Businesspeople & Entrepreneurs, SIN-WAL
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Harry F. Sinclair was an American oilman who founded Sinclair Oil Corporation, a major integrated petroleum company......
Michele Sindona was an Italian financier whose financial empire collapsed amid charges of fraud, bribery, and murder.......
Isaac Singer was an American inventor who developed and brought into general use the first practical domestic sewing......
Kushal Pal Singh is an Indian businessman who transformed Delhi Land & Finance Limited (DLF) into one of India’s......
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican entrepreneur who became one of the wealthiest people in the world. His extensive......
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was an American corporate executive and philanthropist who headed General Motors (GM) as president......
Dick Smith is an Australian aviator, filmmaker, explorer, businessman, and publisher, renowned for his aviation......
Frederick W. Smith was an American business executive who founded (1971) Federal Express (later called FedEx),......
Conn Smythe was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, manager, and owner who founded the Toronto Maple Leafs in......
Sir Thomas Smythe was an English entrepreneur in the Virginia Company that founded the Virginia colony. He also......
Son Masayoshi is a Japanese entrepreneur who served as chairman and CEO of Softbank Corp, a media and telecommunications......
T.V. Soong was a financier and official of the Chinese Nationalist government between 1927 and 1949, once reputed......
Edward Frederick Sorin was a Roman Catholic priest and educator, founder and first president of the University......
George Soros is a Hungarian-born American financier, author, philanthropist, and activist whose success as an investor......
Jared Sparks was an American publisher and editor of the North American Review, biographer, and president of Harvard......
Charles Clinton Spaulding was an American business leader who built the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company......
Gilbert R. Spaulding was a circus impresario, creator of the “Floating Palace,” an elaborate two-story steamboat......
George Speight is a Fijian businessman who was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison for leading......
Elmer Ambrose Sperry was a versatile American inventor and industrialist, best known for his gyroscopic compasses......
E. R. Squibb was a U.S. chemist and pharmaceutical manufacturer who developed methods of making pure and reliable......
Leland Stanford was an American senator from California and one of the builders of the first U.S. transcontinental......
Frank Stanton was an innovative American radio and television executive, who was president of the Columbia Broadcasting......
Ken Starr was an American lawyer best known as the independent counsel (1994–99) who headed the investigation of......
Ellsworth Milton Statler was a U.S. hotel owner and the founder of the Statler chain. Statler grew up in Somerset......
Jules Stein was an American show-business entrepreneur, best known as the cofounder and president of the entertainment......
George Steinbrenner was an American businessman and principal owner of the New York Yankees (1973–2010). His exacting......
William Stephenson was a Canadian-born millionaire industrialist whose role as Britain’s intelligence chief in......
Sir Sigmund Sternberg was a Hungarian-born British philanthropist and entrepreneur who was known for his efforts......
J. P. Stevens was a merchant who founded J.P. Stevens, one of the biggest firms in the American textile industry.......
Alexander Turney Stewart was an American textile merchant whose dry-goods store grew into a giant wholesale and......
Maria Stewart was an American writer, lecturer, teacher, and activist who was the first known American woman to......
Martha Stewart is an American entrepreneur and domestic lifestyle innovator who built a catering business into......
Tom Steyer is an American business executive and philanthropist who founded (1986) Farallon Capital Management......
James Stillman was an American financier and banker whose presidency of New York’s National City Bank (now Citibank)......
Hugo Stinnes was a German industrialist who emerged after World War I as Germany’s “business kaiser,” controlling......
Mabel St. Clair Stobart was an English medical relief worker, feminist, and author. Stobart founded the Women’s......
Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes was a British automobile executive who presided over the merger that resulted......
Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founded (2006) Twitter, an online......
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal was a Canadian fur trader, financier, railway promoter,......
Lewis Strauss was an American businessman and official who was head of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953 to......
Howard Stringer is a Welsh-born American business executive who became the first non-Japanese chairman and CEO......
Arthur Hays Sulzberger was a U.S. newspaper publisher. The son-in-law of Adolph Ochs, he joined the staff of The......
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was an American newspaper publisher who led The New York Times through an era in which many......
Emma A. Summers was an American businesswoman who became known as the Oil Queen of California for her role in the......
Lawrence Summers was one of the main architects of U.S. economic policy in the last decade of the 20th century......
Sunil Bharti Mittal is the billionaire founder and chair of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s largest conglomerates.......
Gustavus Swift was the founder of the meatpacking firm Swift & Company and promoter of the railway refrigerator......
Gerard Swope was the president of the General Electric Company (1922–39; 1942–44) in the United States. He greatly......
Tachikawa Keiji is a Japanese business executive who was a leader in Japan’s telecommunications industry through......
François-Joseph Talma was a French actor and theatrical company manager whose reforms in acting styles, stage costuming,......
Tan Cheng Lock was a Malaysian Chinese community leader, politician, and businessman. Born into a wealthy Straits......
Lucio Tan is a Chinese-born Filipino entrepreneur who headed such companies as Fortune Tobacco Corp., Asia Brewery,......
J.R.D. Tata was an Indian businessman and aviation pioneer who created India’s first airline and oversaw the dramatic......
Jamsetji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, one of India’s largest......
Ratan Tata was an Indian businessman who became chairman (1991–2012 and 2016–17) of the Tata Group, a Mumbai-based......
Myron C. Taylor was an American financier and diplomat who was the chief executive of the United States Steel Corporation......
Samuel Terry was a pioneer Australian landowner and merchant, known as the “Botany Bay Rothschild.” Terry was transported......
Irving Thalberg was an American film executive called the “boy wonder of Hollywood” who, as the production manager......
Peter Thiel is a German American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and business executive who helped found PayPal,......
Jim Thompson was an American-born Thai businessman who turned Thai silk making into a major industry selling worldwide......
Mark Thompson is a British business executive who served as director general of the BBC (2004–12) before becoming......
J. Edgar Thomson was an American civil engineer and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company who consolidated......
Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson was a Canadian-born British publisher, owner of The Times of London and......
Edward Thring was a schoolmaster whose reorganization of Uppingham School influenced public school education throughout......
Fritz Thyssen was a German industrial magnate, head of the great Vereinigte Stahlwerke (United Steel Works) combine,......
Charles Lewis Tiffany was an American jeweler who made a specialty of importing historic gems, jewelry, and artwork.......
Shirley M. Tilghman is a Canadian molecular biologist and the first woman to serve as president of Princeton University......
Rex W. Tillerson is an American business executive who served as secretary of state (2017–18) in the administration......
Dennis Tito is an American businessman who became the first private individual to pay for his own trip into space.......
James Tobin was an American economist whose contributions to the theoretical formulation of investment behaviour......
Thomas Tooke was a British financier and economist who championed free trade. Tooke was in business throughout......
Robert Torrens was a British economist, soldier, politician, and promoter of schemes for the colonization of Australia.......
Juan T. Trippe was an American pioneer in commercial aviation and one of the founders of the company that became......
Donald Trump is the 45th and 47th president of the United States (2017–21; 2025– ). Following his inauguration......
Donald Trump, Jr. is an American businessman who was an executive vice president in the Trump Organization, his......
Ivanka Trump is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur who was an executive vice president in the Trump Organization,......
Ted Turner is an American broadcasting entrepreneur, philanthropist, sportsman, and environmentalist who founded......
Cem Uzan is a Turkish businessman and politician known for launching the first private television channel in Turkey......
Alfred Lewis Vail was an American telegraph pioneer and an associate and financial backer of Samuel F.B. Morse......
Theodore Newton Vail was an American executive who twice headed the Bell Telephone Company at critical times and......
Romolo Valli was an Italian actor who appeared in leading stage roles and won many awards for his work in motion......
Marco van Basten is a Dutch football (soccer) player and coach who was a three-time European Player of the Year......
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne was an American-born Canadian railway official who directed the construction of......
Cornelius Vanderbilt was an American shipping and railroad magnate who acquired a personal fortune of more than......
William Henry Vanderbilt was an American railroad magnate and philanthropist who nearly doubled the Vanderbilt......
Daniel Vasella is a Swiss doctor and businessman who served as chairman (1999–2013) and CEO (1996–2010) of the......
Bill Veeck was an American professional baseball club executive and owner, who introduced many innovations in promotion.......
Robert L. Vesco was an American financier, once considered the boy wonder of international finance, who later became......
Jean Vilar was a French actor and director who revitalized the Théâtre National Populaire as a forceful educational......
Henry Villard was a U.S. journalist and financier, who became one of the major United States railroad and electric......
Vittorino da Feltre was an Italian educator who is frequently considered the greatest humanist schoolmaster of......
Paul Volcker was an American economist and banker who, as chairman of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal......
Ingo della Volta was a wealthy Genoese noble and financier who led a faction that dominated the government and......
Peter Voser is a Swiss businessman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (2009–13).......
William Bradford Waddell was an American businessman and co-proprietor of Russell, Majors and Waddell, the most......
Cosima Wagner was the wife of the composer Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festivals from his death......
Jimmy Wales is an American entrepreneur who cofounded Wikipedia, a free Internet-based encyclopaedia operating......
Charles R. Walgreen was an American pharmacist and businessman, known as the father of the modern drugstore. He......
A’Lelia Walker was an American businesswoman associated with the Harlem Renaissance as a patron of the arts who......
Madam C.J. Walker was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who was one of the first African American female......