Profiles — Business

Business

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

American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine

Olympia Snowe

Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013.

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Iranian-American businessman

Omid Kordestani

Omid R. Kordestani is an Iranian-American businessman who was the executive chairman at Twitter from October 2015 to June 2020 and a board member of the company until October 2022.

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American talk show host, actress, producer, and author

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media mogul, actress, executive producer, author, and television personality.

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American businessman

Otmar Szafnauer

Otmar Marin Szafnauer is a Romanian and American engineer.

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American businessman, lawyer, diplomat

Owen D. Young

Owen D. Young was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference in 1929, as a member of the Reparation Commission.

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American showman and politician

P. T. Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Ringling Bros.

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American founder of Oculus VR and inventor of the Oculus Rift

Palmer Luckey

Palmer Freeman Luckey is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of defense technology company Anduril Industries.

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American media personality

Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an American socialite, media personality, entertainer, and businesswoman.

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American businessperson; former CEO of Intel

Pat Gelsinger

Patrick Paul Gelsinger is an American business executive and engineer.

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