Home›Subcategories›Business and Economic FiguresSubcategoriesBusiness and Economic Figures24 of 778 entries in Historical Figures. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextHistory Atlas. "Business and Economic Figures." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://history.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/historical-figure/business-and-economic-figures.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextHistory Atlas. (n.d.). Business and Economic Figures. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://history.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/historical-figure/business-and-economic-figuresCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{historyatlas-business-and-economic-figures, author = {History Atlas}, title = {Business and Economic Figures}, year = {2026}, url = {https://history.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/historical-figure/business-and-economic-figures}, note = {Accessed September 8, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference 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.Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)BrowseCompareSelect all 24Adam SmithBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkAlan GreenspanBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkAndrew CarnegieBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkAristotle OnassisBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkCornelius VanderbiltBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkCyrus McCormickBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkGeorge EastmanBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkGeorge WestinghouseBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkHenry FordBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkIwasaki YataroBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkJ. P. MorganBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkJakob FuggerBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkJamsetji TataBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkJohn D. RockefellerBusiness and Economic Figures3 linksJohn Maynard KeynesBusiness and Economic Figures5 linksJosiah WedgwoodBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkKonosuke MatsushitaBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkLevi StraussBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkMarcus Licinius CrassusBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkMayer Amschel RothschildBusiness and Economic Figures2 linksMeyer GuggenheimBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkSakichi ToyodaBusiness and Economic Figures1 linkSamuel BronfmanBusiness and Economic Figures4 linksTippu TipBusiness and Economic FiguresComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year