This is a partial list of notable

Jewish American American Jews (; ) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by culture, ethnicity, or religion. According to a 2020 poll conducted by Pew Research, approximately two thirds of American Jews identify as Ashkenazi, 3% id ...

business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see

Lists of Jewish Americans These are lists of prominent American Jews, arranged by field of activity. Academics * List of Jewish American biologists and physicians, Biologists and physicians * List of Jewish American chemists, Chemists * List of Jewish American computer ...

Advertising and public relations

Aerospace

* Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with

General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales and fifth largest in the Unit ...

) *

Jesse Itzler Jesse Itzler (born August 22, 1968) is an American entrepreneur, author, and rapper. He is the co-founder of Marquis Jet, one of the largest private jet card companies in the world, a partner in Zico Coconut Water, the founder of The 100 Mile ...

(1968–), co-founder of

NetJets NetJets Inc. is an American company that sells Fractional ownership of aircraft, fractional ownership shares in private business jets. Founded as Executive Jet Airways in 1964, it was later renamed Executive Jet Aviation. NetJets became the ...

and co-owner of

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

Atlanta Hawks The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...

Abraham Karem Abraham Karem (, ; born 1937) is a designer of fixed and rotary-wing unmanned aircraft. He is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone) technology. Biography Abraham Karem was born in Baghdad, Iraq, to an Assyrian Jewish couple. His famil ...

(1937–), Iraqi-born founder of

Karem Aircraft Karem Aircraft, Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer company with offices in Lake Forest, California; York, Virginia; and Victorville, California, founded in 2004 by Abraham Karem as a rapid development firm specializing in advanced tiltroto ...

* Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of

TRW Inc. TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, electronics, Automotive industry, automotive, and Credit bureau, credit reporting.http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/TRW-Inc-Company-Hist ...

* Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024), long-time CEO of

Loral Space & Communications Loral Space & Communications Inc. is a Delaware-domiciled satellite communications company headed by Michael B. Targoff. The company was formed in 1996 from the remnants of Loral Corporation when Loral divested its defense electronics and system ...

Al Schwimmer Adolph William Schwimmer (;‎ June 10, 1917 – June 10, 2011) was an American World War II veteran who was the founder and first CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries. Early life In 1917, Schwimmer was born in New York City, the son of immigr ...

(1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of

Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI; ), is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 14,000 employees as of 2021. IAI is state-owned by the government ...

Beauty

* George W. Schaeffer – The founder of

OPI Products OPI Products, branded as O·P·I, is an American nail polish manufacturer headquartered in Calabasas, California and a subsidiary of Wella Company. History OPI, originally named Odontorium Products Inc., was a small dental supply company pur ...

, Inc., one of the world’s leading nail care companies.

Cosmetics

Energy and mining

Guma Aguiar Guma Leandro Aguiar (May 31, 1977 – disappeared June 19, 2012; declared legally dead January 29, 2015) was a Brazilian-born American energy industrialist and millionaire businessman who split his time between the United States and Israel. Ag ...

(1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012 *

Arthur Belfer Arthur B. Belfer (May 30, 1907 – May 2, 1993) was a Polish-born American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Belco Petroleum Corporation. Biography Belfer was born to a Jewish family in Wodzisław, Poland. He worked as a dealer in ...

(1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of

Enron Corporation Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was led by Kenneth Lay and developed in 1985 via a merger between Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional compa ...

* Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922) *

Jacob Blaustein Jacob Blaustein (September 30, 1892 – November 15, 1970) was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and diplomat who founded the American Oil Company with his father Louis Blaustein. Blaustein was an ardent supporter of human rights, t ...

(1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922) *

Marvin Davis Marvin H. Davis (August 31, 1925 – September 25, 2004) was an American industrialist. He made his fortunes as the chair of Davis Petroleum and at one time owned 20th Century Fox, the Pebble Beach Corporation, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the ...

(1925–2004), chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., briefly owner of

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...

and

the Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel, also called the Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalows, is located on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California. One of the world's best-known hotels, it is closely associated with Hollywood film stars, rock stars, and ce ...

; member of the

Davis family Davis may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Davis (Antarctica) * Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) * Davis Station, an Australian base and research outpost in the Vestfold Hills * Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land Canada * Davis, Sas ...

Max Fisher Max Martin Fisher (July 15, 1908 – March 3, 2005) was an American businessman and philanthropist, and presidential advisor. Fisher founded Aurora Gasoline, an oil company that owned Speedway gas stations. After selling the company, he was chair ...

(1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the

Midwest The Midwestern United States (also referred to as the Midwest, the Heartland or the American Midwest) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It occupies the northern central part of the United States. It ...

Robert Friedland Robert Martin Friedland (August 18, 1950) is an American-Canadian billionaire financier in the mining industry. Since the early 1980s, he has specialized in securing funding for the exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and ...

(1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. *

Avram Glazer Avram Avie Glazer (born October 19, 1960) is an American businessman. He is a member of the Glazer family (a son of Malcolm Glazer), who own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and hold a majority ownership stake in E ...

(1960–), former chairman and CEO of Zapata Corp. (now HRG Group, Inc.), co-chairman of family-owned EPL's

Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. They compete in the Premier League, t ...

; member of the Glazer family * Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company * Jack J. Grynberg (1932–2021), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co. *

Meyer Guggenheim Meyer Guggenheim ( ; ; February 1, 1828 – March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family in the United States, which became one of the world's wealthiest families during the 19th century, and remained so duri ...

(1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the

Guggenheim family The Guggenheim family ( ) is an American-Jewish family known for making their fortune in the mining industry, in the early 20th century, especially in the United States and South America. After World War I, many family members withdrew from t ...

Armand Hammer Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American businessman and philanthropist. The son of a Russian Empire-born communist activist, Hammer trained as a physician before beginning his career in trade with the newly estab ...

(1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the

Occidental Petroleum Corporation Occidental Petroleum Corporation (often abbreviated Oxy in reference to its ticker symbol and logo) is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States and the Middle East as well as petrochemical manufacturing in the ...

, co-founder of Isramco *

Leon Hess Leon Hess (March 14, 1914 – May 7, 1999) was an American businessman, the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets. Hess built an oil terminal in New Jersey after the Great Depression, building his first refinery ...

(1914–1999), founder of

Hess Corporation Hess Corporation (formerly Amerada Hess Corporation) is an American global independent energy company involved in the oil exploration, exploration and production of Petroleum, crude oil and natural gas. It was formed by the merger of Hess Oil and ...

and former owner of

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The N ...

New York Jets The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East division. The team p ...

* Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of ''

Phibro Phibro is an international physical commodities trading firm. Phibro trades in crude oil, oil products, natural gas, precious and base metals, agricultural products, commodity-related equities, and other products. Phibro became the largest metal ...

'' *

Adolph Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', mean ...

(1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros. *

George Lindemann George Lyle Lindemann (March 26, 1936 – June 21, 2018) was an American billionaire businessman known for being the chairman and chief executive officer of Southern Union, a fossil fuel infrastructure and pipeline company.Robert Trigaux"Flo ...

(1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the

Southern Union Company Southern Union Company was a natural gas utility and energy resources company based in Houston, Texas. In 2012, the company was acquired by Energy Transfer Partners. The company owned and operated more than of gathering and transportation pipe ...

* Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company * Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah * Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy *

Samuel Ruben Samuel Ruben (14 July 1900 – 16 July 1988) was an American inventor who made lasting contributions to electrochemistry and solid-state technology, including the founding of Duracell. He is listed as an inventor in ove200 patents. Early life B ...

(1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc. *

Charles Schusterman Charles Schusterman (1935–December 30, 2000) was a Tulsa American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Samson Investment Company, a privately owned oil and gas company with oil field investments in the United States, Canada, ...

(1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company

Financial services

Food

Manufacturing and distribution

Miscellaneous

Juval Aviv Juval Aviv (; February 24, 1947), also Yuval Aviv, is an Israeli-American security consultant and founder of Interfor International,"A Look Ahead At The ABA Banking Leaders Forum And Annual Convention," ''ABA Banking Journal'' 99.8 (2007): 15. Bus ...

(1947–),

Israeli-American Israeli Americans () are Americans who are of full or partial Israeli descent. The Israeli-American community, while predominantly Jewish, also includes various ethnic and religious minorities reflective of Israel's diverse demographics. This c ...

founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International *

Larry Baer Laurence Monroe Baer is an American businessman. He is best known as the president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He succeeded Bill Neukom on January 1, 2012. Early life and education Born to a ...

(1957–), CEO of

MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Div ...

Henry Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainmen ...

(1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of

tax preparation Tax preparation is the process of preparing Tax return (United States), tax returns, often income tax returns, often for a person other than the taxpayer, and generally for compensation. Tax preparation may be done by the taxpayer with or without t ...

company H&R Block, Inc. *

Al Davis Allen R. Davis (July 4, 1929 – October 8, 2011) was an American professional football executive and coach. He was the managing general partner, principal owner and ''de facto'' general manager of the National Football League (NFL) Oakland Rai ...

(1929–2011), owner of the NFL's

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team based in Oakland, California, from its founding in 1960 to 1981, and again from 1995 to 2019 before Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas, relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan ...

Heidi Fleiss Heidi Lynne Fleiss (born December 30, 1965) is an American former madam. She ran an upscale prostitution ring based in Los Angeles and is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam". Fleiss also formerly worked as a columnist and was a television ...

(1965–), former

madam Madam (), or madame ( or ), is a polite and formal form of address for Woman, women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am (pronounced in American English and this way but also in British English). The term derives from the French la ...

, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an

ultralight Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with aile ...

private use airport *

Orit Gadiesh Orit Gadiesh (; born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and Chairman of management consulting firm Bain & Company since 1993. Biography Gadiesh was born Orit Grunfeld in Haifa, Israel, in 1951, to a Berlin-born Israel D ...

(1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy

Bain & Company Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advice to public, private, and nonprofit organizations. One of the Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three management co ...

* Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company *

Ami James Ami James (; born 6 April 1972) is an Israeli-American tattoo artist, television personality and entrepreneur. Early life James was born in the Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh (then Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, occupied by Israe ...

(1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and

nightclub A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a Bar (establishment), bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighti ...

Love Hate Lounge *

Jules Kroll Jules B. Kroll (born May 18, 1941) is an American businessman who is executive chair and co-founder of K2 Integrity. In 1972, he established Kroll, Inc. In 2004, Kroll was sold to Marsh & McLennan Companies for $1.9 billion. In 2009, Kroll fou ...

(1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc. *

Terry Lenzner Terry Falk Lenzner (August 10, 1939 – April 23, 2020) was an American attorney and founder of Investigative Group International. Biography Lenzner was born in Manhattan, the son of Eleanor (Falk), a homemaker, and Joseph Lenzner, a dentist. H ...

(1939–2020), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI) *

Jason Levien Jason M. Levien (born 1973) is an American sports executive and investor. He is the CEO and Co-Chairman of Major League Soccer club D.C. United and the Chairman of the Brisbane Bullets, an Australian basketball club. Levien is the former CEO a ...

, co-owner of D.C. United Holdings (holds

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanctioned by the United ...

' D.C. United), co-owner of

EFL Championship The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest divi ...

Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club ( ; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Swansea have played their home matches at ...

and NBL Australia's

Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL) based in Brisbane, Queensland. They competed from 1979 to 2008, and returned to the league in 2016. Brisbane were one of ten NBL ...

, former CEO of

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

* Ira A. Lipman (1940–2019), founder and chairman of security company

Guardsmark Guardsmark was a major provider of security services in North America, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1963, Guardsmark was the fourth largest security company and the only major provider privately held by one family. The family- ...

* Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of

Moishe's Moving Systems Moishe's Moving Systems is a New York-based moving and self-storage company. The founder, Moishe Mana began as a “man with a van.” By 1990, it had become the largest independent moving company in New York City. By 1995, they were the larges ...

, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios *

Barry Minkow Barry Jay Minkow (born March 22, 1966) is a former American businessman, pastor, and convicted felony, felon. While still in high school, Minkow founded ZZZZ Best (), which appeared to be an immensely successful carpet-cleaning and restoration co ...

(1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co. * Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of

Budget Rent-a-Car Budget Rent a Car System, Inc. is an American car rental company that was founded in 1958 in Los Angeles, California by Morris Mirkin. Budget is a subsidiary of the Avis Budget Group, with its operations headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills, N ...

* Michael Rubin (1972–), founder of global digital sports platform Fanatics, Inc. *

Abraham Saperstein Abraham Michael Saperstein (; July 4, 1902 – March 15, 1966) was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s, primarily be ...

(1902–1966), British-born founder of the

Harlem Globetrotters The Harlem Globetrotters is an American Exhibition game, exhibition basketball team. They combine athleticism, theater, entertainment, and comedy in their style of play. Over the years, they have played more than 26,000 exhibition games in 124 ...

; former owner of NLB's

Chicago Brown Bombers The Chicago Brown Bombers were a semi-pro and Negro league baseball team in the 1940s. They played in the Negro Major League and later, the United States League. History The Brown Bombers played in Minnesota in July, 1942 against the Twin Cit ...

and the

Birmingham Black Barons The Birmingham Black Barons were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1920 until 1960, including 18 seasons recognized as Major League by Major League Baseball. They shared their home field of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, wi ...

* Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the

Alaska Commercial Company Alaska Commercial Company (ACC) is a grocery and retail company which operates stores in rural Alaska, beginning in the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States into the present. From 1901 to 1992, it was known as the Northern Comm ...

Casey Wasserman Casey Wasserman (né Myers; June 28, 1974) is an entertainment executive and sports agent. He is the founder and CEO of Wasserman, a sports marketing and talent agency, the chairman of LA28, the 2028 LA Olympics organizing committee, and a l ...

(1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman * Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm

Ernst & Young EY, previously known as Ernst & Young, is a multinational corporation, multinational professional services partnership, network based in London, United Kingdom. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, it is one of the Big Four accounting firms, Big F ...

(EY) * Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration *

Daniel Yergin Daniel Howard Yergin (born February 6, 1947) is an American author, economic historian, and consultant within the energy and economic sectors. Yergin is vice chairman of S&P Global. He was formerly vice chairman of IHS Markit, which merged with ...

(1947–), vice chairman of research and information company,

IHS Markit Accuris is an information services provider. History IHS Information Handling Services (IHS) "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases". It subsequently gre ...

Music industry

Newspapers and publishing

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

* Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–),

(co-)founder of

Kite Pharma Kite Pharma, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that develops cancer immunotherapy products with a primary focus on genetically engineered autologous CAR T cell therapy - a cell-based therapy which relies on chimeric antigen receptors a ...

and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics * Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with

Hologic Hologic, Inc. is an American medical technology company primarily focused on women's health; it sells medical devices for diagnostics, surgery, and medical imaging. History In late November 2013, activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 12.5 ...

) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with

Biogen Biogen Inc. is an American multinational biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States specializing in the discovery, development, and delivery of the treatment of neurological diseases to patients worldwide. Biogen ope ...

) * Alan Cohen (1954–), founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals *

Phillip Frost Phillip FrostBusinessweek 2011 (born c. 1936) is an American entrepreneur. Early life and education Frost was born into an observant Jewish family in the United States. He has two elder brothers, who are 15 and 16 years older than him respecti ...

(1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of

OPKO Health OPKO Health, Inc. is a medical test and medication company focused on diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. The company is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ and TASE under the symbol "OPK". History OPKO Health is a diversified healthcare company ...

, former Vice chairman of Teva *

Alex Grass Alexander Grass (August 3, 1927 – August 27, 2009) was an American businessman, lawyer, and philanthropist who founded Rite Aid, one of the United States' largest drugstore chains. Early life Grass was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Jewis ...

(1927–2009), founder of the

Rite Aid Corporation Rite Aid Corporation is an American drugstore chain based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Alex Grass under the name Thrift D Discount Center. Prior to its first bankruptcy in 2023, it was the thi ...

Bennett Greenspan Bennett C. Greenspan (born 1952) is an American businessman. His business ventures have covered industries from real estate to the .com boom. Though he has mainly worked in the fields of photography and genetic testing, he is best known for his ...

(1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (

Family Tree DNA FamilyTreeDNA is a division of Gene by Gene, a commercial genetic testing company based in Houston, Texas. FamilyTreeDNA offers analysis of autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mitochondrial DNA to individuals for genealogical purpose. With a database ...

) *

Rachel Haurwitz Rachel Elizabeth Haurwitz (born May 20, 1985) is an American biochemist and structural biologist. She is the co-founder, chief executive officer, and president of Caribou Biosciences, a genome editing company. Early life and education Haurwit ...

(1985–), co-founder of gene editing company

Caribou Biosciences Rachel Elizabeth Haurwitz (born May 20, 1985) is an American biochemist and structural biologist. She is the co-founder, chief executive officer, and president of Caribou Biosciences, a genome editing company. Early life and education Haurwit ...

* Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare * Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva *

Arthur D. Levinson Arthur D. Levinson (born March 31, 1950) is an American businessman who is the chairman of Apple Inc. (2011–present) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Calico (an Alphabet Inc. venture). He is the former CEO (1995–2009) and chairman (1999� ...

(1950–), CEO of

biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

company

Calico Calico (; in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than ...

, former chairman of

Genentech Genentech, Inc. is an American biotechnology corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California. It operates as an independent subsidiary of holding company Roche. Genentech Research and Early Development operates as an independent cent ...

* Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies

Pacesetter Systems Pacesetter Systems Inc. was a biotechnology company founded by Alfred E. Mann in 1965. The company manufactured various implantable medical devices invented by Robert Fischell and the rest of the team at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physic ...

and the

MannKind Corporation MannKind Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diseases such as diabetes and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, the comp ...

* Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc. * Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC * Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company The is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company. It is the third largest pharmaceutical company in Asia, behind Sinopharm and Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, and one of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world by revenue (t ...

in 2012) *

Martine Rothblatt Martine Aliana Rothblatt is an American lawyer, author, and entrepreneur. Rothblatt graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with J.D. and M.B.A. degrees in 1981, then began to work in Washington, D.C., first in the field of communic ...

(1954–), founder of biotechnology company

United Therapeutics United Therapeutics Corporation is an American biotechnology company that develops pharmaceuticals and technologies related to organ transplantation, including xenotransplantation. Many of the company's products are focused towards lung disease an ...

, co-founder of

Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio ( SDARS) service that operated in the United States and Canada. Sirius launched in 2002, and primarily competed with XM Satellite Radio, until the two services merged in 2008 to form Sirius XM. Li ...

Mortimer Mortimer is an English surname. Norman origins The surname Mortimer has a Norman origin, deriving from the village of Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. A Norman castle existed at Mortemer from an early point; one 11th century figure associ ...

(1916–2010) and

Raymond Sackler Raymond Sackler (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) was an American physician and businessman. He acquired Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler. Purdue Pharma is the developer of OxyContin, the dr ...

(1920–2017), former owners of

Purdue Pharma Purdue Pharma L.P., formerly the Purdue Frederick Company (1892–2019), was an American privately held pharmaceutical company founded by John Purdue Gray. It was sold to Arthur Sackler, Arthur, Mortimer Sackler, Mortimer, and Raymond Sackler in 1 ...

(known for

OxyContin Oxycodone, sold under the brand name Roxicodone and OxyContin (which is the extended-release form) among others, is a semi-synthetic opioid used medically for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. It is highly addictive and is a commonly ...

); members of the

Sackler family The Sackler family is an American family who owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and later founded Mundipharma. Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical dr ...

Leonard Schleifer Leonard S. Schleifer (born 1953) is an American businessman and is the co-founder and chief executive of the biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Early life and education He was born and raised in a Jewish family, the son of Florenc ...

(1953–), founder of biotechnology company

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an American biotechnology company headquartered in Westchester County, New York. The company was founded in 1988. Originally focused on neurotrophic factors and their regenerative capabilities, giving rise to ...

* Cheryl Shuman (1960–), founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club * Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of

* Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of

ImClone Systems ImClone Systems LLC was a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing biologic medicines in the area of oncology. It was founded in 1984 and had its corporate headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and its research headquarters in New Yo ...

, Kadmon Corporation * Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Herbert Wertheim#Brain Power Incorporated, Brain Power Incorporated (BPI) * Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of Point-of-care testing, diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Alere, Inc.

Real estate

Retail

Technology and software

* Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp. * Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security, RSA Security LLC * Aron Ain, chairman of the UKG, Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) * Beny Alagem (1953–),

co-founder of Packard Bell#History, Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel * Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology * Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of

's Los Angeles Clippers * Werner Michael Blumenthal (1926–), former chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys * Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast, Comcast Corporation * Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation * Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk * Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent, BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent (company), BitTorrent, Inc. * Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of Business incubator, technology incubator company Jigsaw (company), Jigsaw (formerly Jigsaw (company)#Google Ideas, Google Ideas) * Michael Dell (1965–), founder of Dell, DELL * Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation * David Frankel (entrepreneur), David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest Internet service provider, ISP in Africa * Gideon Gartner (1935–2020), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Gartner, Inc. * Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation * Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel (company), Accel * Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel * Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend (company), Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS) * Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk, SanDisk Corporation * David Hindawi, David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium, Tanium Inc. * Irwin M. Jacobs, Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm, Qualcomm Incorporated * Andy Jassy (1968–), CEO of Amazon (company), Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken * Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland, Borland Software Corporation * Dan Kaminsky (1979–2021), co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops * Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) * Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWare, PKWARE, Inc., creator of the ZIP (file format), Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37 * Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker) * Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation * Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay (cosmetics), Urban Decay * Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies, Akamai Technologies Inc.; September 11 attacks, 9/11 victim * Joseph Lubin (entrepreneur), Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum * Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM, ROLM Corporation * Brian L. Roberts, Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), Comcast, the Comcast Corporation; members of the :Roberts family (Comcast), Roberts family * Lior Ron (business executive), Lior Ron (1977–),

co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto (company), Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps * Benjamin M. Rosen, Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq, Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds * Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android (operating system), Android operating system, co-founder of Android (operating system), Android, Inc., Danger (company), Danger Inc. and Playground Global * Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.) * Henry Samueli (1954–), co-founder of the Broadcom Corporation, owner of National Hockey League, NHL's Anaheim Ducks (founded in 1993 by the Walt Disney Company, Disney as "the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim") * Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity, Paylocity Corporation * Dan Schulman (1958–), former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the NortonLifeLock, Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile * Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners * Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of Charlie Shrem, BitInstant (defunct) and Charlie Shrem#Intellisys Capital, Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation * Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange, Stack Exchange Network, founder of Glitch (New York company), Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello * Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Business Solutions * Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from WarnerMedia, Warner Communications in 1984) * Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems * Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TTEC, TeleTech * Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm, Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm * Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing * Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research * Amit Yoran (1970–2025), former CEO of Tenable, Inc., former president of RSA Security, former CEO of Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech * Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.) * John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft * Palo Alto Networks, Nir Zuk (1971–),

co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks

New media

* Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks) * Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI * Dario Amodei (1983–), Italian-American co-founder of AI company Anthropic * Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com * Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance * Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce * Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X Development * Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of World Sports Exchange, WSEX * Daniel L. Doctoroff, Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart city, smart cities tech company Intersection (company), Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P. * Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment * Ghermezian family, Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc. * Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo * Daniel Gross (businessman), Daniel Gross (1991–), Israeli-American co-founder of AI company Safe Superintelligence Inc. * Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps * Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com * Jonathan Klein (Getty Images), Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images * Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, Philadelphia Media Network, LLC * Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, WhatsApp, Inc. * Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora (streaming service), Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively * Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (''Kremen v. Stephen M. Cohen, Cohen'') * Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), founder of health technology company Tempus AI, co-founder of Groupon * Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm (company), Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia" * Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box (company), Box Inc. * Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC (company), IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo, Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Match Group, Inc., Tinder (app), Tinder, Ask.com) * David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com * Talmon Marco,

co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno (company), Juno * Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon * Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.ru Group, Mail.Ru (owns VK (service), VKontakte) * Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment * Adam Neumann, Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork * Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist * Shaul Olmert (1975–),

co-founder of online publishing platform Ex.co, EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks, MTV Networks * Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock * Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc. * Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal) * Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga * Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc. * Jeff Pulver (1962–), Voice over IP, VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage * Tinder (app), Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder (app), Tinder * Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com * Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook. * David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding Chief operating officer, COO of PayPal * Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), Chief operating officer, COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google * Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros. * Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp * Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit * Jeff Weiner (1970–), Executive Chairman of LinkedIn * Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of EBay, eBay Inc. * Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine (service), Vine, and HQ (video game), HQ Trivia * Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

Television, film and video

Tourism and hotels

* Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), casino magnate, founder of the Las Vegas Sands, Las Vegas Sands Corporation (owns The Venetian Las Vegas, the Venetian, the Palazzo, Marina Bay Sands), co-founder of the Interface Group (COMDEX) * Micky Arison (1949–),

chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel leisure company and owner of

's Miami Heat; member of the Arison family * Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills * Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner * Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus * Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico, Taos Ski Valley * Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach, Florida, Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires * Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Gene Freidman#Career, Taxi Club Management (TCM) * Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of Rande Gerber#Career, the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos * Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment, Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of

's Cleveland Cavaliers * Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym, Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym, World Gym International * Bernard Goldstein (casino owner), Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. * David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG) * Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel * Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of National Hockey League, NHL's Boston Bruins * Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Miami Beach Resort and Spa, Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Trump National Doral Miami#History, Doral Country Club) * Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of New Frontier Hotel and Casino, the Frontier hotel & casino * Bill Miller (impresario), Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator * Sam Nazarian (1975–), Persian Jews, Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the :Nazarian family, Nazarian family * Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach#History, Fontainebleau Miami Beach * Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher * Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba, Zumba Fitness, LLC * Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group * Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt, Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family * Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the Eugene Remm#EMM, EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group) * Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts * Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Jews in Philadelphia, Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner * Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group * Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo Las Vegas, Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez (Las Vegas), El Cortez Hotel and Casino * David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts * Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Gordon Sondland#Provenance Hotels, Provenance Hotels * Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York) * Jonathan Tisch (1953–), chairman of Loews Hotels, co-chairman of family-owned Loews Corporation and co-owner of National Football League, NFL's New York Giants; member of the :Tisch family, Tisch family * Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands Hotel, Sands, Riviera (hotel and casino), Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes * Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts

Restaurants

* Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins * George Cohon (1937–2023), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's#Global operations, McDonald's of Canada and Russia * Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray Handwerker, Murray (1921–2011)) * Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream) * Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants * Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack, Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern) * Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse * Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel * William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts * Howard Schultz (1953–), former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of

's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron * Daniel Schwartz (1980/1981–), co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes * Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks, Starbucks Corporation