American businesspeople in manufacturing

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239.4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)

United States 28th Secretary of Defense

German-Jewish-born American businessman (1829-1902)

American businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine (1811-1875)

American electrical engineer

American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)

American fashion designer (born 1964)

American executive: General Electric CEO (1935–2020)

27th United States Secretary of Defense (2017-2020)

engineer and businessman from the United States (1831-1897)

German-American engineer

Indian American academic entrepreneur (1929–2013)

American businessman, former US Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater

American businesswoman and fashion designer, mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles

American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive (1930-2006)

American commodities trader (1934–2013)

American businessman (born 1950)

British-American business magnate

American businessman (1893–1962)

German-American piano maker (1797-1871)

American businessman

American businessman and politician (1810-1880)

American industrialist (1849-1919)

German-American businessman and chemist (1824–1906)

American politician

American businessman (1849–1929)

American businessman

American chemist (1900–2004)

American businessman and philanthropist

Canadian American chemical industrialist (1866–1930)

American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)

American businessman (1857–1898)

American businessman

American inventor (1857–1925)

American businessman

American inventor

American industrialist (1826–1909)

American banker and philanthropist (1852-1938)

American professional hunter, businessman and reality television personality

American businessman

American businessman and engineer (1914–1987)

Founder of the Cord Corporation (1894-1974)

German American musicologist, lawyer, inventor and capitalist, and chess writer (1850–1915)

American-Armenian inventor

American businessman and philanthropist (1937–2018)

Scottish-American inventor and businessman

Israeli aerospace engineer and businessman (1917-2011)

American businessman (1879-1961)

American businessman, financier and politician from Massachusetts (1831-1895)

British co-founder of Procter & Gamble

American economist

American businessman (1863-1937)

American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives (1804-1873)

American politician (1832-1904)

American mining magnate (1869–1914)

American businessman (1850-1934)

American businessman (1869–1924)

American politician (1868-1936)