ENTREPRENEURS

Karl and Theo Albrecht, founder, ALDI
Paul G. Allen, co-founder, Microsoft
Wally Amos, founder, Amos Famous Cookies
Mary Kay Ash, founder, Mary Kay Cosmetics
R. Stanton Avery, founder, Avery Products
Ninnie Baird, founder, Mrs. Baird's
Burt Baskin, co-founder, Baskin-Robbins
L. L. Bean, founder, L.L. Bean Co.
Clarence Birdseye, founder, Birds Eye Foods
S. Duncan Black, co-founder, Black & Decker
Warren E. Buffett, investor
Nolan Bushnell, video game pioneer / founder, Atari
Walter P. Chrysler, founder, Chrysler
William Coleman, founder, Coleman camping gear
Emmett J. Culligan, founder, Culligan water
Arthur Davidson, co-founder, Harley-Davidson
Alonzo D. Decker, co-founder, Black & Decker
Robert H. Dedman, founder, ClubCorp
Michael Dell, founder, Dell Computers
Horace E. and John F. Dodge, founders, Dodge
James Dole, founder, Dole
Larry Ellison, founder, Oracle
Enzo Ferrari, founder, Ferrari
Herman G. Fisher, co-founder, Fisher-Price
Bill Gates, co-founder, Microsoft
Dan Gerber, founder, Gerber Baby Products
King C. Gillette, founder, Gillette
Joyce Hall, founder, Hallmark
Pleasant H. and J. Wesley Hanes, founders, Hanes Corp.
William S. Harley, co-founder, Harley-Davidson
Lawrence S. Heath, founder, Heath Bar
Milton S. Hershey, candy maker / founder, Hershey Corp.
William H. Hoover, founder, Hoover Vacuum Co.
George A. Hormel, founder, Hormel Foods
Howard Hughes, entrepreneur BY REQUEST
Edward C. Johnson II, founder, FMR
Calvin Klein, designer
James Kraft, founder, Kraft
Herman W. Lay, founder, Lay's Potato Chips
Henry D. Lee, founder, Lee Jeans
John M. Mack, founder, Mack Trucks
Forrest Mars, candy maker / founder, Mars Candy
Fred Maytag, founder, Maytag
Maurice and Richard McDonald, founders, McDonald's
J. C. Penny, founder, J.C. Penny's
Irving L. Price, co-founder, Fisher-Price
Harry B. Reese, founder, Reese's
Lunsford Richardson, founder, Vick's
Irv Robbins, co-founder, Baskin-Robbins
Charles Rolls, co-founder, Rolls-Royce
Henry Royce, co-founder, Rolls-Royce
Jacob Schick, founder, Schick Razors
Amanda W. Smith, founder, Mrs. Smith's Bakeries
Jerome Smucker, founder, Smucker's
Martha Stewart, home living guru BY REQUEST
Vernon B. Stouffer, founder, Stouffer's
Russell Stover, founder, Russell Stover Candies
Donald Trump, entrepreneur
Earl Tupper, founder, Tupperware
John W. Tyson, founder, Tyson Chicken
Joseph Vlasic, founder, Vlasic Pickles
Sam Walton, founder, Walmart BY REQUEST
David Wesson, founder, Wesson Oil
William K. Wrigley, entrepreneur