Profiles — Business

Business

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

American technology entrepreneur

Evan Williams

Evan Clark Williams is an American internet entrepreneur.

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American businessman

Ezra Cornell

Ezra Cornell was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist.

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American singer, rapper and actress

Fergie

Stacy Ann "Fergie" Ferguson is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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French-American businessperson and CEO

Fidji Simo

Fidji Simo is a French-American businesswoman and the CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI. Prior to OpenAI, she spent a decade at Facebook where she was one of the top executives as the head of Facebook, and was CEO of Instacart from 2021 to 2025.

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American politician

Fife Symington

John Fife Symington III is an American businessman and politician who served as the 19th governor of Arizona from 1991 until his resignation in 1997 following convictions on charges of extortion and bank fraud, which were later overturned.

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American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, imposto

Frank Abagnale, Jr.

Frank William Abagnale Jr.

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American naval officer and railroad pioneer

Frank J. Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague was an American inventor who contributed to the development of the electric motor, electric railways, and electric elevators.

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U.S. Senator from New Jersey

Frank Lautenberg

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013.

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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, bank execut

Frank McKinney

Frank Edward McKinney Jr.

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