Profiles — Business

Business

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

American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ

Sam Phillips

Samuel Cornelius Phillips was an American disc jockey, songwriter, and record producer.

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American businessman

Sam Walton

Samuel Moore Walton was an American business magnate, philanthropist, and military veteran best known for co-founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club, which he started in Rogers, Arkansas, and Midwest City, Oklahoma, in 1962 and 1983 respectively.

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American film studio executive

Sam Warner

Samuel Louis Warner was an American film producer who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Warner Bros.

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United States Secretary of Energy and previously Deputy Secretary of the Treasur

Samuel Bodman

Samuel Wright Bodman III was an American businessman, engineer, and politician who served as the 11th United States secretary of energy during the George W. Bush administration, from 2005 to 2009.

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American politician

Samuel Brannan

Samuel Brannan was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who founded the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco, California.

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19th-century American industrialist and inventor

Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

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American businessman

Samuel P. Bush

Samuel Prescott Bush was an American steel industry executive and the patriarch of the Bush family.

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American businesswoman

Sara Blakely

Sara Treleaven Blakely is an American businesswoman and philanthropist.

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American inventor

Sarah E. Goode

Sarah Elisabeth Goode was an American entrepreneur and inventor.

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