -
Jaclyn SMITH
American actress and businesswoman
1945 -
Steve BANNON
American media executive and former investment banker, who is executive chairman of Breitbart News
1953 -
Rex TILLERSON
Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Secretary of State of President-elect Donald Trump
1952 -
Jack DORSEY
American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur widely known as a co-founder and CEO of Twitter
1976 -
John Harvey KELLOGG
American medical doctor, nutritionist, inventor, health activist, anti-masturbation advocate, and businessman
1852 - 1943 -
Priscilla Presley
American businesswoman and actress
1945 -
Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT, JR
American lawyer, politician, and businessman
1914 - 1988 -
Barron HILTON
American business magnate, socialite, and hotel heir
1927 -
L. Ron HUBBARD
American pulp fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology
1911 - 1986 -
Christie HEFNER
Former chairwoman and chief executive officer of Playboy Enterprises
1952 -
Steve WOZNIAK
American computer engineer and programmer who co-founded Apple Computer
1950 -
Milton S. HERSHEY
American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist
1857 - 1945 -
Charles Alfred PILLSBURY
American flour industrialist, co-founder and namesake of the Pillsbury Company
1842 - 1899 -
Clarence BIRDSEYE
American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist and is considered to be the founder of the modern frozen food industry
1886 - 1956 -
Hugh HEFNER
American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises
1926 - 2017 -
Marjorie MERRIWEATHER POST
American businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and owner of General Foods, Inc.
1887 - 1973 -
Benjamin FRANKLIN
American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America
1706 - 1790 -
Henry FORD
American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company
1863 - 1947