List of Jewish American businesspeople
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This is a list of Jewish American corporate bankers. For other Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
Financial services
- Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management[1]
- Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs[2]
- Ivan Boesky, Wall Street financier and arbitrageur[3]
- Asher Edelman, Wall Street corporate raider (Wall Street movie character)[3]
- Andrew Fastow, former CFO of Enron[4]
- Steve Feinberg, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.[5]
- Jacob A. Frenkel, chairman of JPMorgan Chase International
- Richard S. Fuld Jr., former CEO of Lehman Brothers[6]
- Marcus Goldman, co-founder of Goldman Sachs investment bank[7]
- Alan Greenspan, Chairman and president of Townsend-Greenspan, economic consulting firm; former Federal Reserve Chairman[8]
- Carl Icahn, founder and majority shareholder of Icahn Enterprises[9]
- Henry Kravis, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[10]
- Solomon Loeb, banker[11]
- Bernard Madoff, former financier[12]
- Michael Milken, financier, junk-bond specialist[3]
- Ronald Perelman, billionaire investor[13]
- Marc Rich, oil trader[14]
- George R. Roberts, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts[15]
- David René de Rothschild, banker; current chairman of Rothschild; member of the Rothschild family
- Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary, director of National Economic Council, and Chairman of Citigroup[16]
- Samuel Sachs, co-founder of Goldman Sachs investment bank[17]
- Jacob H. Schiff, Wall Street banker; leader of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.[18]
- Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder, chairman & CEO of The Blackstone Group
- George Soros, Wall Street investor and foreign currency speculator[3]
- Michael Steinhardt, Wall Street hedge fund manager[3]
- Eric Warburg, co-founder of Warburg Pincus[19]
- James Warburg, banker and financial adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt[20][21]
- Paul Warburg, Chairman of Bank of the Manhattan Company (predecessor of Chase Manhattan Bank), director of the Federal Reserve Bank[22]
- Bruce Wasserstein, investment banker and businessman; CEO of Lazard and controller of Wasserstein & Co.[23]
- Sandy Weill, former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup[24]
Cosmetics
- Max Factor, founder of the company which bears his name[25][26]
- Estée Lauder, founder of the company which bears her name[27]:114
Food and retail
- Burt Baskin co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
- Rose Blumkin, founder of the Nebraska Furniture Mart[28]
- Kenneth Cole, founder of Kenneth Cole Productions INC[29]
- Nathan Cummings, founder of Sara Lee Corporation
- Nathan Eckstein, CEO of Schwabacher Brothers companies[30]
- Sam Elyaszadeh, founder of Lily & Taylor[31]
- Donald Fisher, co-founder of The Gap[32]
- Doris F. Fisher, co-founder of The Gap with her husband Donald Fisher[33][34]
- John J. Fisher, majority owner of the Oakland Athletics; son of Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher[35]
- Robert J. Fisher, Director of Gap Inc.[35]
- William S. Fisher, Director of Gap Inc.; founder and Chief Executive Officer of Manzanita Capital Limited[35][36]
- Diane von Fürstenberg, founder and CEO of Diane von Furstenburg[37]
- Ruth Handler, President of Mattel Inc. and inventor of the Barbie doll[38]
- Calvin Klein, founder and CEO of Calvin Klein[39]
- Ralph Lauren, founder of Polo Ralph Lauren[40]
- Bernard Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot[41]
- Lawrence Marcus, VP, Women's Department of Neiman Marcus[42]
- Sol Price, founder of Price Club (merged with Costco)[43]
- Julius Rosenwald, President and Chairman of the Board of Sears[44]
- Sholom Rubashkin, CEO of Agriprocessors[45]
- Howard Schultz, Chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee[46]
- Isidor Straus, co-owner of Macy's department store[47]
- Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Co. clothing company[48]
- Stanley Tanger, founder and Chairman of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers[49]
- George Zimmer, founder of the Men's Wearhouse.
Newspapers and publishing
- Al Goldstein, publisher of Screw[50]
- Adolph Ochs, New York Times[51]
- Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., New York Times[51]
- Isaac Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment[52]
- Reuben Sturman, adult magazine publisher[50]
- Mortimer Zuckerman, publisher of U.S. News and World Report and New York Daily News[53]
Real estate
- Sheldon Adelson, owner of Las Vegas casinos Venetian and Sands Casino[54][55]
- Robert K. Futterman, owner of Robert K. Futterman and Associates
- Robert Kraft, Massachusetts-based mogul and owner of the New England Patriots[56][57]
- Charles Kushner, co-owner of Kushner Properties; father of Jared and Joshua Kusher[58][59][60]
- Jared Kushner, New York-based real estate entrepreneur and newspaper publisher[61][62]
- Joshua Kushner, founder and Managing Partner of the investment firm Thrive Capital; principal director of Kushner Properties[63]
- Stephen M. Ross, Florida-based real estate developer; owner of the Miami Dolphins[64][65][66]
- Mel Sembler, Florida-based retail real estate magnate[67]
- Bugsy Siegel, co-founder of Flamingo casino, co-owner of El Cortez Hotel and Casino[68]
- Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers[69]
- Ivanka Trump, Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions at the Trump Organization[70][71][72]
- Steve Wynn, Las Vegas casino owner[73]
- Sam Zell, Chicago-based businessman[74]
Tourism and hotels
- Micky Arison, Chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc
- Jay Pritzker, co-founder of Hyatt Corporation[75]
- Morris Wilkins, inventor of the heart-shaped bathtub and champagne glass bathtub[76]
Technology
- Beny Alagem, Israeli-American founder of Packard Bell[77]
- Steve Ballmer, was CEO of Microsoft[78]
- Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, Inc.[79]
- Michael Dell, founder, Chairman and CEO of Dell[80]
- Lawrence Ellison, founder of Oracle Corporation[81]
- Bennett Greenspan, founder of Family Tree DNA[82][83]
- Philippe Kahn, creator of the Camera Phone, Founder of Fullpower, Borland[84]
- Jan Koum, Ukrainian-American co-founder and CEO of WhatsApp[85]
- Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box Inc[86]
- Brian L. Roberts, CEO of Comcast[87]
- Benjamin M. Rosen, founding investor and former Chairman and CEO of Compaq[88]
- Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook[89]
- Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of Pinterest[90]
- Anne Wojcicki, CEO and co-founder of 23andme[91]
- Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube[91]
- Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook[92]
Television, film and video
- Herbert Allen, Jr., CEO of entertainment investment house Allen & Company[93]
- Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Seagram, Viacom[93]
- Harry Cohn, co-founder of Columbia Pictures[94]
- Barry Diller, CEO of 20th Century Fox and QVC[93]
- Michael Eisner, CEO of Disney[93]
- William Fox, founder of Fox Film Corporation[95]
- David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks, CEO of Geffen Records[93]
- Adam Glasser, founder of Seymore Inc, producer of Seymore Butts videos[50]
- Leonard Goldenson, president of ABC[96]
- Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment[50]
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, Disney[93]
- Carl Laemmle, co-founder of Universal Pictures[97]
- Gerald Levin, Time Warner, CEO of HBO[93]
- Louis B. Mayer, founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[98]
- Les Moonves, CBS President[99]
- Michael Ovitz, president of Disney, founder of Creative Artists Agency[93]
- Sumner Redstone, chairman of CBS and Viacom[93]
- David Sarnoff,, general manager of RCA[96]
- Joseph M. Schenck chairman of Twentieth Century Pictures
- Sidney Sheinberg, executive of MCA[100]
- Steven Spielberg, director, co-founder of DreamWorks[93]
- Laurence Tisch, CEO of CBS[101]
- Albert Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[102]
- Harry Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[102]
- Jack L. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[102]
- Sam Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers Studios[102]
- Lew Wasserman, executive of MCA[100]
- Bob Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax[103]
- Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax[103]
- Jeff Zucker, NBC President[104]
- Adolph Zukor, co-founder of Paramount Pictures[105]
Notes
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