Most Famous American Business People
United States has produced 573 notable business people throughout history, led by Donald Trump. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
DT
Donald Trump American Magnate Born 1946
#
2
HF
Henry Ford American Entrepreneur 1863 – 1947
#
373
ES
Edward Snowden American Employee Born 1983
#
537
AC
Andrew Carnegie American Industrialist 1835 – 1919
#
1,166
JW
Jimmy Wales American Trader Born 1966
#
1,413
MZ
Mark Zuckerberg American Entrepreneur Born 1984
#
1,512
JD
John D. Rockefeller American Entrepreneur 1839 – 1937
#
1,641
WE
Wyatt Earp American Chasseur 1848 – 1929
#
3,317
LP
Larry Page American Entrepreneur Born 1973
#
5,482
RK
Robert Kiyosaki American Business Born 1947
#
5,653
JJ
John Jacob Astor IV American Entrepreneur 1864 – 1912
#
6,177
SW
Sam Walton American Entrepreneur 1918 – 1992
#
11,307
KM
Kevin Mitnick American Consultant Born 1963
#
11,871
BB
Bernard Baruch American Stockbroker 1870 – 1965
#
12,256
JW
Jack Welch American Business 1935 – 2020
#
12,522
MD
Melvil Dewey American Librarian 1851 – 1931
#
12,632
CH
Conrad Hilton American Entrepreneur 1887 – 1979
#
13,170
CS
Colonel Sanders American Cook 1890 – 1980
#
14,162
TJ
Thomas J. Watson American Entrepreneur 1874 – 1956
#
14,971
JG
Jay Gould American Entrepreneur 1836 – 1892
#
16,327