- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. B. Dick and Company | Alfred B. Dick | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| A. B. Dick and Company | Alfred B. Dick Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| A. C. Nielsen Company | Arthur C. Nielsen | Services | 1920 |
| AMAX | Ian K. MacGregor | Metals | 1950 |
| AMP | Joseph D. Brenner | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| AMP | Uncas A. Whitaker | Computers & Electronics | 1940 |
| AVCO | Victor Emanuel | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Duane L. Burnham | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Robert A. Schoellhorn | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Abbott Laboratories | Ernest H. Volwiler | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation | J. Basil Ward | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Adolph Coors Brewing Company | Adolph Coors | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Adolph Coors Brewing Company | Peter H. Coors | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| Adolph Coors Brewing Company | William K. Coors | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Advanced Micro Devices | W. Jeremiah Sanders III | Computers & Electronics | 1960 |
| Aeroquip Corporation | Peter F. Hurst | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| Aetna Life Insurance Company | Morgan G. Bulkeley | Finance | pre-1900 |
| Ahmanson (H. F.) & Company | Howard F. Ahmanson | Finance | 1920 |
| Alcoa | Arthur V. Davis | Metals | 1910 |
| Alcoa | Paul H. O'Neill | Metals | 1980 |
| Alexander & Repass | Archie A. Alexander | Construction & Real Estate | 1910 |
| Allied Chemical and Dye Company | Orlando F. Weber | Chemicals & Industrial | 1920 |
| AlliedSignal, Inc. | Lawrence A. Bossidy | Automotive & Aerospace | 1990 |
| Allis-Chalmers Company | Otto H. Falk | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Amazon.com | Jeffrey P. Bezos | Retail | 1990 |
| Amblin Entertainment / DreamWorks | Steven Spielberg | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Amerada Hess | Leon Hess | Utilities & Energy | 1930 |
| America Online | Stephen M. Case | Communications | 1980 |
| American Agricultural Chemical Company | Horace Bowker | Agriculture & Mining | 1920 |
| American Airlines | Robert L. Crandall | Transportation | 1980 |
| American Airlines | Cyrus R. Smith | Transportation | 1930 |
| American Brass Company | Charles F. Brooker | Metals | 1900 |
| American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters | Leonard H. Goldenson | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1940 |
| American Cement Corporation | Garner A. Beckett | Construction & Real Estate | 1930 |
| American Century Companies | James E. Stowers, Jr. | Finance | 1950 |
| American Chicle Company | Thomas Adams, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| American Cyanamid Company | William B. Bell | Chemicals & Industrial | 1920 |
| American Electric Power Company | Philip Sporn | Utilities & Energy | 1940 |
| American Express Company | Howard L. Clark | Finance | 1960 |
| American Express Company | Harvey Golub | Finance | 1990 |
| American Financial Group | Carl H. Lindner, Jr. | Finance | 1950 |
| American Home Products | Alvin G. Brush | Healthcare | 1930 |
| American Home Products | John W. Culligan | Healthcare | 1980 |
| American Home Products | William F. Laporte | Healthcare | 1960 |
| American Home Products | John R. Stafford | Healthcare | 1980 |
| American International Group | Maurice R. Greenberg | Finance | 1960 |
| American Machine and Foundry Company | Eugene M. Patterson | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| American Machine and Foundry Company | Rufus L. Patterson | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| American Newspapers | William R. Hearst | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| American Power and Light Company | Howard L. Aller | Utilities & Energy | 1930 |
| American R&D Corporation | Georges F. Doriot | Finance | 1940 |
| American Radiator Company | Clarence M. Woolley | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| American Ship Building Company | James C. Wallace | Transportation | 1900 |
| American Smelting and Refining Company | Daniel Guggenheim | Metals | 1900 |
| American Sugar Refining | Earl D. Babst | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| American Telephone and Telegraph | C. Michael Armstrong | Communications | 1990 |
| American Telephone and Telegraph | Charles L. Brown | Communications | 1970 |
| American Telephone and Telegraph | Walter S. Gifford | Communications | 1920 |
| American Telephone and Telegraph | Theodore N. Vail | Communications | 1900 |
| American Tobacco Company | James B. Duke | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| American Tobacco Company | George W. Hill | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| American Woolen Mills Company | William M. Wood | Fabric & Apparel | pre-1900 |
| Amgen | Gordon M. Binder | Healthcare | 1980 |
| Ampex Corporation | Alexander M. Poniatoff | Computers & Electronics | 1940 |
| Amsted Industries | Goff Smith | Construction & Real Estate | 1970 |
| Amway Corporation | Richard M. DeVos | Personal Care & Home Products | 1950 |
| Amway Corporation | Jay Van Andel | Personal Care & Home Products | 1950 |
| Anaconda Copper Company | John D. Ryan | Agriculture & Mining | 1900 |
| Anderson, Clayton and Company | William L. Clayton | Agriculture & Mining | 1900 |
| Anheuser-Busch Brewery | Adolphus Busch | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Anne Klein & Company | Anne Klein | Fabric & Apparel | 1960 |
| Apollo Group | John G. Sperling | Services | 1970 |
| Apple Computer | Steven P. Jobs | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Apple Computer | John R. Sculley | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Armco Steel Company | Charles R. Hook | Metals | 1930 |
| Armour and Company | J. Ogden Armour | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Armour and Company | William W. Prince | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Arthur Andersen and Company | Arthur E. Andersen | Services | 1910 |
| Arthur D. Little | Arthur D. Little | Services | 1900 |
| Atlanta Life Insurance Company | Alonzo F. Herndon | Finance | 1900 |
| Atlantic Refining Company | John W. Van Dyke | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Atlantic Richfield Company | Robert O. Anderson | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Atlantic Richfield Company | Lodwrick M. Cook | Utilities & Energy | 1980 |
| Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines | Henry R. Mallory | Transportation | 1900 |
| Atwater Kent Company | Arthur A. Kent | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Autodesk | Carol Bartz | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Automatic Data Processing | Henry Taub | Services | 1940 |
| Avon Products | John A. Ewald | Personal Care & Home Products | 1940 |
| Avon Products | Wayne Hicklin | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Avon Products | David H. McConnell | Personal Care & Home Products | pre-1900 |
| Avon Products | David H. McConnell, Jr. | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Avon Products | David W. Mitchell | Personal Care & Home Products | 1970 |
| Avon Products | James E. Preston | Personal Care & Home Products | 1980 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. F. Goodrich Company | John L. Collyer | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Bakelite Corporation | Leo H. Baekeland | Chemicals & Industrial | 1900 |
| Baldwin Locomotive | Samuel M. Vauclain | Transportation | 1910 |
| Ball Brothers Company | Frank C. Ball | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Ballantine Books | Ian K. Ballantine | Publishing & Print Media | 1950 |
| Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Daniel Willard | Transportation | 1910 |
| Bank of America | Amadeo Peter Giannini | Finance | 1900 |
| Bank of America | Lawrence M. Giannini | Finance | 1930 |
| BankAmerica Corporation | Richard M. Rosenberg | Finance | 1990 |
| Barden Communications | Don H. Barden | Communications | 1980 |
| Barnes & Noble | Leonard S. Riggio | Retail | 1960 |
| Baruch Brothers | Bernard M. Baruch | Finance | 1900 |
| Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn | Bruce Barton | Services | 1910 |
| Bausch and Lomb Company | Edward Bausch | Healthcare | 1920 |
| Baxter International | William B. Graham | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Bear Stearns Companies | Alan C. Greenberg | Finance | 1970 |
| Beckman Instruments | Arnold O. Beckman | Healthcare | 1930 |
| Beech Aircraft Corporation | Olive Ann M. Beech | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream | Ben Cohen | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Bendix Corporation | W. Michael Blumenthal | Automotive & Aerospace | 1960 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | Warren E. Buffett | Finance | 1960 |
| Berwind-White Coal Mining Company | Edward J. Berwind | Agriculture & Mining | pre-1900 |
| Best Buy | Richard M. Schulze | Retail | 1960 |
| Betchel Corporation | Stephen D. Bechtel | Construction & Real Estate | 1930 |
| Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Eugene G. Grace | Metals | 1910 |
| Bethlehem Steel Corporation | Charles M. Schwab | Metals | 1900 |
| Black & Decker Corporation | Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Black Enterprise Magazine | Earl G. Graves | Publishing & Print Media | 1970 |
| Black Entertainment Television | Robert L. Johnson | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation | H. Wayne Huizenga | Retail | 1980 |
| Bloomberg, L. P. | Michael R. Bloomberg | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Boeing Company | William M. Allen | Automotive & Aerospace | 1940 |
| Boeing Company | William E. Boeing | Automotive & Aerospace | 1910 |
| Boeing Company | Thornton A. Wilson | Automotive & Aerospace | 1960 |
| Booker T. Washington Insurance | Arthur G. Gaston | Finance | 1930 |
| Borden | Theodore G. Montague | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Borg-Warner Corporation | Charles S. Davis | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| Boston Consulting Group | Bruce D. Henderson | Services | 1960 |
| Braniff Airways | Thomas E. Braniff | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Charles L. Coughlin | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Briggs & Stratton Corporation | Vincent R. Shiely | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Richard L. Gelb | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | Frederic N. Schwartz | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Brown and Root | Herman Brown | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| Brown-Forman Corporation | Owsley Brown II | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| Brownberry Ovens | Catherine T. Clark | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Brunswick | Robert F. Bensinger | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Bulova Watch Company | Arde Bulova | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Burlington Industries | James S. Love | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| Burrell Advertising | Thomas J. Burrell | Services | 1970 |
| Burroughs Adding Machine Company | Joseph Boyer | Computers & Electronics | 1900 |
| Burroughs Corporation | Ray W. MacDonald | Computers & Electronics | 1960 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPC International (BestFoods) | Charles R. Shoemate | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| Calvin Klein | Barry Schwartz | Fabric & Apparel | 1960 |
| Campbell Soup Company | Arthur C. Dorrance | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Campbell Soup Company | John T. Dorrance | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Campbell Soup Company | David W. Johnson | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| Cannon Mills Company | Charles A. Cannon | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| Cannon Mills Company | James W. Cannon | Fabric & Apparel | pre-1900 |
| Capital Cities/ABC | Thomas S. Murphy | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Cargill | Erwin Kelm | Agriculture & Mining | 1960 |
| Cargill | Whitney MacMillan | Agriculture & Mining | 1970 |
| Cargill | John H. MacMillan, Jr. | Agriculture & Mining | 1930 |
| Carnation Company | Dwight L. Stuart | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Carnation Company | Elbridge A. Stuart | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Carnation Company | Elbridge H. Stuart | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Carpenter Technology Corporation | Howard O. Beaver, Jr. | Metals | 1970 |
| Carrier Corporation | Willis H. Carrier | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Carter Hawley Hale | Edward W. Carter | Retail | 1940 |
| Caterpillar Tractor Company | William Blackie | Construction & Real Estate | 1960 |
| Caterpillar Tractor Company | Donald V. Fites | Construction & Real Estate | 1990 |
| Caterpillar Tractor Company | Louis B. Neumiller | Construction & Real Estate | 1940 |
| Caterpillar Tractor Company | George A. Schaefer | Construction & Real Estate | 1980 |
| Celanese Corporation of America | Harold Blancke | Chemicals & Industrial | 1940 |
| Celanese Corporation of America | Camille Dreyfus | Chemicals & Industrial | 1910 |
| Cessna Aircraft Company | Dwane L. Wallace | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Chadbourn | J. Chadbourn Bolles | Fabric & Apparel | 1930 |
| Champion Enterprises | Walter R. Young, Jr. | Construction & Real Estate | 1990 |
| Champion Spark Plug Company | Robert A. Stranahan, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| Charles E. Hires Company | Charles E. Hires | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Charles Schwab & Company | Charles R. Schwab | Finance | 1970 |
| Chase Manhattan Bank | John J. McCloy | Finance | 1950 |
| Chase Manhattan Bank | David Rockefeller | Finance | 1960 |
| Chase Manhattan/Chemical Bank | Walter V. Shipley | Finance | 1980 |
| Chase National Bank | Winthrop W. Aldrich | Finance | 1930 |
| Chase National Bank | Alonzo B. Hepburn | Finance | 1900 |
| Chase National Bank | Albert H. Wiggin | Finance | 1910 |
| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company | Robert R. Young | Transportation | 1930 |
| Chesebrough Manufacturing Company | Robert A. Chesebrough | Personal Care & Home Products | pre-1900 |
| Chesebrough-Pond's | Ralph E. Ward | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Chicago Defender | Robert S. Abbott | Publishing & Print Media | 1900 |
| Chicago Stock Yards Company | Frederick H. Prince | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Chicago Tribune | Robert R. McCormick | Publishing & Print Media | 1910 |
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | Hale Holden | Transportation | 1920 |
| Chris-Craft Industries | Herbert J. Siegel | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Chrysler Corporation | Walter P. Chrysler | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| Chrysler Corporation | Robert J. Eaton | Automotive & Aerospace | 1990 |
| Chrysler Corporation | Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca | Automotive & Aerospace | 1970 |
| Chrysler Corporation | Kaufman T. Keller | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Circuit City Stores | Alan L. Wurtzel | Retail | 1970 |
| Cisco Systems | John T. Chambers | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Citibank/CitiCorp | Walter B. Wriston | Finance | 1960 |
| Citicorp/Citibank | John S. Reed | Finance | 1980 |
| Cities Service Company | W. Alton Jones | Utilities & Energy | 1940 |
| Citizens & Southern National Bank | Mills B. Lane, Jr. | Finance | 1940 |
| Citizens Trust Bank | Lorimer D. Milton | Finance | 1920 |
| Clear Channel Communications | L. Lowry Mays | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1970 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company | William G. Mather | Agriculture & Mining | pre-1900 |
| Clorox Company | Robert B. Shetterly | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Coastal Corporation | Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Coca-Cola Company | J. Paul Austin | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Coca-Cola Company | Asa G. Candler | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Coca-Cola Company | Roberto C. Goizueta | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| Coca-Cola Company | Robert W. Woodruff | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | Gilbert Colgate | Personal Care & Home Products | 1920 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | Samuel B. Colgate | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Company | Reuben Mark | Personal Care & Home Products | 1980 |
| Columbia Broadcasting System | William S. Paley | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1920 |
| Computer Associates International | Charles B. Wang | Services | 1970 |
| ConAgra | C. Michael Harper | Agriculture & Mining | 1970 |
| Conde Nast Publications | Conde M. Nast | Publishing & Print Media | 1900 |
| Cone Mills Corporation | Herman Cone II | Fabric & Apparel | 1930 |
| Consolidated Foods | Nathan Cummings | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Consolidation Coal Company | George H. Love | Agriculture & Mining | 1940 |
| Continental & Commercial Bank | Arthur Reynolds | Finance | 1910 |
| Continental Airlines | Gordon M. Bethune | Transportation | 1990 |
| Continental Airlines | Robert F. Six | Transportation | 1930 |
| Continental Cablevision | Amos Hostetter, Jr. | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Continental Can Company | Carle C. Conway | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Continental Insurance Company | Bernard M. Culver | Finance | 1930 |
| Control Data Corporation | William C. Norris | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Conwood Corporation | William M. Rosson | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Copley Newspapers | Helen K. Copley | Publishing & Print Media | 1970 |
| Corn Products Refining Company | Edward T. Bedford | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Corning Glass Company | Alanson B. Houghton | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Corning Glass Company | Amory Houghton | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Corning Glass Company | Amory Houghton, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Cosden & Company | Joshua S. Cosden | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | James D. Sinegal | Retail | 1980 |
| Crane Company | Richard T. Crane | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Crane Company | Richard T. Crane, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Creative Artists Agency | Michael Ovitz | Services | 1970 |
| Crompton Corporation | Vincent A. Calarco | Chemicals & Industrial | 1980 |
| Crowell-Collier Publishing Company | Wilton D. Cole | Publishing & Print Media | 1950 |
| Crucible Steel Company | William G. Park | Metals | 1900 |
| Cummins Engine Company | Joseph I. Miller | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| Curtis Publishing Company | Cyrus H. K. Curtis | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Curtis Publishing Company | Walter D. Fuller | Publishing & Print Media | 1930 |
| Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company | Guy W. Vaughan | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Corporation | Rene C. McPherson | Automotive & Aerospace | 1970 |
| Dayton Hudson Corporation | Kenneth A. Macke | Retail | 1980 |
| Deere & Company | Hans W. Becherer | Agriculture & Mining | 1980 |
| Deere & Company | Charles D. Wiman | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| Def Jam Records / Rush Communications | Russell Simmons | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Dell Computer Corporation | Michael Dell | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Della Femina and Travisano | Jerry Della Femina | Services | 1960 |
| Deluxe Check Printers | Eugene R. Olson | Finance | 1970 |
| Deluxe Check Printers | Joseph L. Rose | Finance | 1960 |
| Deluxe Corporation | Harold V. Haverty | Finance | 1980 |
| Dennison Manufacturing Company | Henry S. Dennison | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1910 |
| Desilu Productions | Desiderio A. Arnaz | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1950 |
| Devon Energy Corporation | J. Larry Nichols | Utilities & Energy | 1980 |
| Diamond Match Company | Ohio C. Barber | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Diamond Match Company | William A. Fairburn | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Diamond Match Company | Edward R. Stettinius | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Diane von Furstenberg, Ltd | Diane S. M. von Furstenberg | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
| Dick Clark Productions | Richard W. Clark | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1950 |
| Dick Griffey Productions | Dick Griffey | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1970 |
| Digital Equipment Corporation | Kenneth H. Olsen | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Domino's Pizza | Thomas S. Monaghan | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | Richard H. Jenrette | Finance | 1970 |
| Doubleday and Company | Frank N. Doubleday | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Doubleday and Company | Nelson Doubleday | Publishing & Print Media | 1920 |
| Douglas Aircraft Company | Donald W. Douglas | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| Dow Chemical Corporation | Leland I. Doan | Chemicals & Industrial | 1940 |
| Dow Chemical Corporation | Herbert H. Dow | Chemicals & Industrial | pre-1900 |
| Dow Chemical Corporation | Willard H. Dow | Chemicals & Industrial | 1930 |
| Dow Jones & Company | William F. Kerby | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Dow Jones & Company | Warren H. Phillips | Publishing & Print Media | 1970 |
| Doyle Dane Bernbach | William Bernbach | Services | 1940 |
| DuPont Corporation | Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. | Chemicals & Industrial | 1940 |
| DuPont Corporation | Lammot du Pont | Chemicals & Industrial | 1920 |
| DuPont Corporation | Pierre S. du Pont | Chemicals & Industrial | 1910 |
| DuPont Corporation | Thomas C. du Pont | Chemicals & Industrial | 1900 |
| DuPont Corporation | Crawford H. Greenewalt | Chemicals & Industrial | 1940 |
| DuPont Corporation | Edward G. Jefferson | Chemicals & Industrial | 1980 |
| DuPont Corporation | Irving S. Shapiro | Chemicals & Industrial | 1970 |
| DuPont Corporation | Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. | Chemicals & Industrial | 1980 |
| Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Harrington Drake | Services | 1970 |
| Dun & Bradstreet Corporation | Charles W. Moritz | Services | 1980 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. G. Bowman | Ernesta G. Procope | Finance | 1950 |
| E. G. Budd Company | Edward G. Budd | Automotive & Aerospace | 1910 |
| EMC Corporation | Richard J. Egan | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| EMC Corporation | Michael C. Ruettgers | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Eastern Airlines | Edward V. Rickenbacker | Transportation | 1930 |
| Eastman Kodak Company | George Eastman | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Louis K. Eilers | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Walter A. Fallon | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Eberhard-Faber Company | Lothar W. Faber | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Eckerd Corporation | Jack M. Eckerd | Retail | 1950 |
| Edison Brothers Stores | Bernard A. Edison | Retail | 1960 |
| Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation | Edward DeBartolo | Construction & Real Estate | 1940 |
| Electronic Arts | Laurence F. Probst, III | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Electronic Data Systems | Lester M. Alberthal, Jr. | Services | 1980 |
| Electronic Data Systems | Morton H. Meyerson | Services | 1970 |
| Electronic Data Systems | H. Ross Perot | Services | 1960 |
| Eli Lilly & Company | Eugene N. Beesley | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Eli Lilly & Company | Josiah K. Lilly | Healthcare | pre-1900 |
| Eli Lilly & Company | Eli Lilly II | Healthcare | 1930 |
| Eli Lilly & Company | Randall L. Tobias | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Eli Lilly & Company | Richard D. Wood | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Elizabeth Arden Company | Elizabeth Arden | Personal Care & Home Products | 1910 |
| Emerson Electric Company | Charles F. Knight | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Emerson Electric Company | Wallace R. Persons | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation | Benjamin Abrams | Computers & Electronics | 1920 |
| Emery Air Freight | John C. Emery, Jr. | Transportation | 1960 |
| Emery Air Freight | John C. Emery, Sr. | Transportation | 1940 |
| Endicott-Johnson Company | George F. Johnson | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| Erie Railroad | Frederick D. Underwood | Transportation | 1900 |
| Essence Communications | Edward T. Lewis | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Estee Lauder | Estee Lauder | Personal Care & Home Products | 1940 |
| Estee Lauder | Leonard A. Lauder | Personal Care & Home Products | 1980 |
| Exxon Corporation | Eugene Holman | Utilities & Energy | 1940 |
| Exxon Corporation | John K. Jamieson | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation | Lee R. Raymond | Utilities & Energy | 1990 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMC Corporation | Robert N. Burt | Fabricated Goods | 1990 |
| FPL Group | James L. Broadhead | Utilities & Energy | 1980 |
| Fairchild Semiconductor | Robert N. Noyce | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Federal Express Corporation | Frederick W. Smith | Transportation | 1970 |
| Federal Mogul Corporation | Guy S. Peppiatt | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| Federated Department Stores | Fred R. Lazarus, Jr. | Retail | 1940 |
| Fidelity Investments | Edward C. Johnson II | Finance | 1940 |
| Fidelity Investments | Edward C. Johnson III | Finance | 1970 |
| Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade Publications) | Marshall Field III | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| Filene's | Edward A. Filene | Retail | 1900 |
| Firestone Tire and Rubber Company | Harvey S. Firestone | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Firestone Tire and Rubber Company | Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1940 |
| Fisher Body Company | Frederick J. Fisher | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Fisher-Price Toy Company | Herman G. Fisher | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Florida East Coast Railway | Henry M. Flagler | Transportation | pre-1900 |
| Ford Motor Company | Philip Caldwell | Automotive & Aerospace | 1970 |
| Ford Motor Company | Henry Ford | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Ford Motor Company | Henry Ford II | Automotive & Aerospace | 1940 |
| Ford Motor Company | Donald E. Petersen | Automotive & Aerospace | 1980 |
| Ford Motor Company | Alex Trotman | Automotive & Aerospace | 1990 |
| Fox Film Company | William Fox | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1910 |
| Freeport Sulphur Company | Langbourne M. Williams, Jr. | Agriculture & Mining | 1930 |
| Freeport-McMoRan | James R. Moffett | Agriculture & Mining | 1980 |
| Fruit Growers Express | Henry B. Spencer | Agriculture & Mining | 1920 |
| Fuller Brush Company | Alfred C. Fuller | Personal Care & Home Products | 1900 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. Fox & Company | Beatrice F. Auerbach | Retail | 1930 |
| Gallo (E. & J.) Winery | Ernest Gallo | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Gannett Company | Frank E. Gannett | Publishing & Print Media | 1900 |
| Gannett Company | Allen H. Neuharth | Publishing & Print Media | 1970 |
| Gap | Millard S. Drexler | Fabric & Apparel | 1990 |
| Gap | Donald G. Fisher | Retail | 1960 |
| Gardner-Denver Company | Cedric H. Rieman | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Gateway | Theodore W. Waitt | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Geffen Records | David L. Geffen | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| General Chemical Corporation | William H. Nichols | Chemicals & Industrial | pre-1900 |
| General Electric Company | Fred J. Borch | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| General Electric Company | Charles A. Coffin | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| General Electric Company | Ralph J. Cordiner | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| General Electric Company | Reginald H. Jones | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| General Electric Company | Gerard Swope | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| General Electric Company | John F. Welch, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| General Electric Company | Charles Edward Wilson | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| General Foods Corporation | Colby M. Chester | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| General Foods Corporation | Clarence Francis | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| General Foods Corporation | Charles G. Mortimer | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| General Instrument Corporation | Frank G. Hickey | Communications | 1970 |
| General Mills | H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| General Mills | Stephen W. Sanger | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| General Motors Corporation | Harlow H. Curtice | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| General Motors Corporation | Frederic G. Donner | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| General Motors Corporation | William Durant | Automotive & Aerospace | 1910 |
| General Motors Corporation | Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| General Motors Corporation | Roger B. Smith | Automotive & Aerospace | 1980 |
| General Motors Corporation | Charles Erwin Wilson | Automotive & Aerospace | 1940 |
| General Reinsurance Corporation | Harold J. Hudson, Jr. | Finance | 1970 |
| General Seafood's Company | Clarence Birdseye | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Genuine Parts Company | Larry L. Prince | Automotive & Aerospace | 1980 |
| Georgia Gulf Corporation | James R. Kuse | Chemicals & Industrial | 1980 |
| Georgia-Pacific Corporation | Owen R. Cheatham | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1920 |
| Gerber Products Company | Daniel F. Gerber | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Gerber Products Company | Daniel F. Gerber, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Getty Oil Company | Jean Paul Getty | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Gillette Company | Frank J. Fahey | Personal Care & Home Products | 1910 |
| Gillette Company | King C. Gillette | Personal Care & Home Products | 1900 |
| Gillette Company | Joseph P. Spang, Jr. | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Gillette Company | Alfred M. Zeien | Personal Care & Home Products | 1990 |
| Gillette Company | Vincent C. Ziegler | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Gimbel Brothers Department Stores | Bernard F. Gimbel | Retail | 1920 |
| Gimbel Brothers Department Stores | Isaac Gimbel | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Glenn L. Martin Company | Glenn L. Martin | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Globe Smelting and Refining Company | Dennis Sheedy | Metals | pre-1900 |
| Gold Bond Stamp Company / Carlson Companies | Curtis L. Carlson | Services | 1930 |
| Golden State Insurance | Ivan J. Houston | Finance | 1970 |
| Golden State Insurance | Norman O. Houston | Finance | 1940 |
| Golden State Insurance | William Nickerson, Jr. | Finance | 1920 |
| Goldman, Sachs and Company | Samuel Sachs | Finance | 1900 |
| Goldman, Sachs and Company | Walter E. Sachs | Finance | 1920 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Paul W. Litchfield | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Frank A. Seiberling | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company | George H. Hartford | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company | John A. Hartford | Retail | 1920 |
| Great Northern Railroad | Ralph Budd | Transportation | 1910 |
| Great Northern Railroad | James J. Hill | Transportation | pre-1900 |
| Great Northern Railroad | Louis W. Hill | Transportation | 1900 |
| Greyhound Corporation | Carl E. Wickman | Transportation | 1930 |
| Griffin Productions | Mervyn E. Griffin, Jr. | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Guidant Corporation | Ronald W. Dollens | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Gulf Oil Corporation | William L. Mellon | Utilities & Energy | 1900 |
| Gulf and Western | Charles G. Bluhdorn | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Guthy-Renker Corporation | William Guthy | Retail | 1980 |
H
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| H & R Block | Henry W. Bloch | Services | 1970 |
| H & R Block | Richard A. Bloch | Services | 1950 |
| H. J. Heinz Company | Henry J. Heinz | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| H. J. Heinz Company | Howard Heinz | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| H. J. Heinz Company | Henry J. Heinz II | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| H. J. Heinz Company | Anthony J. F. O'Reilly | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Halliburton | Erle P. Halliburton | Utilities & Energy | 1920 |
| Halliburton | John P. Harbin | Utilities & Energy | 1970 |
| Hallmark Cards | Joyce C. Hall | Retail | 1910 |
| Halsey, Stuart and Company | Harold L. Stuart | Finance | 1910 |
| Hanna (M. A.) & Company | George M. Humphrey | Agriculture & Mining | 1920 |
| Harley-Davidson | Vaughn L. Beals, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1980 |
| Harpo Productions | Oprah G. Winfrey | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Harris Corporation | Joseph A. Boyd | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Hasbro Toys | Stephen D. Hassenfeld | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Hattie Carnegie | Hattie Carnegie | Fabric & Apparel | 1900 |
| Helena Rubinstein | Helena Rubinstein | Personal Care & Home Products | 1910 |
| Henderson (H. F.) Industries | Henry F. Henderson, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Herman Miller | Max De Pree | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| Herman Miller | Michael A. Volkema | Fabricated Goods | 1990 |
| Hershey Chocolate Company | Milton S. Hershey | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Hershey Foods Corporation | Samuel F. Hinkle | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Heublein | Ralph A. Hart | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | William R. Hewlett | Computers & Electronics | 1960 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | David Packard | Computers & Electronics | 1930 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | John A. Young | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Higgins Industries | Andrew J. Higgins | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Hilton Hotels Corporation | Conrad N. Hilton | Restaurants & Lodging | 1940 |
| Holiday Inns of America | C. Kemmons Wilson | Restaurants & Lodging | 1950 |
| Home Depot | Bernard Marcus | Retail | 1970 |
| Homestake Mining Company | Paul C. Henshaw | Agriculture & Mining | 1970 |
| Homestake Mining Company | Donald H. McLaughlin | Agriculture & Mining | 1940 |
| Honeywell | Paul B. Wishart | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Hooker Chemical Company | Elon H. Hooker | Chemicals & Industrial | 1900 |
| Hoover Company | Herbert W. Hoover | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Hoover Company | Herbert W. Hoover, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Hormel and Company | George A. Hormel | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Hormel and Company | Jay C. Hormel | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Hospital Corporation of America | Jack C. Massey | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Hotpoint Electric Heating Company | Earl H. Richardson | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Howard Johnson's | Howard D. Johnson | Restaurants & Lodging | 1920 |
| Hudson (J. L.) Company | Joseph L. Hudson | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Hudson Motor Company | Roy D. Chapin | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Hughes Aircraft Company | Howard R. Hughes, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Hughes Electric Heating Company | George A. Hughes | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Humble Oil and Refining Company | Ross S. Sterling | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Hunt Foods & Industries | Norton W. Simon | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Hunt Oil Company | Haroldson L. Hunt | Utilities & Energy | 1930 |
| Huntsman Corporation | Jon M. Huntsman | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Hyatt Hotels | Donald N. Pritzker | Restaurants & Lodging | 1950 |
| Hygienic Manufacturing Company | Anthony Overton | Personal Care & Home Products | pre-1900 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Frank T. Cary | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| IBM | Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| IBM | Thomas J. Watson, Jr. | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| IBM | Thomas J. Watson, Sr. | Computers & Electronics | 1910 |
| Icahn & Company | Carl C. Icahn | Finance | 1960 |
| Illinois Tool Works | John D. Nichols | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company | Robert H. Johnson | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Ingersoll-Rand Company | Daniel C. Keefe | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Ingram Industries | Martha R. Ingram | Services | 1990 |
| Intel | Andrew S. Grove | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Intel | Gordon E. Moore | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| International Data Group | Patrick J. McGovern | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | Eugene P. Grisanti | Chemicals & Industrial | 1980 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | Henry G. Walter, Jr. | Chemicals & Industrial | 1960 |
| International Harvester Corporation | Alexander Legge | Agriculture & Mining | 1920 |
| International Harvester Corporation | Fowler McCormick | Agriculture & Mining | 1940 |
| International Harvester Corporation | Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr. | Agriculture & Mining | 1900 |
| International Management Group | Mark H. McCormack | Services | 1960 |
| International Nickel Corporation | Ambrose Monell | Metals | 1900 |
| International Nickel Corporation | Robert C. Stanley | Metals | 1920 |
| International Nickel Corporation | Henry S. Wingate | Metals | 1950 |
| International Paper Company | Hugh J. Chisholm | Wood, Paper & Forestry | pre-1900 |
| International Paper Company | Richard J. Cullen | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1930 |
| International Telephone and Telegraph | Hernand Behn | Communications | 1920 |
| International Telephone and Telegraph | Sosthenes Behn | Communications | 1930 |
| International Telephone and Telegraph | Harold S. Geneen | Communications | 1950 |
| Intuit | Scott D. Cook | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
J
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Morgan and Company | John P. Morgan | Finance | pre-1900 |
| J. P. Morgan and Company | John P. Morgan, Jr. | Finance | 1910 |
| J. P. Stevens and Company | Robert T. B. Stevens | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| J. P. Stevens and Company | Whitney Stevens | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
| J. S. Bache & Company | Jules S. Bache | Finance | pre-1900 |
| J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency | Stanley B. Resor | Services | 1910 |
| J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency | James W. Thompson | Services | pre-1900 |
| JCPenney Company | William M. Batten | Retail | 1950 |
| JCPenney Company | James C. Penney | Retail | 1900 |
| Jeno's Frozen Pizza | Jeno F. Paulucci | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| John Wanamaker and Company | John Wanamaker | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Johns-Manville Corporation | Lewis H. Brown | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| Johns-Manville Corporation | Thomas F. Manville | Construction & Real Estate | 1900 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | James E. Burke | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | Philip B. Hofmann | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | James W. Johnson | Healthcare | 1910 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | Robert W. Johnson | Healthcare | pre-1900 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | Robert W. Johnson, Jr. | Healthcare | 1930 |
| Johnson & Johnson Company | Ralph S. Larsen | Healthcare | 1980 |
| Johnson Publishing Company | John H. Johnson | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| Johnson Wax Company | Herbert F. Johnson | Personal Care & Home Products | 1920 |
| Johnson Wax Company | Samuel C. Johnson II | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Jones Apparel Group | Sidney Kimmel | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
K
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-Mart Corporation | Robert E. Dewar | Retail | 1970 |
| KB Home | Bruce E. Karatz | Construction & Real Estate | 1980 |
| Kaiser Industries | Henry J. Kaiser | Construction & Real Estate | 1910 |
| Kellogg Company | Will K. Kellogg | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Kellogg Company | William E. LaMothe | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Kellogg Company | Joseph E. Lonning | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Kellogg Company | Lyle C. Roll | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Kellogg Company | Watson H. Vanderploeg | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Kelly Services | Terrence E. Adderley | Services | 1960 |
| Kelly Services | William R. Kelly | Services | 1940 |
| Kendall Company | Henry P. Kendall | Healthcare | 1910 |
| Kennecott Copper | Stephen Birch | Agriculture & Mining | 1910 |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken Company | John Y. Brown, Jr. | Restaurants & Lodging | 1960 |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken Company | Harland Sanders | Restaurants & Lodging | 1950 |
| Kerr-McGee Corporation | Dean A. McGee | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Kidder, Peabody Group | Albert H. Gordon | Finance | 1930 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | John A. Kimberly | Wood, Paper & Forestry | pre-1900 |
| Kimberly-Clark Corporation | John R. Kimberly | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1950 |
| King Ranch | Robert J. Kleberg, Sr. | Agriculture & Mining | pre-1900 |
| Knapp & Company | Joseph P. Knapp | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Knight-Ridder Corporation | John S. (Jack) Knight | Publishing & Print Media | 1930 |
| Knox Gelatin Company | Rose M. Knox | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company | Henry R. Kravis | Finance | 1980 |
| Kohler Company | Herbert V. Kohler | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Kohler Company | Walter J. Kohler | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Kraft (J. L.) Brothers and Company | James L. Kraft | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Kroger's Food Stores | Bernard H. Kroger | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Kuhn, Loeb and Company | Jacob H. Schiff | Finance | pre-1900 |
L
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. L. Bean | Leon L. Bean | Retail | 1910 |
| Landmark Communications | Frank Batten | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Lannom Manufacturing Company | George S. Lannom, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Lazard, Freres and Company | Andre Meyer | Finance | 1940 |
| Lear | William P. Lear | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Lefrak Organization | Samuel J. Lefrak | Construction & Real Estate | 1940 |
| Lehman Brothers and Company | Richard S. Fuld, Jr. | Finance | 1990 |
| Lehman Brothers and Company | Philip Lehman | Finance | 1900 |
| Lehman Brothers and Company | Robert Lehman | Finance | 1920 |
| Leo Burnett Company | Leo Burnett | Services | 1930 |
| Levi Strauss and Company | Walter A. Haas | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| Levi Strauss and Company | Walter A. Haas, Jr. | Fabric & Apparel | 1950 |
| Levitt & Sons | William Levitt | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company | John D. Biggers | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Liberty Life Insurance | Frank L. Gillespie | Finance | 1910 |
| Life Savers | Edward J. Noble | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Lillian Vernon Corporation | Lillian M. Vernon (Katz) | Retail | 1950 |
| Limited (The), Inc. | Leslie Wexner | Retail | 1960 |
| Lincoln Electric Company | William Irrgang | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Lincoln Electric Company | James F. Lincoln | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Ling-Temco-Vought | James J. Ling | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| Little Caesar's Enterprises | Michael Ilitch | Restaurants & Lodging | 1950 |
| Litton Industries | Roy L. Ash | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Litton Industries | Charles B. (Tex) Thornton | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Liz Claiborne | Elisabeth Claiborne | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
| Lockheed Aircraft Corporation | Robert E. Gross | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Loew's | Marcus Loew | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1900 |
| Loew's | Nicholas M. Schenck | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1920 |
| Loew's | Laurence A. Tisch | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Long's Drug Stores | Joseph M. Long | Retail | 1940 |
| Lord and Taylor | Dorothy Shaver | Retail | 1940 |
| Lord and Thomas | Albert D. Lasker | Services | 1910 |
| Los Angeles Times | Harry Chandler | Publishing & Print Media | 1910 |
| Los Angeles Times | Harrison G. Otis | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Lowe's Companies | Robert L. Tillman | Retail | 1990 |
| Lubrizol Corporation | Thomas W. Mastin | Chemicals & Industrial | 1970 |
| Lucasfilm, Limited | George W. Lucas | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1970 |
| Luckenbach Steamship Company | Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr. | Transportation | 1960 |
M
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCI Communications | William G. McGowan | Communications | 1960 |
| Macy (R. H.) and Company | Jack I. Straus | Retail | 1940 |
| Macy (R. H.) and Company | Jesse I. Straus | Retail | 1910 |
| Magnavox Company | Frank M. Freimann | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Maidenform Brassiere Company | William Rosenthal | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| Mallory (C. D.) and Company | Clifford D. Mallory | Transportation | 1910 |
| Marion Laboratories | Ewing M. Kauffman | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Marmon Group | Robert A. Pritzker | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Marriott International | J. Willard Marriott, Jr. | Restaurants & Lodging | 1970 |
| Marriott-Hot Shoppes | John W. Marriott | Restaurants & Lodging | 1920 |
| Mars | Forrest E. Mars, Sr. | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Marsh & McLennan | John M. Regan, Jr. | Finance | 1970 |
| Marsh & McLennan | William F. Souder, Jr. | Finance | 1960 |
| Marshall Field and Company | Marshall Field | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Mary Kay Cosmetics | Mary Kay Ash | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Masco Corporation | Alex Manoogian | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Material Service Corporation | Henry Crown | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| Max Factor Company | Max (Francis) Factor, Jr. | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Maytag Corporation | E. G. Higdon | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Maytag Corporation | Daniel J. Krumm | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Maytag Corporation | Elmer H. Maytag | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Maytag Corporation | Frederick L. Maytag | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Maytag Corporation | Frederick L. Maytag II | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| McClintic and Marshall Construction Company | Charles D. Marshall | Construction & Real Estate | 1900 |
| McClintic and Marshall Construction Company | Howard H. McClintic | Construction & Real Estate | 1900 |
| McDonald's Corporation | Raymond A. Kroc | Restaurants & Lodging | 1950 |
| McDonnell Aircraft Corporation | James S. McDonnell | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| McGraw-Hill Publishing Company | Donald C. McGraw | Publishing & Print Media | 1950 |
| McGraw-Hill Publishing Company | James H. McGraw | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| McGraw-Hill Publishing Company | Harold W. McGraw, Jr. | Publishing & Print Media | 1970 |
| McKinsey & Company | Marvin Bower | Services | 1950 |
| McKinsey & Company | James O. McKinsey | Services | 1920 |
| Mead Corporation | George H. Mead | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1910 |
| Medtronic | William W. George | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Mellon National Bank | Andrew W. Mellon | Finance | pre-1900 |
| Mellon National Bank | Richard K. Mellon | Finance | 1930 |
| Melville Corporation | Stanley P. Goldstein | Retail | 1980 |
| Melville Corporation | Ward Melville | Retail | 1920 |
| Melville Corporation | Francis C. Rooney, Jr. | Retail | 1960 |
| Merck & Company | John T. Connor | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Merck & Company | Henry W. Gadsden | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Merck & Company | Raymond V. Gilmartin | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Merck & Company | John J. Horan | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Merck & Company | George W. Merck | Healthcare | 1920 |
| Merck & Company | P. Roy Vagelos | Healthcare | 1980 |
| Meredith Corporation | William T. Kerr | Publishing & Print Media | 1990 |
| Merrill Lynch & Company | Charles E. Merrill | Finance | 1940 |
| Merrill Lynch & Company | Donald T. Regan | Finance | 1970 |
| Merrill Lynch & Company | Daniel P. Tully | Finance | 1990 |
| Mesa Petroleum Company | Thomas B. Pickens | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation | Louis B. Mayer | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1920 |
| Metromedia | John W. Kluge | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1950 |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | John R. Hegeman | Finance | pre-1900 |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Leroy A. Lincoln | Finance | 1930 |
| Microsoft Corporation | William H. Gates III | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Middle West Utilities Company | Samuel Insull | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Milliken & Company | Roger Milliken | Fabric & Apparel | 1940 |
| Milton Bradley Company | Milton Bradley | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | Herbert P. Buetow | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | Bert S. Cross | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | Raymond H. Herzog | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | Allen F. Jacobson | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | Lewis W. Lehr | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing | William L. McKnight | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines | Matthew S. Sloan | Transportation | 1930 |
| Mobil Corporation | Lucio A. Noto | Utilities & Energy | 1990 |
| Monsanto Chemical Company | Edgar M. Queeny | Chemicals & Industrial | 1920 |
| Monsanto Chemical Company | John F. Queeny | Chemicals & Industrial | 1900 |
| Montgomery, Ward and Company | Sewell L. Avery | Retail | 1930 |
| Moody (W. L.) & Company Bank | William L. Moody, Jr. | Finance | 1920 |
| Morgan Guaranty Trust | Henry C. Alexander | Finance | 1950 |
| Morgan, Stanley and Company | Harold Stanley | Finance | 1930 |
| Morton Salt Company | Joy Morton | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Motorola | Paul V. Galvin | Computers & Electronics | 1920 |
| Motorola | Robert W. Galvin | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Motown Records Corporation | Berry Gordy, Jr. | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1950 |
| Mrs. Fields Cookies | Debra J. S. Fields | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Munsey Publishing House | Frank A. Munsey | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Muriel Siebert & Company | Muriel Siebert | Finance | 1960 |
| Music Corporation of America | Lew R. Wasserman | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1940 |
N
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalco Chemical Company | Robert T. Powers | Chemicals & Industrial | 1970 |
| Naomi Sims Collections | Naomi Sims | Personal Care & Home Products | 1970 |
| Nash Motors Company | Charles W. Nash | Automotive & Aerospace | 1910 |
| National Basketball Association | David J. Stern | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| National Biscuit Company | Adolphus W. Green | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| National Bulk Carriers | Daniel K. Ludwig | Transportation | 1930 |
| National Cash Register Company | Stanley C. Allyn | Computers & Electronics | 1940 |
| National Cash Register Company | John H. Patterson | Computers & Electronics | pre-1900 |
| National City Bank | Charles E. Mitchell | Finance | 1920 |
| National City Bank | Gordon S. Rentschler | Finance | 1920 |
| National City Bank | James Stillman | Finance | pre-1900 |
| National City Bank | Frank A. Vanderlip | Finance | 1900 |
| National Dairy Products Corporation | Thomas H. McInnerney | Agriculture & Mining | 1920 |
| National Enquirer | Generoso P. Pope, Jr. | Publishing & Print Media | 1950 |
| National Football League | Pete Rozelle | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| National Gypsum Company | Melvin H. Baker | Construction & Real Estate | 1920 |
| National Lead Company (NL Industries) | Joseph A. Martino | Metals | 1940 |
| National Steel Corporation | Ernest T. Weir | Metals | 1920 |
| NationsBank / Bank of America | Hugh L. McColl, Jr. | Finance | 1980 |
| Neiman-Marcus Company | H. Stanley Marcus | Retail | 1950 |
| New York Daily News | Joseph M. Patterson | Publishing & Print Media | 1910 |
| New York Herald Tribune | Helen R. Reid | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| New York Life Insurance Company | Darwin P. Kingsley | Finance | 1900 |
| New York Post | Dorothy Schiff | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| New York Times | Adolph S. Ochs | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Newhouse Publishing | Samuel I. Newhouse | Publishing & Print Media | 1920 |
| Newmont Mining Corporation | Plato Malozemoff | Agriculture & Mining | 1950 |
| Nike | Philip H. Knight | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
| North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company | John Merrick | Finance | pre-1900 |
| North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company | Charles C. Spaulding | Finance | 1920 |
| Northrop Aircraft | John K. Northrop | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Northwest Airlines | Donald W. Nyrop | Transportation | 1950 |
| Novell | Raymond J. Noorda | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Nucor Corporation | F. Kenneth Iverson | Metals | 1960 |
O
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGE Energy Corporation | Donald S. Kennedy | Utilities & Energy | 1940 |
| Occidental Oil Company | Armand Hammer | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company | Alden J. Laborde | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide | Rochelle Lazarus | Services | 1990 |
| Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide | David M. Ogilvy | Services | 1950 |
| Ohio Oil Company | James C. Donnell | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Ohio Oil Company | Otto D. Donnell | Utilities & Energy | 1920 |
| Oracle Corporation | Lawrence J. Ellison | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Oscar Mayer and Company | Oscar F. Mayer | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Oscar Mayer and Company | Oscar Gottfried Mayer | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Oscar Mayer and Company | Oscar Gustave Mayer | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Otis Elevator Company | LeRoy A. Petersen | Fabricated Goods | 1940 |
| Outboard Motors Corporation | Stephen F. Briggs | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Outboard Motors Corporation | Ole Evinrude | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Owens Bottle Company | Edmund D. Libbey | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company | Harold Boeschenstein | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
P
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| PACCAR | Charles M. Pigott | Automotive & Aerospace | 1960 |
| Pacesetter | Alfred E. Mann | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Packard Motor Car Company | Henry B. Joy | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Pan American World Airways | Juan T. Trippe | Transportation | 1920 |
| Paramount Pictures | Adolph Zukor | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1910 |
| Parker Brothers | George S. Parker | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Company | Martin W. Clement | Transportation | 1930 |
| Penthouse International Limited | Robert C. Guccione | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| People Express Airlines | Donald C. Burr | Transportation | 1980 |
| PeopleSoft | David Duffield | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Pepperidge Farm | Margaret F. Rudkin | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| PepsiCo | D. Wayne Calloway | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| PepsiCo | Roger A. Enrico | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| PepsiCo | Donald M. Kendall | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| PepsiCo | Alfred N. Steele | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Perdue Farms | Franklin P. Perdue | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Perkin-Elmer | Robert H. Sorensen | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Petrie Stores | Milton J. Petrie | Retail | 1930 |
| Pfizer | Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Pfizer | William Steere, Jr. | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Phelps-Dodge Company | Louis S. Cates | Agriculture & Mining | 1930 |
| Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company | J. Bruce Llewellyn | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| Philadelphia Tribune | Christopher J. Perry | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Philadelphia Tribune | Eugene W. Rhodes | Publishing & Print Media | 1920 |
| Philip Morris Companies | Joseph F. Cullman III | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Philip Morris Companies | Hamish Maxwell | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| Phillips Petroleum Company | Kenneth S. Adams | Utilities & Energy | 1930 |
| Phillips Petroleum Company | Frank Phillips | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Piggly Wiggly Stores | Clarence Saunders | Retail | 1910 |
| Pillsbury Mills | Philip W. Pillsbury | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Pinkerton's | Edward J. Bednarz | Services | 1960 |
| Pinkerton's | Robert A. Pinkerton II | Services | 1930 |
| Pitney-Bowes | Walter H. Wheeler, Jr. | Computers & Electronics | 1930 |
| Pittsburgh Courier | Robert L. Vann | Publishing & Print Media | 1910 |
| Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company | John Pitcairn | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Pittston Company | Joseph P. Routh | Agriculture & Mining | 1930 |
| Playboy Enterprises | Christine A. Hefner | Publishing & Print Media | 1980 |
| Playboy Enterprises | Hugh M. Hefner | Publishing & Print Media | 1950 |
| Plough | Abe Plough | Healthcare | 1900 |
| Polaroid Corporation | Edwin H. Land | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Polo, Ralph Lauren | Ralph Lauren | Fabric & Apparel | 1960 |
| Postum Cereal Company, Limited | Charles W. Post | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Postum Cereal Company, Limited | Marjorie M. Post | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Premier Industrial Corporation | Morton L. Mandel | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Prentice-Hall | Paul R. Andrews | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Price Company | Robert E. Price | Retail | 1970 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | Richard R. Deupree | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | Edward G. Harness | Personal Care & Home Products | 1970 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | Howard J. Morgens | Personal Care & Home Products | 1950 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | John Pepper | Personal Care & Home Products | 1990 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | William C. Procter | Personal Care & Home Products | 1900 |
| Procter & Gamble Company | John G. Smale | Personal Care & Home Products | 1980 |
| Proctor and Gardner Advertising | Barbara G. Proctor | Services | 1970 |
| Prudential Life Insurance Company | John F. Dryden | Finance | pre-1900 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| QVC Network | Joseph M. Segel | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Quaker Oats Company | Henry P. Crowell | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Quaker Oats Company | John Stuart | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Quaker Oats Company | Robert D. Stuart, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Qualcomm | Irwin M. Jacobs | Communications | 1980 |
R
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Bowman Gray | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Bowman Gray, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | James A. Gray, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company | Richard J. Reynolds | Food & Tobacco | 1910 |
| Radio Corporation of America | David Sarnoff | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1930 |
| Ralston Purina Company | William H. Danforth | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Ralston Purina Company | William P. Stiritz | Food & Tobacco | 1980 |
| Reader's Digest | DeWitt Wallace | Publishing & Print Media | 1920 |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Jesse H. Jones | Finance | 1930 |
| Reebok International | Paul Fireman | Fabric & Apparel | 1970 |
| Remington Typewriter Company | Henry H. Benedict | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Remington-Rand Company | James H. Rand, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Reo Motor Car Company | Ransom E. Olds | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Republic Steel Corporation | Tom M. Girdler | Metals | 1930 |
| Revere Copper and Brass | C. Donald Dallas | Metals | 1930 |
| Revlon | Michel C. Bergerac | Personal Care & Home Products | 1970 |
| Revlon | Charles H. Revson | Personal Care & Home Products | 1930 |
| Reynolds Corporation | Richard S. Reynolds | Metals | 1910 |
| Reynolds Corporation | Richard S. Reynolds, Jr. | Metals | 1940 |
| Rich Products Corporation | Robert E. Rich | Food & Tobacco | 1940 |
| Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus | John Ringling North | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1940 |
| Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus | Charles Ringling | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1900 |
| Robert Mondavi Winery | Robert G. Mondavi | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Rockwell International | Willard F. Rockwell | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Rockwell International | Willard F. Rockwell, Jr. | Automotive & Aerospace | 1960 |
| Rohm and Haas Company | Otto Haas | Chemicals & Industrial | 1900 |
| Rolling Stone Magazine | Jann S. Wenner | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Rollins | O. Wayne Rollins | Services | 1940 |
| Rolm Corporation | M. Kenneth Oshman | Communications | 1960 |
| Rouse Company | James W. Rouse | Construction & Real Estate | 1930 |
| Rubbermaid | Stanley C. Gault | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
S
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. H. Kress Company | Samuel H. Kress | Retail | pre-1900 |
| S. S. Kresge Company | Sebastian S. Kresge | Retail | 1900 |
| S. S. Kresge Company/K Mart | Harry B. Cunningham | Retail | 1950 |
| SAS Institute | James H. Goodnight | Services | 1970 |
| Safeway | Steven A. Burd | Retail | 1990 |
| Samuel Goldwyn Productions | Samuel Goldwyn | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1910 |
| Sara Lee Corporation | John H. Bryan, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| Schering Corporation | Francis C. Brown | Healthcare | 1940 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Willibald H. Conzen | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Richard J. Kogan | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Schering-Plough Corporation | Robert P. Luciano | Healthcare | 1980 |
| Schlitz Brewing Company | Erwin C. Uihlein | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Schlumberger, Limited | Jean Riboud | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Scientific Data Systems | Max Palevsky | Computers & Electronics | 1960 |
| Scott Paper Company | Thomas B. McCabe | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1920 |
| Scott Tissue Company | Edward I. Scott | Wood, Paper & Forestry | pre-1900 |
| Scripps (E. W.) / United Press International | Edward W. Scripps | Publishing & Print Media | pre-1900 |
| Sea-Land Service | Malcolm P. McLean | Transportation | 1950 |
| Seaboard Air Line Railroad | Solomon D. Warfield | Transportation | 1910 |
| Searle (G. D.) and Company | Donald H. Rumsfeld | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Searle (G. D.) and Company | John G. Searle | Healthcare | 1930 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Company | Julius Rosenwald | Retail | 1910 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Company | Richard W. Sears | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Sears, Roebuck & Company | Robert E. Wood | Retail | 1920 |
| Sequoia Fund | William J. Ruane | Finance | 1970 |
| ServiceMaster Company | C. William Pollard | Services | 1980 |
| ServiceMaster Company | Kenneth T. Wessner | Services | 1970 |
| Seth Thomas Clock Company | Seth E. Thomas, Jr. | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Sharon Steel Corporation | Henry A. Roemer | Metals | 1930 |
| Shubert Theater Corporation | Lee Shubert | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1900 |
| Siebel Systems | Thomas M. Siebel | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Sikorsky Aircraft | Igor I. Sikorsky | Automotive & Aerospace | 1920 |
| Silicon Graphics | James H. Clark | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Simplot (J. R.) Corporation | John R. Simplot | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| Sinclair Oil and Refining Company | Harry F. Sinclair | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Skyline Corporation | Arthur J. Decio | Construction & Real Estate | 1950 |
| Smith Kline & French Laboratories | Francis Boyer | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Smith Kline & French Laboratories | Walter A. Munns | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Smith Kline & French Laboratories | Thomas M. Rauch | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company | Hurlburt W. Smith | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company | Wilbert L. Smith | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Smith-Corona-Marchant Corporation | Elwyn L. Smith | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| SmithKline Beckman | Henry Wendt | Healthcare | 1980 |
| SmithKline Corporation | Robert F. Dee | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Snap-On | William B. Rayburn | Fabricated Goods | 1980 |
| Soft Sheen Products | Edward G. Gardner | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Software Publishing Company | Fred M. Gibbons | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Southern Railway System | Ernest E. Norris | Transportation | 1930 |
| Southern Railway System | Samuel Spencer | Transportation | pre-1900 |
| Southland Corporation | John P. Thompson | Retail | 1960 |
| Southland Corporation | Joe C. Thompson, Jr. | Retail | 1930 |
| Southwest Airlines Company | Herbert D. Kelleher | Transportation | 1960 |
| Sperry Gyroscope Company | Elmer A. Sperry | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Square D Company | Mitchell P. Kartalia | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Squibb Corporation | Richard M. Furlaud | Healthcare | 1960 |
| St. Luke Penny Savings Bank | Maggie L. Walker | Finance | 1900 |
| St. Regis Paper Company | Floyd L. Carlisle | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1910 |
| Standard Oil of Indiana | John E. Swearingen | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Standard Oil of New Jersey | William S. Farish | Utilities & Energy | 1930 |
| Standard Oil of New Jersey | Monroe J. Rathbone | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Standard Oil of New Jersey | John D. Rockefeller, Sr. | Utilities & Energy | pre-1900 |
| Standard Oil of New Jersey | Walter C. Teagle | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Staples | Thomas G. Stemberg | Retail | 1980 |
| Starbucks Corporation | Howard Schultz | Restaurants & Lodging | 1980 |
| State Farm Insurance | George J. Mecherle | Finance | 1920 |
| Statler Hotels | Ellsworth M. Statler | Restaurants & Lodging | 1900 |
| Steinway and Sons | Charles H. Steinway | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Steinway and Sons | Henry Z. Steinway | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |
| Steinway and Sons | Theodore E. Steinway | Fabricated Goods | 1910 |
| Sterling Drug | John M. Hiebert | Healthcare | 1950 |
| Stryker Corporation | John W. Brown | Healthcare | 1970 |
| Studebaker Corporation | Paul G. Hoffman | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Student Loan Marketing Association | Edward A. Fox | Finance | 1970 |
| Subaru of America | Harvey H. Lamm | Automotive & Aerospace | 1970 |
| Subway Sandwiches | Fred DeLuca | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| Sun Microsystems | Scott G. McNealy | Computers & Electronics | 1980 |
| Sun Oil Company | John H. Pew | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Sun Oil Company | Joseph N. Pew | Utilities & Energy | pre-1900 |
| Sunbeam Corporation | Horace C. Wright | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Superior Oil Company | Howard B. Keck | Utilities & Energy | 1960 |
| Supreme Life Insurance Company of America | Earl B. Dickerson | Finance | 1950 |
| Supreme Life Insurance Company of America | Truman K. Gibson | Finance | 1910 |
| Swift and Company | Louis F. Swift | Food & Tobacco | 1900 |
| Swift and Company | Gustavus F. Swift, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
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| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| TECO Energy | William C. MacInnes | Utilities & Energy | 1950 |
| TLC Group | Reginald F. Lewis | Finance | 1980 |
| Taco Bell Corporation | Glen W. Bell | Restaurants & Lodging | 1960 |
| Tandem Computers | James G. Treybig | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Tandy Corporation | Charles D. Tandy | Retail | 1950 |
| Tecumseh Products | Ray W. Herrick | Fabricated Goods | 1930 |
| Tele-Communications | John C. Malone | Communications | 1970 |
| Teledyne | Henry E. Singleton | Fabricated Goods | 1960 |
| Texaco | Amos L. Beaty | Utilities & Energy | 1920 |
| Texaco | Joseph S. Cullinan | Utilities & Energy | 1900 |
| Texas Air Corporation | Francisco A. Lorenzo | Transportation | 1970 |
| Texas Gulf Sulphur Company | Fred M. Nelson | Agriculture & Mining | 1950 |
| Texas Instruments | Patrick E. Haggerty | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Texas Instruments | John E. Jonsson | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Textron | Royal Little | Fabricated Goods | 1920 |
| The Iams Company | Clayton L. Mathile | Agriculture & Mining | 1980 |
| The Progressive Corporation | Peter B. Lewis | Finance | 1960 |
| The Vanguard Group | John C. Bogle | Finance | 1970 |
| The Vendo Company | Elmer F. Pierson | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| Thiokol Corporation | Joseph W. Crosby | Automotive & Aerospace | 1940 |
| Thompson Products | Frederick C. Crawford | Automotive & Aerospace | 1930 |
| Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation | Simon Ramo | Automotive & Aerospace | 1950 |
| Time Warner | J. Richard Munro | Publishing & Print Media | 1980 |
| Time-Life Publications | Henry R. Luce | Publishing & Print Media | 1920 |
| Totino's Pizza | Rose Totino | Food & Tobacco | 1950 |
| Toys ""R"" Us | Charles Lazarus | Retail | 1940 |
| Trahey Advertising | Jane Trahey | Services | 1960 |
| Trammell Crow Company | F. Trammell Crow | Construction & Real Estate | 1940 |
| Trans-World Airlines | Jack Frye | Transportation | 1930 |
| Travelers Group/CitiGroup | Sanford I. Weill | Finance | 1980 |
| Triangle Publications | Walter H. Annenberg | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| Trump Organization | Donald J. Trump | Construction & Real Estate | 1970 |
| Turner Communications | Robert E. (Ted) Turner | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
U
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| U-Haul Rental System | Leonard S. Shoen | Transportation | 1940 |
| US Healthcare | Leonard Abramson | Healthcare | 1970 |
| USAA | Robert F. McDermott | Finance | 1960 |
| UST | Louis F. Bantle | Food & Tobacco | 1970 |
| UST | Vincent A. Gierer, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | 1990 |
| Underwood Typewriter Company | John T. Underwood | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Union Carbide Corporation | Morse G. Dial | Chemicals & Industrial | 1950 |
| Union Oil Company | Lyman Stewart | Utilities & Energy | pre-1900 |
| Union Oil Company | William L. Stewart | Utilities & Energy | 1910 |
| Union Pacific Railroad | Carl R. Gray | Transportation | 1920 |
| Union Typewriter Company | Clarence W. Seamans | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| United Aircraft Corporation | Frederick B. Rentschler | Transportation | 1920 |
| United Airlines | Edward E. Carlson | Transportation | 1970 |
| United Airlines | William A. Patterson | Transportation | 1930 |
| United Drug Company | Justin Dart | Retail | 1940 |
| United Drug Company | Louis K. Liggett | Retail | 1900 |
| United Fruit Company | Andrew W. Preston | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| United Fruit Company | Samuel M. Zemurray | Food & Tobacco | 1930 |
| United Parcel Service | James E. Casey | Transportation | 1900 |
| United Shoe Machinery Company | Sidney W. Winslow | Fabric & Apparel | pre-1900 |
| United Shoe Machinery Company | Sidney W. Winslow, Jr. | Fabric & Apparel | 1920 |
| United States Gypsum | Clarence H. Shaver | Construction & Real Estate | 1950 |
| United States Lines | John M. Franklin | Transportation | 1940 |
| United States Rubber Company | Samuel P. Colt | Chemicals & Industrial | pre-1900 |
| United States Rubber Company | Francis B. Davis Jr. | Chemicals & Industrial | 1920 |
| United States Steel Corporation | William E. Corey | Metals | 1900 |
| United States Steel Corporation | Benjamin F. Fairless | Metals | 1930 |
| United States Steel Corporation | James A. Farrell | Metals | 1910 |
| United Utilities/Sprint Corporation | Paul Henson | Communications | 1960 |
| Universal Pictures Corporation | Carl Laemmle | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1910 |
| Upjohn Company | Ray T. Parfet, Jr. | Healthcare | 1960 |
| Upjohn Company | E. Gifford Upjohn | Healthcare | 1950 |
V
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISA | Dee Ward Hock | Finance | 1970 |
| Vector Graphics | Lore Harp | Computers & Electronics | 1970 |
| Viacom | Sumner M. Redstone | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Victor Talking Machine Company | Eldridge R. Johnson | Fabricated Goods | 1900 |
| Vulcan Materials Company | Herbert A. Sklenar | Construction & Real Estate | 1980 |
W
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. Burpee Company | David Burpee | Agriculture & Mining | 1910 |
| W. A. Burpee Company | Washington A. Burpee | Agriculture & Mining | pre-1900 |
| W. R. Grace and Company | J. Peter Grace | Chemicals & Industrial | 1940 |
| W. T. Grant Company | William T. Grant | Retail | 1900 |
| Wachovia Corporation | John G. Medlin, Jr. | Finance | 1970 |
| Wal-Mart Corporation | David D. Glass | Retail | 1980 |
| Wal-Mart Corporation | Samuel M. Walton | Retail | 1960 |
| Walgreen Company | Charles R. Walgreen | Retail | 1900 |
| Walgreen Company | Charles R. Walgreen III | Retail | 1960 |
| Walgreen Company | Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. | Retail | 1930 |
| Walker Manufacturing Company | Madam C. J. Walker | Personal Care & Home Products | 1900 |
| Wall Street Journal | Bernard Kilgore | Publishing & Print Media | 1940 |
| Walt Disney Company | Walter E. Disney | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1920 |
| Walt Disney Company | Michael D. Eisner | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1980 |
| Wang Laboratories | An Wang | Computers & Electronics | 1950 |
| Warnaco | Linda J. Wachner | Fabric & Apparel | 1980 |
| Warner Brothers Pictures | Harry M. Warner | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1920 |
| Warner Communications | Steven J. Ross | Entertainment & Broadcast Media | 1960 |
| Warner-Lambert Corporation | Melvin R. Goodes | Personal Care & Home Products | 1990 |
| Warner-Lambert Corporation | Stuart K. Hensley | Personal Care & Home Products | 1960 |
| Warner-Lambert Corporation | Joseph D. Williams | Personal Care & Home Products | 1980 |
| Washburn, Crosby Milling Company | James S. Bell | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Washington Post | Katharine M. Graham | Publishing & Print Media | 1960 |
| Weight Watchers International | Jean Nidetch | Services | 1960 |
| Weis Markets | Sigfried Weis | Retail | 1960 |
| Wellpoint Health Networks | Leonard D. Schaeffer | Healthcare | 1990 |
| Wells, Rich and Greene | Mary W. Lawrence | Services | 1960 |
| Wendy's International | R. David Thomas | Restaurants & Lodging | 1960 |
| Western Electric Company | Enos M. Barton | Computers & Electronics | pre-1900 |
| Western Utility Corporation | Ira C. Copley | Utilities & Energy | 1900 |
| Westinghouse Electric Company | George Westinghouse | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Weston-Mott Company | Charles S. Mott | Automotive & Aerospace | 1900 |
| Weyerhaeuser Timber Company | George H. Weyerhaeuser | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1960 |
| Weyerhaeuser Timber Company | John P. Weyerhaeuser | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1910 |
| Weyerhaeuser Timber Company | John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. | Wood, Paper & Forestry | 1940 |
| Whole Foods Market | John P. Mackey | Retail | 1980 |
| William Wrigley Jr. Company | Philip K. Wrigley | Food & Tobacco | 1920 |
| William Wrigley Jr. Company | William Wrigley III | Food & Tobacco | 1960 |
| William Wrigley Jr. Company | William Wrigley, Jr. | Food & Tobacco | pre-1900 |
| Winn-Dixie Stores | James E. Davis | Retail | 1940 |
| Winship, Boit, & Company | Elizabeth E. Boit | Fabric & Apparel | pre-1900 |
| Woolworth (F. W.) and Company | Charles S. Woolworth | Retail | 1910 |
| Woolworth (F. W.) and Company | Frank W. Woolworth | Retail | pre-1900 |
| Worthington Industries | John H. McConnell | Metals | 1950 |
X
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xerox Corporation | C. Peter McColough | Fabricated Goods | 1970 |
| Xerox Corporation | Joseph C. Wilson II | Computers & Electronics | 1940 |
Y
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo! | Jerry Yang | Computers & Electronics | 1990 |
| Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company | Henry R. Towne | Fabricated Goods | pre-1900 |
| Yellow Cab Company | John D. Hertz | Automotive & Aerospace | 1910 |
Z
| Company | Name | Industry | Era |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenith Radio Corporation | Joseph S. Wright | Fabricated Goods | 1950 |