Category
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Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

Ivana Trump
Ivana Marie Trump was a Czech and American businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions in the Trump Organization, as vice president of interior design, CEO and president of Trump's Castle casino resort, and manager of the Plaza Hotel.

Sean Combs
Sean John Combs, also known professionally as Diddy, is an American former rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists such as the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher, among others.
Vince McMahon
American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)

Thomas John Watson, Sr.
USA IBM executive and art collector (1874-1956)

John Jacob Astor IV
American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel (1864–1912)
Jim Simons
American mathematician and hedge fund manager (1938–2024)
David Stern
Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1942–2020)

Steve Witkoff
Steven Charles Witkoff is an American real estate developer, investor, former attorney, and founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States special envoy to the Middle East and special envoy for peace missions. He has also acted as a de facto envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Ronald Lauder
American businessman, art collector, philanthropist, political activist

Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman

Wendell Willkie
American lawyer and corporate executive (1892–1944)
Armand Hammer
American businessman (1898–1990)
Robert Evans
American film producer (1930–2019)
Jim Jones
American rapper, producer and actor

Tom Steyer
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American businessman, philanthropist, and environmentalist. He is the founder of Farallon Capital, a San Francisco-based hedge fund, as well as NextGen America, a progressive political action committee, and Galvanize Climate Solutions, a climate change-centered investment firm. A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran for the party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Chris Meledandri
American film producer
Laurance Rockefeller
American businessman, conservationist, financier, philanthropist (1910-2004)
Jess McMahon
(1882-1954) American professional wrestling and boxing promoter
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Canadian-American businessman (1929–2013)
Lachlan Murdoch
British businessman (born 1971)
Billy Rose
American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist (1899–1966)

Mortimer Zuckerman
American businessman
Vincent Viola
American billionaire businessman

John Hay Whitney
American diplomat, publisher, aviator (1904–1982)
Evelyn Lauder
Jewish American businesswoman and philanthropist (1936–2011)
Leonard Lauder
American billionaire, philanthropist, art collector
John Jacob Astor III
Union Army officer and capitalist (1822–1890)
Paul Soros
American businessman
Philip Hone
American mayor and railroad executive (1780–1851)
Jacob Ruppert
American businessman, politician (1867–1939)
Barbara Judge
American-British lawyer and businesswoman
David Zwirner
German gallerist and art dealer
Vincent Astor
American businessman and art collector (1891–1959)
Maurice Tempelsman
Belgian-American businessman and diamond merchant (1929–2025)
Monroe H. Rosenfeld
American journalist and composer (1861–1918)
Ben Silverman
American media executive (born 1970)
Leslie Alexander
Basketball team owner
Huntington Hartford
American businessman, philanthropists, film producer, art collector (1911-2008)

Abram Chasins
American composer and pianist (1903–1987)
William d'Alton Mann
American businessman (1839–1920)
Alan Blinken
American businessman and politician
S. I. Newhouse
American publisher, media owner, art collector, philanthropist (1927–2017)

Josh Ostrovsky
American actor and television personality
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
French chef
Arie L. Kopelman
American businessman

Robert Porterfield
American actor and director (1905-1971)
Stephen M. Ross
American businessman

Diamond Jim Brady
American businessman (1856–1917)
Joan Whitney Payson
American socialite and art collector (1903–1975)
Sheldon Solow
American real estate mogul (1928-2020)
Heber R. Bishop
American businessman and art collector (1840–1902)

Alexander Turney Stewart
American businessman