Profiles — Business

Business

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

Son of Marella Agnelli

Edoardo Agnelli

Edoardo Agnelli, also known as Mahdi Agnelli, was the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat S.p.A., and of Marella Agnelli, who was born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto.

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American businessman

Edsel Bryant Ford

Edsel Bryant Ford was an American business executive and philanthropist, who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford.

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Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook

Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo Luiz Saverin is a Brazilian entrepreneur, angel investor, and philanthropist known for co-founding Facebook.

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American diplomat, ran Lend Lease

Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr.

Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr.

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Palestinian-American professor

Edward Said

Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist.

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Union Army general and politician

Edwin D. Morgan

Edwin Denison Morgan was an American politician and Union Army general who served as the 21st governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and as a United States senator from 1863 to 1869.

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American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil i

Edwin Drake

Edwin Laurentine Drake, also known as Colonel Drake, was an American businessman and the first American to successfully drill for oil.

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American scientist and inventor

Edwin H. Land

Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.

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American diplomat and politician

Eleni Kounalakis

Eleni Kounalakis is an American politician, businesswoman, and diplomat serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of California since 2019.

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