Home›Business and Economic Figures›All Business and Economic FiguresBrowse ByAll Business and Economic FiguresReference and ClassificationDevelopingMerchants, industrialists, financiers and economists whose primary historical significance is a business enterprise, a fortune, a trade network or a body of economic thought. Belongs here: founders and heads of major commercial or industrial enterprises, financial and central-bank figures, major trading magnates, and economists whose theoretical work shaped policy. Does not belong here: rulers and statesmen whose control of trade or finance was one function of a largely political office, grouped under Monarchs and Rulers or Statesmen and Political Leaders.All Business and Economic FiguresComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)All Business and Economic FiguresFilter Results24 entriesRoleAllAmerican business magnate in railroads and shipping (1)Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1)EraAllClassical Antiquity (1)The Contemporary Period (2)The Early Modern Period (3)The Gilded Age (3)The Late Modern Period (13)The Meiji Era (1)The Renaissance (1)Lived Era (Birth to Death)All-115 to -53 (1)1459 to 1525 (1)1723 to 1790 (1)1730 to 1795 (1)1744 to 1812 (1)1794 to 1877 (1)1809 to 1884 (1)1828 to 1905 (1)1829 to 1902 (1)1832 to 1905 (1)1835 to 1885 (1)1835 to 1919 (1)1837 to 1913 (1)1839 to 1904 (1)1839 to 1937 (1)1846 to 1914 (1)1854 to 1932 (1)1863 to 1947 (1)1867 to 1930 (1)1889 to 1971 (1)1894 to 1989 (1)1906 to 1975 (1)BirthplaceAllAki, Tosa Province (present-day Kōchi Prefecture, Japan) (1)Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Free Imperial City of Augsburg) (1)Burslem, Staffordshire, England (1)Buttenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Confederation (1)Central Bridge, New York (1)Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (1)Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1)Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland (1)Lengnau, Aargau, Switzerland (1)Navsari, Bombay Presidency, India (1)Richford, New York (1)Soroki or Otaci, Bessarabia, Russian Empire (now Moldova) (1)Staten Island, New York (1)Wasamura, now part of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (1)Zanzibar (1)GenderAllMale (24)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24Adam SmithBusiness and Economic FiguresAlan GreenspanBusiness and Economic FiguresAndrew CarnegieBusiness and Economic FiguresAristotle OnassisBusiness and Economic FiguresCornelius VanderbiltBusiness and Economic FiguresCyrus McCormickBusiness and Economic FiguresGeorge EastmanBusiness and Economic FiguresGeorge WestinghouseBusiness and Economic FiguresHenry FordBusiness and Economic FiguresIwasaki YataroBusiness and Economic FiguresJ. P. MorganBusiness and Economic FiguresJakob FuggerBusiness and Economic FiguresJamsetji TataBusiness and Economic FiguresJohn D. RockefellerBusiness and Economic FiguresJohn Maynard KeynesBusiness and Economic FiguresJosiah WedgwoodBusiness and Economic FiguresKonosuke MatsushitaBusiness and Economic FiguresLevi StraussBusiness and Economic FiguresMarcus Licinius CrassusBusiness and Economic FiguresMayer Amschel RothschildBusiness and Economic FiguresMeyer GuggenheimBusiness and Economic FiguresSakichi ToyodaBusiness and Economic FiguresSamuel BronfmanBusiness and Economic FiguresTippu TipBusiness and Economic FiguresComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.