Profiles — Business

Business

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

Irish-born American labor and community organizer

Mary Harris Jones

Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones from 1897 onward, was an American labor organizer, schoolteacher, and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist.

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American scientist and entrepreneur

Mary Lou Jepsen

Mary Lou Jepsen is an American technologist and entrepreneur in the field of medical technology and computational imaging.

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American businesswoman and actress

Mary-Kate Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, equestrian, and former actress.

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American rapper, actor and record executive

Master P

Percy Robert Miller, better known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, actor, record producer and entrepreneur.

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Governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019

Matt Bevin

Matthew Griswold Bevin is an American businessman and politician.

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American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming

Matt Mead

Matthew Hansen Mead is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019.

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American businessman

Max Factor

Max Factor Sr., born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor.

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American businessman

Max Levchin

Maksymilian Rafailovych "Max" Levchin is a Ukrainian-American software engineer and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Affirm, a buy now, pay later financial services company, and co-founded PayPal as Confinity in 1998, leading the company as…

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American business executive

Meg Whitman

Margaret Cushing Whitman is an American business executive, diplomat and politician.

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