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30 entrepreneurs who changed America and then the world

The most influential businesspeople of all time
Levi Strauss (1829-1902)
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919)
J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
Thomas Edison (1847-1941)
Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929)
George Eastman (1854-1932)
Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)
David Sarnoff (1891-1971)
Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976)
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
Ray Kroc (1902-1984)
Estée Lauder (1908-2004)
Sam Walton (1918-1992)
Jerome Lemelson (1923-1997)
Warren Buffett (b.1930)
Ted Turner (b. 1938)
Donald Trump (b. 1946)
Steve Wozniak (b. 1950)
Oprah Winfrey (b. 1954)
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Bill Gates (b. 1955)
Jeff Bezos (b. 1964)
Pierre Omidyar (b. 1967)
Elon Musk (b. 1971)
Larry Page (b. 1973)
Sergey Brin (b. 1973)
Jack Dorsey (b. 1976)
Mark Zuckerberg (b. 1984)
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The most influential businesspeople of all time

Every now and again, an industry-disrupting entrepreneur comes along and transforms everything, be it the way we dress, eat, work, shop, get around or communicate. From Andrew Carnegie and Sam Walton to Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, here are 30 entrepreneurs who changed America and then the world.
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08 November 2017

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