publisher, philanthropistBorn: 1829Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Having begun his career when he opened a Philadelphia bookstore in 1847, he soon expanded into publishing. He is most known for having…
lawyerBorn: 1854Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Originally an accountant with the New York law firm of Algernon S. Sullivan, he joined the firm as an attorney and became partner in 1879. The Sullivan…
statistician, management consultantBorn: 10/14/1900Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa After studying electrical engineering at the University of Wyoming and mathematical physics at Yale, he began his…
manufacturerBorn: 12/8/1861Birthplace: Boston, Mass. He quit high school to begin work in his grandfather's Flint, Michigan, lumberyard. By 1885 he had organized the Flint Road Cart Company, which…
(1st Viscount Leverhulme of the Western Isles)soap-maker, philanthropistBorn: 9/19/1851Birthplace: Bolton, Greater Manchester, England Lever and his brother, James Darcy Lever, turned the soap-…
housing developerBorn: 2/11/1907Birthplace: New York City Levitt formed a construction company in 1929 with his brother, who focused on the architectural details, and his father, who managed the…
railroad developer, financierBorn: 5/8/1821Birthplace: New Brunswick, N.J. Being the son of Cornelius Vanderbelt did little to secure William a job in the family empire. His father regarded him as…
British newsagentBorn: 1792 He got his start selling newspapers in his father's business in 1812 with his brother Henry Edward. They moved beyond their father's Strand shop using railways and fast…
ironmaster, glassmakerBorn: 5/13/1729 Birthplace: Cologne, Germany He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1750, and established iron forges in Lancaster and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania. Profits from the…
railroad officialBorn: 1837Birthplace: Brownington, Vt. Having graduated from Bell's Business College in Chicago (1855), he began his career in railroads as a station agent of the Milwaukee &…
