List_of_Jewish_American_businesspeople

List of Jewish American businesspeople

List of Jewish American businesspeople

Notable business executives

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
 This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
See also: Jewish American businesspeople in finance, media, real estate, and retail

Advertising and public relations

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Advertising and public relations

Aerospace

Jesse Itzler
Al Schwimmer

Cosmetics

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Cosmetics

Energy and mining

Guma Aguiar
Meyer Guggenheim
Armand Hammer

Financial services

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance

Food

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Food

Manufacturing and distribution

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Manufacturing and distribution

Miscellaneous

Orit Gadiesh
Ami James
Casey Wasserman (right)
Mark Weinberger

Music industry

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Music industry

Newspapers and publishing

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Newspapers and publishing

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

See also: Biologists and physicians and chemists
Jeremy Levin
Al Mann
Cheryl Shuman

Real estate

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate

Retail

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail

Technology and software

See also: Computer scientists and mathematicians
Kobi Alexander
Steve Ballmer
Safra Catz
Larry Ellison
Paul E. Jacobs
Joseph Lubin
Brian L. Roberts
Andy Rubin (center)

New media

Sam Altman
Sergey Brin
Eric Lefkofsky
Yuri Milner
Adam Neumann
Jeremy Stoppelman
Aaron Swartz
Mark Zuckerberg

Television, film and video

Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Television, film and video

Tourism and hotels

See also: Architects
Sheldon Adelson
Alan Faena
Sam Nazarian

Restaurants

See also: Chefs
Danny Meyer
Howard Schultz

See also

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