Profiles — Business

Business

American founders, executives and investors, and the companies they built and led.

Austrian School economist and prominent anarcho-capitalist

Walter Block

Walter Edward Block is an American Austrian school economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist.

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American astronaut

Walter Cunningham

Ronnie Walter Cunningham was an American astronaut, fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of the 1977 book The All-American Boys.

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Inventor of the Frisbee

Walter Frederick Morrison

Walter Frederick Morrison was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee.

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American automotive industry executive

Walter Percy Chrysler Sr.

Walter Percy Chrysler was an American industrial pioneer in the automotive industry, automotive industry executive, and the founder and namesake of American Chrysler Corporation.

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American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett is an American investor and philanthropist who is the chairman emeritus and former CEO of the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway.

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American actor and businessman

Wendell Pierce

Wendell Edward Pierce is an American actor and businessman.

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American lawyer and corporate executive

Wendell Willkie

Wendell Lewis Willkie was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for president of the United States.

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Chinese-American businesswoman

Wendi Murdoch

Wendi Deng Murdoch is a Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite.

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American politician, investment banker, author and television producer

Wes Moore

Westley Watende Omari Moore is an American politician, businessman, author, and former U.S. Army officer, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.

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