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Leonard Abramson
US Healthcare, 1975–1996

Howard F. Ahmanson
H. F. Ahmanson & Company, 1927–1968

Henry C. Alexander
Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1959–1967

Ohio C. Barber
Diamond Match Company, 1888–1909

Garner A. Beckett
American Cement Corporation, 1936–1957

Edward T. Bedford
Corn Products Refining Company, 1906–1930

Olive Ann M. Beech
Beech Aircraft Corporation, 1950–1968

James S. Bell
Washburn, Crosby Milling Company, 1889–1915

Charles G. Bluhdorn
Gulf and Western, 1958–1983

W. Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corporation, 1967–1976

William E. Boeing
Boeing Company, 1916–1934

Lawrence A. Bossidy
AlliedSignal, Inc., 1991–1999

Leo Burnett
Leo Burnett Company, 1935–1971

Thomas J. Burrell
Burrell Advertising, 1971–2003

D. Wayne Calloway
PepsiCo, 1986–1996

Curtis L. Carlson
Gold Bond Stamp Company / Carlson Companies, 1938–1998

Robert A. Chesebrough
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, 1875–1909

Catherine T. Clark
Brownberry Ovens, 1946–1972

William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation, 1903–1911

Henry P. Crowell
Quaker Oats Company, 1901–1922

Nathan Cummings
Consolidated Foods, 1939–1975

Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors Corporation, 1953–1958

C. Donald Dallas
Revere Copper and Brass, 1931–1947

William H. Danforth
Ralston Purina Company, 1894–1932

Charles S. Davis
Borg-Warner Corporation, 1928–1950

James E. Davis
Winn-Dixie Stores, 1946–1983

Morse G. Dial
Union Carbide Corporation, 1952–1963

Ronald W. Dollens
Guidant Corporation, 1994–2004

Arthur C. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company, 1930–1946

John T. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company, 1914–1930

Frank N. Doubleday
Doubleday and Company, 1897–1927

James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company, 1890–1912

Jack M. Eckerd
Eckerd Corporation, 1952–1974

Louis K. Eilers
Eastman Kodak Company, 1967–1972

James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation, 1911–1932

Paul Fireman
Reebok International, 1979–2006

Frederick J. Fisher
Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926

Donald G. Fisher
Gap, 1969–1995

Paul V. Galvin
Motorola, 1928–1956

Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1925–1948

King C. Gillette
Gillette Company, 1901–1913

David D. Glass
Wal-Mart Corporation, 1988–2000

Leonard H. Goldenson
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters, 1949–1986

Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Productions, 1916–1959

James H. Goodnight
SAS Institute, 1976–Present

Albert H. Gordon
Kidder, Peabody Group, 1931–1968

Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1916–1957

William T. Grant
W. T. Grant Company, 1906–1924

Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1934–1956

Andrew S. Grove
Intel, 1987–1998

C. Michael Harper
ConAgra, 1975–1993

George H. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1878–1915

Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1994–2001

Henry J. Heinz
H. J. Heinz Company, 1905–1919

Henry F. Henderson, Jr.
Henderson (H. F.) Industries, 1952–Present

Leon Hess
Amerada Hess, 1933–1995

Conrad N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels Corporation, 1946–1966

Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation, 1935–1948

Eugene Holman
Exxon Corporation, 1944–1960

Elon H. Hooker
Hooker Chemical Company, 1909–1938

H. Wayne Huizenga
Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, 1986–1994

Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca
Chrysler Corporation, 1979–1993

Irwin M. Jacobs
Qualcomm, 1985–Present

Eldridge R. Johnson
Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901–1927

Howard D. Johnson
Howard Johnson's, 1925–1964

Edward C. Johnson II
Fidelity Investments, 1946–1972

John E. Jonsson
Texas Instruments, 1951–1958

Will K. Kellogg
Kellogg Company, 1906–1939

John A. Kimberly
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1880–1928

Anne Klein
Anne Klein & Company, 1968–1974

Richard J. Kogan
Schering-Plough Corporation, 1996–2003

Samuel H. Kress
S. H. Kress Company, 1896–1924

Bernard H. Kroger
Kroger's Food Stores, 1883–1928

Harvey H. Lamm
Subaru of America, 1971–1990

Edwin H. Land
Polaroid Corporation, 1937–1980

Estee Lauder
Estee Lauder, 1946–1982

Ralph Lauren
Polo, Ralph Lauren, 1968–Present

Charles Lazarus
Toys "R" Us, 1948–1994

Lewis W. Lehr
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1980–1986

Carl H. Lindner, Jr.
American Financial Group, 1958–Present

J. Bruce Llewellyn
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 1985–Present

Joseph M. Long
Long's Drug Stores, 1947–1977

Francisco A. Lorenzo
Texas Air Corporation, 1972–1990

George W. Lucas
Lucasfilm, Limited, 1971–Present

Daniel K. Ludwig
National Bulk Carriers, 1936–1987

Ray W. MacDonald
Burroughs Corporation, 1967–1978

Kenneth A. Macke
Dayton Hudson Corporation, 1983–1994

Morton L. Mandel
Premier Industrial Corporation, 1958–1996

Alfred E. Mann
Pacesetter, 1972–1985

Alex Manoogian
Masco Corporation, 1929–1985

Bernard Marcus
Home Depot, 1978–1997

Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Company, 1907–1949

Joseph A. Martino
National Lead Company (NL Industries), 1947–1969

Hamish Maxwell
Philip Morris Companies, 1984–1991

Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, 1924–1951

Howard H. McClintic
McClintic and Marshall Construction Company, 1900–1931

Mark H. McCormack
International Management Group, 1960–2003

James S. McDonnell
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1939–1967

Dean A. McGee
Kerr-McGee Corporation, 1954–1983

Thomas H. McInnerney
National Dairy Products Corporation, 1923–1941

Andre Meyer
Lazard, Freres and Company, 1943–1979

Morton H. Meyerson
Electronic Data Systems, 1979–1985

Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank, 1921–1929

Robert G. Mondavi
Robert Mondavi Winery, 1966–1990

Charles W. Moritz
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, 1985–1993

Conde M. Nast
Conde Nast Publications, 1907–1942

Edward J. Noble
Life Savers, 1913–1938

Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times, 1896–1935

Michael Ovitz
Creative Artists Agency, 1974–1995

William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System, 1928–1983

William G. Park
Crucible Steel Company, 1900–1909

H. Ross Perot
Electronic Data Systems, 1962–1979

Milton J. Petrie
Petrie Stores, 1932–1993

Thomas B. Pickens
Mesa Petroleum Company, 1964–1996

Elmer F. Pierson
The Vendo Company, 1937–1974

Abe Plough
Plough, 1908–1971

Charles W. Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, 1896–1914

John F. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1901–1928

Simon Ramo
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, 1953–1958

Stanley B. Resor
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency, 1916–1955

Richard J. Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1911–1918

Richard S. Reynolds
Reynolds Corporation, 1912–1948

Earl H. Richardson
Hotpoint Electric Heating Company, 1904–1918

Edward V. Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines, 1938–1953

Charles Ringling
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1907–1926

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1863–1912

Willard F. Rockwell
Rockwell International, 1933–1967

Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1910–1925

James W. Rouse
Rouse Company, 1939–1979

William J. Ruane
Sequoia Fund, 1970–2005

Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein, 1915–1965

John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Company, 1907–1917

David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America, 1930–1966

Leonard D. Schaeffer
Wellpoint Health Networks, 1992–2004

Barry Schwartz
Calvin Klein, 1968–Present

Richard W. Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1893–1908

Frank A. Seiberling
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1906–1921

Leonard S. Shoen
U-Haul Rental System, 1945–1986

Herbert J. Siegel
Chris-Craft Industries, 1968–Present

Norton W. Simon
Hunt Foods & Industries, 1942–1968

Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Oil and Refining Company, 1916–1948

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
General Motors Corporation, 1923–1937

Hurlburt W. Smith
Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company, 1924–1933

Wilbert L. Smith
Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company, 1910–1924

Charles C. Spaulding
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923–1952

Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Company, 1910–1929

Thomas G. Stemberg
Staples, 1986–2002

Ross S. Sterling
Humble Oil and Refining Company, 1911–1919

David J. Stern
National Basketball Association, 1984–Present

Edward R. Stettinius
Diamond Match Company, 1909–1915

Lyman Stewart
Union Oil Company, 1894–1914

James Stillman
National City Bank, 1891–1909

Gerard Swope
General Electric Company, 1922–1939

Laurence A. Tisch
Loew's, 1961–1999

John T. Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Company, 1903–1927

P. Roy Vagelos
Merck & Company, 1985–1994

Jay Van Andel
Amway Corporation, 1959–1992

Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank, 1909–1919

Samuel M. Walton
Wal-Mart Corporation, 1962–1988

John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker and Company, 1875–1922

Harry M. Warner
Warner Brothers Pictures, 1923–1958

Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
IBM, 1914–1955

Sanford I. Weill
Travelers Group/CitiGroup, 1986–2003

Sigfried Weis
Weis Markets, 1961–1994

Jann S. Wenner
Rolling Stone Magazine, 1967–Present

George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Company, 1885–1911

Leslie Wexner
Limited (The), Inc., 1963–Present

Joseph D. Williams
Warner-Lambert Corporation, 1985–1991

Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company, 1899–1917

Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1928–1954

Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
DuPont Corporation, 1989–1995

Clarence M. Woolley
American Radiator Company, 1902–1924

Alfred M. Zeien
Gillette Company, 1991–1999

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