List of Jewish American businesspeople explained

	This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

See also: List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance, List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate and List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail.

Aerospace

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• Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics)^{[1] [2]}
• Jesse Itzler (1968–), co-founder of NetJets and co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks^{[3] [4]}
• Abraham Karem (1937–), Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft^[5]
• Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of TRW Inc.^{[6] [7]}
• Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024), long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications^[8]
• Al Schwimmer (1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of Israel Aerospace Industries^{[9] [10]}

Energy and mining

• Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012^{[11] [12]}
• Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation^[13]
• Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)^[14]
• Jacob Blaustein (1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922)
• Marvin Davis (1925–2004), chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., briefly owner of 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel; member of the Davis family^[15]
• Max Fisher (1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest^[16]
• Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.^[17]
• Avram Glazer (1960–), former chairman and CEO of Zapata Corp. (now HRG Group, Inc.), co-chairman of family-owned EPL's Manchester United F.C.; member of the Glazer family^[18]
• Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company^[19]
• Jack J. Grynberg (1932–2021), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.^{[20] [21]}
• Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family^{[22] [23]}
• Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL's New York Jets^[27]
• Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro^[28]
• Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros.^[29]
• George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company^{[30] [31]}
• Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company^[32]
• Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah^[33]
• Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy^[34]
• Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc.^[35]
• Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company^[36]

Financial services

See main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance.

Miscellaneous

• Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International^{[37] [38]}
• Larry Baer, CEO of MLB's San Francisco Giants^[39]
• Henry (1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc.^[40]
• Al Davis (1929–2011), owner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders^[41]
• Heidi Fleiss (1965–), former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport^[42]
• Orit Gadiesh (1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company^[43]
• Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company^[44]
• Ami James (1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge^{[45] [46]}
• Jules Kroll (1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.^[47]
• Terry Lenzner (1939–2020), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI)^[48]
• Jason Levien, co-owner of D.C. United Holdings (holds MLS' D.C. United), co-owner of EFL Championship's Swansea City A.F.C. and NBL Australia's Brisbane Bullets, former CEO of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies^[49]
• Ira A. Lipman (1940–2019), founder and chairman of security company Guardsmark^[50]
• Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of Moishe's Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios^[51]
• Barry Minkow (1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co.^[52]
• Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of Budget Rent-a-Car^{[53] [54]}
• Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons^{[55] [56]}
• Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company^[57]
• Casey Wasserman (1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman^{[58] [59]}
• Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)^{[60] [61]}
• Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration^{[62] [63]}
• Daniel Yergin (1947–), vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit^[64]

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

See also: List of Jewish American biologists and physicians and List of Jewish American chemists.

• Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–), Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics^[65]
• Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)^{[66] [67]}
• Alan Cohen (1954–), founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals^[68]
• Phillip Frost (1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva^[69]
• Alex Grass (1927–2009), founder of the Rite Aid Corporation^[70]
• Bennett Greenspan (1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)^[71]
• Rachel Haurwitz (1985–), co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences^[72]
• Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare^[73]
• Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva^[74]
• Arthur D. Levinson (1950–), CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech^[75]
• Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation^[76]
• Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc.^{[77] [78]}
• Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC^[79]
• Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in 2012)^[80]
• Martine Rothblatt (1954–), founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio^{[81] [82]}
• Mortimer (1916–2010) and Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family^[83]
• Leonard Schleifer (1953–), founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals^{[84] [85]}
• Cheryl Shuman, founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club^[86]
• Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies^[87]
• Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of ImClone Systems, Kadmon Corporation^{[88] [89] [90]}
• Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)^{[91] [92]}
• Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Inc.^[93]

Real estate

See main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate.

Retail

See main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail.

Technology and software

See also: List of Jewish American computer scientists and List of Jewish American mathematicians.

• Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp.^[94]
• Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security LLC^[95]
• Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)^[96]
• Beny Alagem (1953–), Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel^[97]
• Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology^[98]
• Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of NBA's Los Angeles Clippers^{[99] [100]}
• Werner Michael Blumenthal (1926–), former chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys^[101]
• Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast Corporation^[102]
• Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation^[103]
• Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk^[104]
• Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.^[105]
• Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)^[106]
• Michael Dell (1965–), founder of DELL^[107]
• Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation^[108]
• David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa^[109]
• Gideon Gartner (1935–2020), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.^[110]
• Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation^[111]
• Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel^{[112] [113]}
• Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel^[114]
• Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)^[115]
• Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation^[116]
• David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.^{[117] [118]}
• Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm Incorporated^[119]
• Andy Jassy (1968–), CEO of Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken^[120]
• Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation^[121]
• Dan Kaminsky, co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops^[122]
• Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)^{[123] [124]}
• Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37^{[125] [126]}
• Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker)^[127]
• Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation^[128]
• Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay^[129]
• Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim^[130]
• Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum^[131]
• Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation^{[132] [133]}
• Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family^{[134] [135]}
• Lior Ron (1977–), Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps^[136]
• Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds^[137]
• Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global^[138]
• Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)^[139]
• Henry Samueli (1954–), co-founder of the Broadcom Corporation, owner of NHL's Anaheim Ducks (founded in 1993 by Disney as "the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim")^[140]
• Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity Corporation^[141]
• Dan Schulman (1958–), former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile^[142]
• Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners^[143]
• Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation^{[144] [145] [146]}
• Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello^{[147] [148]}
• Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions^[149]
• Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)^[150]
• Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems^[151]
• Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TeleTech^[152]
• Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm^[153]
• Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing^{[154] [155]}
• Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research^[156]
• Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, Inc., former president of RSA Security, former CEO of Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech^[157]
• Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)^[158]
• John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft^[159]
• Nir Zuk (1971–), Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks^[160]

New media

• Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)^[161]
• Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI^[162]
• Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com^{[163] [164]}
• Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance^[165]
• Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce^[166]
• Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X^[167]
• Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX^[168]
• Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.^[169]
• Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment^[170]
• Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.^{[171] [172]}
• Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo^[173]
• Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps^[174]
• Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com^[175]
• Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images^[176]
• Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC^{[177] [178]}
• Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.^[179]
• Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively^[180]
• Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)^[181]
• Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), co-founder of Groupon^[182]
• Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"^{[183] [184]}
• Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.^[185]
• Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)^[186]
• David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com^{[187] [188]}
• Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno^[189]
• Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon^[190]
• Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)^{[191] [192]}
• Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment^{[193] [194]}
• Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork^{[195] [196]}
• Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist^[197]
• Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks^[198]
• Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock^[199]
• Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.^[200]
• Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)^[201]
• Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga^{[202] [203] [204]}
• Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.^[205]
• Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage^[206]
• Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder^{[207] [208]}
• Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com^[209]
• Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.^[210]
• David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal^[211]
• Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google^[212]
• Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.^{[213] [214]}
• Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp^[215]
• Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit^[216]
• Jeff Weiner (1970–), CEO of LinkedIn^[217]
• Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.^[218]
• Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia^[219]
• Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.^[220]

Tourism and hotels

See also: List of Jewish American architects.

• Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), casino magnate, founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (owns the Venetian, the Palazzo, Marina Bay Sands), co-founder of the Interface Group (COMDEX)^{[221] [222]}
• Micky Arison (1949–), Israeli-American chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel leisure company and owner of NBA's Miami Heat; member of the Arison family^{[223] [224] [225] [226]}
• Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills^{[227] [228]}
• Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner^{[229] [230]}
• Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus^[231]
• Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley^[232]
• Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires^{[233] [234]}
• Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)^{[235] [236]}
• Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos^[237]
• Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers^[238]
• Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International^[239]
• Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.^[240]
• David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)^[241]
• Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel^{[242] [243]}
• Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins^[244]
• Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)^{[245] [246]}
• Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino^[247]
• Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator^[248]
• Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family^{[249] [250]}
• Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach^{[251] [252]}
• Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher^[253]
• Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC^[254]
• Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group^{[255] [256]}
• Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family^{[257] [258]}
• Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)^{[259] [260]}
• Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts^[261]
• Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner^[262]
• Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group^{[263] [264]}
• Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino^[265]
• David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts^{[266] [267]}
• Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels^{[268] [269]}
• Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)^{[270] [271]}
• Jonathan Tisch (1953–), chairman of Loews Hotels, co-chairman of family-owned Loews Corporation and co-owner of NFL's New York Giants; member of the Tisch family^{[272] [273]}
• Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes.^{[274] [275]}
• Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts^[276]

Restaurants

• Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins^{[277] [278]}
• George Cohon (1937–2023), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's of Canada and Russia^[279]
• Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))^[280]
• Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream)^[281]
• Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants^[282]
• Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)^[283]
• Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse^[284]
• Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel^[285]
• William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts^{[286] [287]}
• Howard Schultz (1953–), former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron^[288]
• Daniel Schwartz (1980/1981–), co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes^[289]
• Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks Corporation^{[290] [291]}

See also

• Lists of Jewish Americans
  • Businesspeople
    • in finance
    • in media
    • in real estate
    • in retail

Further reading

• Book: Aris, Stephen. The Jews in Business. Cape. 1970. 978-0-224-61953-0.
• Book: Birmingham, Stephen. Stephen Birmingham. "The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews. Syracuse University Press. 1999. 978-0-8156-0614-7.
• Book: Chapman, Peter. The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008. Penguin. 2010. 978-1-59184-309-2.
• Book: Wiener Cohen, Naomi. Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership. Brandeis University Press. 1999. 978-0-87451-948-8.
• Book: Foxman, Abraham. Abraham Foxman. Jews and Money: The Story of a Stereotype. St. Martin's Press. 2010. 978-0-230-62385-9.
• Book: Gabler, Neal. Neal Gabler. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Doubleday. 1988. 2010. 978-0-307-77371-5.
• Book: Goldberg, J. J.. J.J. Goldberg. Jewish Power: Inside The American Jewish Establishment. registration. Addison Wesley. 1996. 978-0-201-32798-4.
• Book: Gurock, Jeffrey. Jeffrey S. Gurock. Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Routledge. 1997. 978-0-415-91921-0.
• Book: Krefetz, Gerald. Gerald Krefetz. Jews and Money: The Myths and the Reality. Ticknor & Fields. 1982. 978-0-89919-129-4.
• Book: Marschall, John P.. Jews in Nevada: A History. University of Nevada Press. 2008. 978-0-87417-737-4.
• Book: Norwood. Stephen Harlan. Pollack. Eunice G.. Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Band 1. ABC-CLIO. 2008. 978-1-85109-638-1.
• Book: Pfeffer, Jacob. Distinguished Jews of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of Jews who Have Made Their Mark in Business, the Professions, Politics, Science, Etc. Distinguished Jews of America Pub. Co.. 1917.
• Book: Sachar, Howard Morley. Howard Sachar. A History of the Jews in the Modern World. Knopf. 2007. 978-0-307-42436-5.
• Book: Shapiro, Edward S.. Edward S. Shapiro. A Time for Healing: American Jewry since World War II. JHU Press. 1995. 978-0-8018-5124-7.
• Book: Sombart, Werner. Werner Sombart. The Jews and Modern Capitalism. Martino Fine Books. 1913. 2015. 978-1-61427-763-7.

Notes and References

1. Web site: RECOGNIZING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF LESTER CROWN. Jun 11, 2015. Congress.gov.
2. Book: Wall Street People: True Stories of Today's Masters and Moguls. 241. Charles D. Ellis. 2001. 978-0-471-23809-6. Charles D. Ellis.
3. News: Jewish Investor Buying Hawks. Apr 29, 2015. David R. Cohen. The Atlanta Jewish Times.
4. How To Pitch Successfully From Rapper-Turned-Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler. Jan 14, 2014. Natalie Robehmed. March 31, 2015. Forbes.
5. News: Rise of the drone: From Calif. garage to multibillion-dollar defense industry. Peter Finn. Dec 23, 2011. Washington Post.
6. Web site: Aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo dies at 103. JTA.org. June 2016. 2019-09-10. Aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo, father of America's intercontinental ballistic missile system and son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, has died at 103..
7. News: TRW co-founder Simon Ramo: The epitome of a 'Renaissance man'. LA Times. June 2010. 2019-09-10. A Salt Lake City native whose family traces its history to Jewish "conversos," who converted to Christianity in Inquisition-era Spain.
8. News: Grants from Jewish sources announced. 2002. The Jewish Post.
9. Web site: Israeli Air Force, particularly its scrappy beginnings, inspires 3 films. Tom Tugend. JTA.org. May 12, 2015.
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