Profiles — Business

Business

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

American businessman

Ray Ozzie

Raymond "Ray" Ozzie is an American software industry entrepreneur who held the positions of Chief Technical Officer and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft between 2005 and 2010.

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American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist and inventor

Raymond Kurzweil

Raymond Kurzweil is an American computer scientist, author, entrepreneur, futurist, and inventor.

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American entrepreneur and education philanthropist

Reed Hastings

Wilmot Reed Hastings Jr.

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American businessman and 3rd President of Nintendo of America

Reggie Fils-Aimé

Reginald Fils-Aimé is an American businessman best known for being the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, the North American branch of the Japanese video game company Nintendo, from 2006 to 2019.

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American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author

Reid Hoffman

Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author.

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69th United States Secretary of State

Rex Tillerson

Rex Wayne Tillerson is an American energy executive and former diplomat who served as the 69th United States secretary of state from 2017 to 2018 in the first administration of Donald Trump.

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