Greatest Businessmen of their Time

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Matthew Boulton (1728-1809)
• Powered Industrial Revolution
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
• Carnegie's Steel Built America
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
• Mega Media Blueprint
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
• Democratized Transportation
Edward H. Harriman (1848-1909)
• Proto-turn-around artist
Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
• Fathered HMO
Ray Kroc (1902-1984)
• Founding Father Of Fast-Food Nation
William Lever (1851-1925)
• Invented "The Brand"
Henry Luce (1898-1967)
• Mass Media Pioneer
J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
• Saved Wall Street
Alfred Nobel (1833-1896)
• Invented Dynamite, Holding Company
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
• Spawned Global Energy Industry
Meyer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812)
• International Financier Pioneer
Alfred P. Sloan (1875-1966)
• The Perfect Organization Man
Gerard Swope (1872-1957)
• Wove Capitalism's Safety Net
Sakichi Toyoda (1867-1930)
• Smarter Machines Sage
Sam Walton (1918-1992)
• Perfected Mass Retailing
Aaron Montgomery Ward (1843-1913)
• "No Store" Retailer
Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914-1993)
• Wired Corporate America
Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795)
• Invented Celebrity Endorsements


We need more deafies on the list!

 

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u forgot my name.. shame on u..

Eric M. Littleson (1980- present)
- widest inventor

 

[sablescort]

I should add a few influential businessmen:

Warren Buffett-His "Buy and Hold" strategy of investing in stocks made him a billionaire. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, stock is worth over $100,000 for just ONE share! Berkshire Hathaway as huge investments in Coke, Dairy Queen and Clayton Mobile Homes.

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca-Father of both the Ford Mustang and the Chrysler Minivan (Dodge Caravan, Plymouth Voyager and Chrysler Town & Country). He saved Chrysler from bankruptcy with US Government bailout in 1980. Iacocca spearheaded the project to restore the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Since he retired from Chrysler, he is currently engaged in selling olive oil products and electric bikes.