Most Famous Business People in the World
There are 3,318 notable business people in the dataset, with the most coming from Germany and United States. Donald Trump holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
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
EM
Elon Musk South African Magnate Born 1971
#
925
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
OS
Oskar Schindler German Entrepreneur 1908 – 1974
#
1,941
MY
Muhammad Yunus Bangladeshi Entrepreneur Born 1940
#
1,993
WE
Wyatt Earp American Chasseur 1848 – 1929
#
3,317
AO
Aristotle Onassis Greek Shipping 1906 – 1975
#
3,328
GR
Gordon Ramsay British Restaurateur Born 1966
#
3,978
JO
Jamie Oliver British Chef Born 1975
#
4,056
GS
George Stephenson British Mechanic 1781 – 1848
#
4,319
PB
Paul Bocuse French Chef 1926 – 2018
#
4,740
JH
John Harrison British Clockmaker 1693 – 1776
#
4,766
IK
Ingvar Kamprad Swedish Business 1926 – 2018
#
5,150
LP
Larry Page American Entrepreneur Born 1973
#
5,482
RK
Robert Kiyosaki American Business Born 1947
#
5,653