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	''This is a list of ] Businesspeople. For other Jewish Americans, see ].''		''This is a list of ] Businesspeople. For other Jewish Americans, see ].''

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	===Finance===
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	* ], Goldman Sachs
	* ], chairman of ]
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	* ], CEO and chairman of ] and highest paid Wall Street firm ] in 2006
	* ], owner of oil and chemical companies
	* ], co-founder of ]
	* ], co-founder of H&R Block
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	* ], founder of ], mayor of ], philanthropist
	* ], Chairman and President of Blum Capital Partners, L.P.; owns 75% of the voting stock in ]
	* ], former ], business leader in many private firms
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	* ], Executive Director for Legal and Government Affairs at Goldman Sachs in London from 1994 to 1999
	* ], real estate, insurance, philanthropist, art collector
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	* ], partner and chief U.S. investment strategist at Goldman Sachs
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	* ], billionaire hedge fund investor and founder of ]
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	* ], senior strategist at APCO Worldwide, Board of Advisors of the ]
	* ], private investor at ]
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	* ], Vice-Chairman of ]
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	* ], former partner at Goldman Sachs
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	* ], CEO of ]
	* ], former chairman and CEO of ] (AIG), the world's largest insurance and financial services corporation
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	* ], business leaders, philanthropists & art patrons
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	* ], President Of Mamalahoa Publishing/Rare Groove Urban Music Collective UMX (Jewish Father)
	* ], on the board of directors of ]
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	* ], former ] and owner of numerous malls and department stores
	* ], co-founder of ] leveraged buyout
	* ], founder of ] (] firm)
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	* ], leveraged buyout pioneer and philanthropist co-founder of ]
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	* ], billionaire founder of ] & Goldman Sachs
	* ], U.S. Senator and founder of ] (ADP), the largest payroll and tax filing processor in the world
	* ], leveraged buyout specialist
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	* ], billionaire ex-chairman of MBNA and ex-owner of the Cleveland Browns
	** ], billionaire chairman of ]
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	* ], brokered the merger between AOL and Time Warner in 2000
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	* ], billionaire chairman of ]
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	* ], founding chairman of the ]
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	* ], chairman of the Federal Reserve (1930-1933), president of the World Bank (1946)
	* ], junk bond king & philanthropist
	* ], former ] under FDR, financial advisor to Israel
	* ], financier & art dealer
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	* ], billionaire investor
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	* ], billionaire co-founder of ] leveraged buyout
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	* ], has many holdings in both the USA and the UK, along with other European countries
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	* ], former United States Secretary of the Treasury, executive at ], has served on the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, the Ford Motor Company, the Harvard Corporation, the New York Futures Exchange, and has held many other positions
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	* ], Bussiness Entrepreneur, credited with the innovation of Drive-Through Banking
	* ], financier & philanthropist
	* ], financier & ] leader
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	* ], founder and CEO of ]
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	* ], corporate director at ]
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	* ], first woman to purchase a seat on ]
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	* ], billionaire former president of ] and CEO of ]
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	* ], financier & philanthropist
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	* ], former chief economist for the ], former ], former president of ]
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	* ], financier & current CEO of ]
	* ], ex-CEO of ], philanthropist
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	* ], American economist and senior U.S. Treasury department official
	* ], president of the ] (1995-2005)
	* ], current (2005-) president of the World Bank
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	* ], managing director and chairman of Goldman Sachs' International Advisors department
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			==Finance==
	===Retail and rental===
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	* ] and ], founders of the now defunct ] consumer electronics chain
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	* ] & ], founders of ], philanthropists
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	* ], founder of ], artistic director for ]
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	* Senator ] or Wisconsin, owner of Kohl's department stores
	* ], founder of ], acquired ]
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	* ], head of ] & ], philanthropist
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	* ], head of ], Titanic victim
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	* ], founder of ]
	* ], billionaire diamond merchant and industrialist
	* ], founder of ], ] (Limited, ], ], ], ], ])

			==Software and Internet==
	===Real estate===
	* ], billionaire property developer in ], ]
	* ], billionaire owner of ]
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	* ], the largest commercial real estate developer in the U.S. state of Washington
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	* ], billionaire, partners with ]t, real estate arm of hedge fund ], and apartment operator ]
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	* ] and ] of the ], one of the United States' largest and oldest privately owned real estate firms
	* ], operator and the head of NYC's ]. Silverstein is also the leaseholder of the ] towers that were destroyed in the ]
	* ] of the ], the largest developer of shopping malls in the United States
	* ] of ]
	* ], President and CEO of ], one of the leading owners, developers, fund managers, and operators of real estate in the world
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	* ], casino resort developer
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	* ], governor, owner, and CEO of ]

	===Cosmetics===
	* ], cosmetics industrialist
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	* ] and family, cosmetic industrialist, founder of ]
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	* ], cosmetics industrialist (])
	* ], cosmetics industrialist

	===Toys===
	* ], toy train manufacturer, founder of ]
	* ], CEO of ]
	* ], inventor of ], founder of ]
	* ], founder of ], the biggest privately owned toy company in the world
	* ], founder of ]
	* ] & ], inventors of the ]
	* ], former CEO of ]

	===Food, food services, confectionery, etc.===
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	* ], Former Pres, CEO, & Chairman of the Board of ]
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	* ], head of ], co-owner of ]

	===Electronics===
	* ], founder of ]
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	* ], founder of ], philanthropist
	* ], co-founder of ]
	* ], moderator of the ]
	* ], CEO of ]
	* ], former CEO of ]
	* ], founder of ]
	* ], co-founder of ], venture capitalist
	* ], former CEO of ]
	* ], virtual reality products
	* ], former head of ] (converted)
	* ], hi-tech venture capitalist (Intel, Apple)
	* ], CEO of ]
	* ], founder of ]
	* ] & ], founders of ]
	* ], CEO of ], former COO and president of ], a director at ], former managing director at ]

	===Software and Internet===
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	* ], CEO of ] (Jewish mother)
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	* ], creator of ]
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	* ] & ], creators of ]
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	* ], creator of ]
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	* ], founder of ], owner of the ]
	* ], founder of ] (Jewish mother, Jewish adoptive parents)
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	* ], programmer on ]
	* ], founder of ]
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	* ], founder of ], co-founder of ]
	* ], artificial intelligence software
	* ], creator of ]
	* ], initial developer of ]
	* ], co-founder of ]
	* ], founder of ]
	* ] (aka Aleph One), long-time moderator of ]
	* ], venture capitalist with ]
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	* ], co-founder of ] (Jewish mother)
	* ], interface designer for ]
	* ], creator of ]
	* ], chief programmer on ]
	* ], creator of ]
	* ], CEO of ]
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	* ], billionaire co-founder and first president of ]
	* ], programmer of ], founder of ]
	* ], creator of ]
	* ], content management, ]
	* ], co-founder of ]

	===Media and Entertainment===
	* ], corporate director at ]
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	* ], record company executive and producer
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	* ], labor leader in the movie production business from the 1920s through the 1940s
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	* ], TV producer
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	* ], former head of ]
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	* ], former president of CBS
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	* ], co-founder of ] and founder of ]
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	* ], founder of ]
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	* ], chief lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America
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	* ], corporate director at ]
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	* ], CEO of ]
	* ] (1950 - ) film producer, director and co-founder of ]<ref>'''Katzenberg''' - "Hardie also called on several Jewish members of the entertainment industry, including... Jeffrey Katzenberg"</ref>
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	* ], owner of the '']'' (son of ])
	* ], founder of ]
	* ], former head of ]
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	* ], ], ], co-founders of ]
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	* ], head of ] and on the board of directors at CBS
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	* ], former owner of the Family Channel (purchased by Disney) and the Kirch German Media empire
	* ], founder of ]
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	* ] and other members of the Selznick family
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	* ], former president of NBC News
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	* ], billionaire CEO and chairman of ]
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	* ], Chairman of MGM
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	* ], director, founder of ]
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	* ], founder of MCA
	* ], media mogul
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	* ], Chief Executive Officer of the NBC Universal Television Group
	* ], founder of ]

	===Publishing===
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	* ], publisher & philanthropist
	* ], CEO of ]
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	* ], founder and CEO of ], ]
	* ], publisher and co-founder of ]
	* ], publisher of '']''
	* ], owner of '']'' magazine, the standard trade magazine of the pornography industry in the U.S.
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	* ], editor and autobiographer
	* ] founder of ]
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	* ] & ], founders of ]
	* ], President of ]
	* ], founder of ]
	* ], CEO of Advance Publications and chairman of ]
	* ], former head of the ]
	* ], publisher (Jewish father)
	* ], founder of ] (Jewish father)
	* ], owner of '']''
	* ] & ], founders of ]
	* ], co-founder of ]
	* ], publisher of '']''
	* ], billionaire owner of '']'' and '']''

	===Advertising===
	* ], father of public relations
	* ], advertising pioneer
	* ], owner of several advertising agencies, first chairman and co-founder of ]
	* ], advertiser
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	* ], advertiser & radio personality
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	* ], advertising pioneer, founder of the ]
	* ], chair and CEO of ], one of the world's largest advertising agencies
	* ], inventor & father of ]s
	* ], founder and owner of ]

	===American sports: owners, commissioners, managers, presidents, etc.===
	* ], ], owner of ] and ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., coach and GM of the ]
	* ], U.S., ] Commissioner
	* ], U.S., owner of the ] (since 2002); owner of the ] franchise the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of ]
	* ], U.S., Chairman of ], principal owner of the ] of the ], the ] of the ], and the ] of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., General Manager of the ]
	* ], U.S., ] Commissioner
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., joint Chairman of the ] board
	* ], U.S., Chairman of ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ], majority owner of Manchester United
	* ], U.S. basketball coach, owner ], ] founder
	* ], U.S., founder of the ]
	* ], joint U.S./] citizen, part owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ] and ]
	* ], U.S., former General Manager of the ]
	* ], U.S., owners of the ]
	** ], U.S., owner of the ], owner of ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ], only current female owner in major league baseball (Jewish father, and therefore not considered Jewish under orthodox ])
	* ], U.S., former owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., long-time President & General Manager of the ]
	* ], U.S, owner of the ], former owner of the ]'s ] and the ]'s ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ], owner of the ]
	* ], U.S. owner of the ], founder of ]
	* ], U.S. founder & owner of ]
	* ], U.S. owner of ]. Founder of ]
	* ], U.S., ] Commissioner
	* ], U.S., General Manager of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of ]
	* ], U.S., ] Commissioner
	*], U.S., principal owner of the ]<ref>'''Wilf''' - "The team’s owner, Zygi Wilf, an Orthodox Jew ..."</ref>
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]
	* ], U.S., owner of the ]

	===Other and miscellany===
	* ], State Treasurer of the U.S. State of New Jersey, ex-executive with Goldman Sachs
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	* ], founder of ] (U.S. and Israel)
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	* ], one of the pioneers of gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada
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	* ], casino magnate
	* ], alcohol smuggler during Prohibition
	* ], founder and chairman of a plywood and home improvement retailer, Plywood Minnesota (which later became Home Valu Interiors)
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	* ], garment industry figure
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	* ], inventor of "immortality ring" (by religion only), Jewish follower
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	* ], philanthropist who established Cowl ] Center in ]
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	* ], former CFO of ]
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	* ], prostitution entrepreneur
	* ], Founder/CEO of hip-hop label ]
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	* ], founder of ] and ]
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	* ], CEO of Delta Airlines
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	* ], major international oil and gas magnate
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	* ], former CEO of ]
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	* ], President/CEO ], Author ''The Centerless Corporation'' and ''Results''
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	* ], 11 billionaires in the family including:
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	* ], highly successful pornographer and businessman
	* ], ex-vice president and general counsel of the ] and former ]
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	*], investor and director of many companies
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	== See also ==
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	==Footnotes==
	{{reflist}}

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Revision as of 19:57, 7 April 2008

This is a list of Jewish American Businesspeople. For other Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and additions are welcome.

Finance

Ronald Perelman, Corporate raider and investor, Jewish, US Citizen

Software and Internet

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (Jewish mother), US Citizen
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google Jewish, US Citizen
Lawrence Ellison, founder of Oracle Corporation (Jewish mother, Jewish adoptive parents), US Citizen
Philippe Kahn, founder of Borland
Larry Page, co-founder of Google (Jewish mother), US Citizen

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