Category
page 1Businesspeople from Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)
Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City
Percival Lowell
American astronomer (1855-1916)
Kevin Feige
American producer and studio executive (born 1973)
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat (1888–1969)
Paul Revere
American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution (1735–1818)
Abigail Johnson
American businesswoman, business executive, heiress, billionaire
Sheldon Adelson
American businessman (1933–2021)
Elisha Gray
American electrical engineer
William Crapo Durant
American automotive businessman (1861–1947)
Reed Hastings
American entrepreneur and education philanthropist
Frank Knox
47th Secretary of the Navy of the United States (1874-1944)
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
American businessman and Massachusetts politician (1858–1929)
Joe Boyd
American record producer and writer (born 1942)
Elihu Yale
Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1649–1721)
Sumner Redstone
American businessman and media magnate (1923-2020)
Joseph P. Kennedy II
American businessman and politician, Massachusetts
Phil Schiller
American businessman
Robert Kraft
American businessman and philanthropist
George von Lengerke Meyer
United States businessman, diplomat and government official (1858-1918)
Harold Hitz Burton
United States federal judge (1888-1964)
Joseph E. Levine
American film producer (1905–1987)
Sarah Kemble Knight
United States educator and writer
Harry Crosby
American writer (1898–1929)
Frederic Tudor
American businessman
Chris Kempczinski
Christopher John Kempczinski is an American business executive, and the president, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of McDonald's Corporation.
Alvan Tufts Fuller
American politician (1878-1958)
Alexander H. Rice
American politician (1818–1895)
Eugene Foss
American politician (1858-1939)
James Thomas Fields
American writer and publisher (1817–1881)
Jacob Bannon
American singer
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth
American explorer and inventor (1802-1856)
James Barnes
Union Army general (1801–1869)
John Abele
businessman
James Dole
American industrialist who developed the Hawaiian pineapple industry; founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company (1877–1958)
Strauss Zelnick
American businessman
William J. Bratton
American police officer
Peter Guber
American film producer and executive
Godfrey Lowell Cabot
American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1861–1962)
Louis Prang
American printer (1824–1909)
Christopher G. Kennedy
American businessman
George Francis Train
American businessman (1829–1904)
Richard Whitney
American financier and convicted embezzler (1888–1974)
James T. Bates
American military officer, stockbroker, publisher and banker (1844-1914)
Alan Douglas
American record producer (1931–2014)
John Murray Forbes
American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist (1813–1898)
Nathan Appleton
American merchant and politician (1779-1861)
Peter Nicholas
American businessman (1941–2022)
Ellen (Nellie) Cashman
miner (1845–1925)
Ray Nazarro
American filmmaker (1902-1986)
Willard Rockwell
American businessman (1888–1978)
Isaiah Thomas
Massachusetts printer, publisher and journalist (1749-1831)
William Monroe Trotter
American newspaper founder, African-American civil rights activist (1872-1934)
Daniel Tarullo
American businessman
Alfred Charles Hobbs
American locksmith and inventor (1812-1891)
Robert Zildjian
Armenian-American businessman
Moe Dalitz
American mobster (1899-1989)
Jeffrey Lurie
American football owner, CEO, film producer
Anne Finucane
American banker, Chairman of the Board, Bank of America Europe
Richard Egan
American businessman, political fundraiser and US Ambassador to Ireland