Aaron Spelling

Television, film and video

founder of Spelling Television Inc. (Beverly Hills, 90210) and co-founder of Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Abby Joseph Cohen

Financial services

advisory director at Goldman-Sachs

Abe Lastfogel

Television, film and video

former long-time president of WMA

Abraham Karem

Aerospace

Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft

Adam Aron

Television, film and video

president and CEO of movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. and co-owner of NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers

Adam Glasser

Television, film and video

founder of Seymore, Inc.

Adolf Rosenberger

Manufacturing and distribution

German-born co-founder of the Porsche GmbH

Adolph Ochs

Newspapers and publishing

Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891–1968), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (1926–2012), The New York Times

Adolph Zukor

Television, film and video

Austro-Hungarian-born film mogul, co-founder of Paramount Pictures

Al Davis

Miscellaneous

owner of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders

Al Goldstein

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of Screw

Al Lerner

Financial services

former chairman of the Board of credit card company MBNA and owner of NFL’s Cleveland Browns

Al Mann

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation

Alan Cohen

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals

Alan F. Horn

Television, film and video

chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, former president and COO of Warner Bros., co-founder of Castle Rock Entertainment

Alan Faena

Miscellaneous

Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires

Alan Gerry

Television, film and video

founder of Cablevision Industries

Alan Greenspan

Financial services

former Chair of the FED, (co-)founder of Townsend-Greenspan & Co. and Greenspan Associates

Alan N. Braverman

Television, film and video

senior EVP, secretary and general counsel of the Walt Disney Company

Alan N. Cohen

Music industry

former VP of Warner Communications (now WarnerMedia), and (co-)owner of NBA’s Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks

Alan Patricof

Financial services

venture capital and private equity pioneer; co-founder of Apax Partners and Greycroft

Alan Schwartz

Financial services

Executive Chairman of Guggenheim Partners, former (and last) CEO of Bear, Stearns & Company

Alan Trefler

Technology and software

founder of Pegasystems

Albert Warner

Television, film and video

Harry (1881–1951), Jack (1892–1978) and Sam Warner (1887–1927), founders of Warner Bros. (WB)

Alberto Perlman

Miscellaneous

Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC

Alex Grass

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of the Rite Aid Corporation

Alex Kurtzman

Television, film and video

(co-)founder of film and television production companies K/O Paper Products and Secret Hideout

Alfred

Newspapers and publishing

founders of publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Alfred Harvey

Newspapers and publishing

comic book publisher, founder of Harvey Comics, Inc. (Richie Rich, Casper the Friendly Ghost)

Alfred Huger Moses

Financial services

banker and investor who founded the city of Sheffield, Alabama

Alfred Kaskel

Miscellaneous

Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)

Alfred S. Bloomingdale

Financial services

co-founder of Diners Club International

Alfred S. Hart

Financial services

Hungarian-born founder of City National Bank

Allen Klein

Music industry

founder of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc., former manager of the Rolling Stones

Allen Weisselberg

Financial services

CFO of the Trump Organization

Alon Nisim Cohen

Technology and software

Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk

Amanda Steinberg

Financial services

founder of DailyWorth

Ami James

Miscellaneous

Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge

Amy Pascal

Television, film and video

former co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment (stepped down due to 2014’s Sony Pictures hack), founder of Pascal Pictures

Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Te

Technology and software

di Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

André Meyer

Financial services

French-American investment banker, former senior partner at Lazard Frères & Co.

Andrew A. Lanyi

Financial services

Hungarian-born investor, founder of the Lanyi Group

Andrew Fastow

Financial services

former CFO of Enron

Andrew Grove

Technology and software

former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel

Andrew Hauptman

Financial services

founder of investment firm Andell Holdings and owner of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club; son-in-law of Charles Bronfman

Andrew M. Murstein

Financial services

founder of investment company Medallion Financial Corp., former taxi medallion lending executive, owner of MLL’s New York Lizards

Andrew Mason

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Groupon

Andrew Paulson

Miscellaneous

co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)

Andrew Perlman

Energy and mining

co-founder of GreatPoint Energy

Andrew Viterbi

Technology and software

co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm

Andy Heyward

Television, film and video

former chairman and CEO of DIC Entertainment, founder of Genius Brands International

Andy Jassy

Technology and software

CEO of Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL’s Seattle Kraken

Andy Rubin

Technology and software

co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global

Ari Emanuel

Television, film and video

co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC (WME) and the International Management Group (IMG)

Arie S. Belldegrun

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics

Armand Hammer

Energy and mining

long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco

Arnie Morton

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Morton’s The Steakhouse

Arnold Greenberg

Food

co-founder of tea and juice drinks brand Snapple

Arnon Milchan

Television, film and video

Israeli-American Hollywood mogul, founder of Regency Enterprises, co-founder of Summit Entertainment LLC; former Israeli spy

Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group

Technology and software

on Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)

Aron Goldfarb

Miscellaneous

Polish-born founder of licensed and owned apparel brands manufacturing company G-III Apparel Group

Art Rupe

Music industry

founder of Specialty Records

Arthur Belfer

Energy and mining

Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation

Arthur D. Levinson

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech

Arthur J. Samberg

Financial services

founder of Pequot Capital Management

Arthur L. Carter

Financial services

investment banker, co-founder of Carter, Berlind, & Weill

Arthur M. Sackler

Newspapers and publishing

former publisher of the Medical Tribune and chairman of Medical Press, Inc.; member of the Sackler family

Arthur Nadel

Financial services

former hedge fund manager, founder of Scoop Management Co.

Arthur Rock

Financial services

early Silicon Valley venture capitalist, co-founder of Davis & Rock and Fairchild Semiconductor

Avi Arad

Television, film and video

Israeli-American founder of Marvel Studios, LLC, former CEO of Toy Biz

Avi Lerner

Television, film and video

Israeli-American co-founder of Nu Image and Millennium Films, co-owner of Bulgaria-based Nu Boyana Film Studios, Eastern Europe’s largest film production studios

Aviv Nevo

Financial services

Romanian-born Israeli-American venture capitalist, founder of NV Investments; major shareholder in Time Warner

Avram Glazer

Energy and mining

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

Axel Rosin

Newspapers and publishing

German-born president of the Book of the Month Club

B. Gerald Cantor

Financial services

founder of Cantor Fitzgerald

Barbara Fedida

Television, film and video

ABC News executive

Barney Balaban

Television, film and video

co-founder of the Balaban and Katz Theater Corporation and former long-time president of Paramount Pictures; member of the Balaban family

Barry Diller

Television, film and video

media executive, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, former CEO of Paramount Pictures and Fox, Inc.

Barry Klarberg

Financial services

founder of Monarch Business & Wealth Management; co-owner of MLB’s New York Yankees and MLS’s New York City FC

Barry Meyer

Television, film and video

former chairman of Warner Bros. Entertainment

Barry Rosenstein

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of JANA Partners

Barry Sternlicht

Financial services

co-founder of investment firm Starwood Capital Group, former chairman of Starwood

Barry Weiss

Music industry

co-founder of RECORDS, former chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group and the RCA/Jive Label Group

Barry Zubrow

Financial services

founder of private investment firm ITB, former CRO of JPMorgan Chase[287

Ben Cohen

Food

co-founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s

Ben Horowitz

Financial services

start-up investor, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz

Ben Novack

Miscellaneous

former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach

Ben Rosen

Technology and software

founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds

Ben Sherwood

Television, film and video

former co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of the Disney-ABC Television Group and ABC News

Ben Silverman

Television, film and video

founder of Electus, former co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, chairman of entertainment production company Propagate

Benedict I. Lubell

Energy and mining

founder of the Lubell Oil Company

Benjamin Abrams

Manufacturing and distribution

founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation

Benjamin Eisenstadt

Food

founder of the Cumberland Packing Corporation, inventor of Sweet’n Low (artificial sweetener)

Bennett Cerf

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of Random House

Bennett Greenspan

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)

Bennett S. LeBow

Financial services

chairman of the Board of the Vector Group, former owner of the Liggett Group

Beny Alagem

Technology and software

Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel

Berle Adams

Music industry

co-founder of Mercury Records and senior executive at MCA

Bernard L. Schwartz

Aerospace

long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications

Bernard Osher

Financial services

a founding director of World Savings Bank

Bernard Stollman

Music industry

founder of the ESP-Disk record label

Bernie Brillstein

Television, film and video

founder of the Brillstein Company

Bernie Goldstein

Miscellaneous

founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.

Bernie Madoff

Financial services

financier and chairman of the Nasdaq, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities; Ponzi schemer

Bill Ackman

Financial services

hedge fund manager and investor, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management and co-founder of investment firm Gotham Partners

Bill Browder

Financial services

American-British financier, co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management

Bill Davidson

Manufacturing and distribution

chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries and owner of NBA’s Detroit Pistons

Bill Miller

Miscellaneous

Russian-born former night club and casino operator

Boaz Weinstein

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of Saba Capital Management

Bob Benmosche

Financial services

investment banker, former president and CEO of the American International Group (AIG)

Bob Greenblatt

Television, film and video

former chairman of NBC Entertainment and WarnerMedia

Bob Iger

Television, film and video

media executive, CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Bob Rosenschein

Miscellaneous

American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com

Bob Shad

Music industry

founder of Time Records and Mainstream Records

Bob Weinstock

Music industry

former owner of Prestige Records

Bobbi Brown

Cosmetics

founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, co-owner of the George Hotel

Bonnie Hammer

Television, film and video

chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios

Boris Epshteyn

Financial services

Russian-born investment banker

Brad Grey

Television, film and video

co-founder of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, former chairman of Paramount Pictures

Bradley S. Jacobs

Manufacturing and distribution

chairman and CEO of XPO, Inc., co-founder of United Rentals, Inc.

Bram Cohen

Technology and software

author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.

Brett Ratner

Television, film and video

co-founder of RatPac Entertainment

Brian Grazer

Television, film and video

co-founder of Imagine Entertainment

Brian L.

Technology and software

the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family

Bruce Berman

Television, film and video

chairman and CEO of Village Roadshow Pictures

Bruce Judson

Newspapers and publishing

former General Manager at Time Inc. New Media, co-founder of Time Warner’s banner ad website Pathfinder

Bruce Karsh

Financial services

investor, co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, chairman of the Tribune Media Company

Bruce Kovner

Financial services

investor, hedge fund manager, chairman of CAM Capital

Bruce Levenson,

Newspapers and publishing

former co-owner of NBA’s Atlanta Hawks

Bruce R. Berkowitz

Financial services

founder of Fairholme Capital Management

Bruce Sherman

Financial services

co-founder of wealth-management firm Private Capital Management (PCM) and owner of MLB’s Miami Marlins

Bruce Wasserstein

Financial services

investment banker, former CEO of Lazard and co-founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co.

Bryan Singer

Television, film and video

founder of Bad Hat Harry Productions

Bugsy Siegel

Miscellaneous

co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino

Burt Baskin

Miscellaneous

co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins

Burt Reinhardt

Television, film and video

former president of CNN and co-founder of United Press International Television News

Burt Shavitz

Cosmetics

co-founder of personal care products company Burt’s Bees

Carl Icahn

Financial services

Corporate raider, founder of Icahn Enterprises

Carl Laemmle

Television, film and video

German-born co-founder of Universal Pictures

Carl Pforzheimer

Financial services

banker, co-founder of the American Stock Exchange, founder of Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co.

Cary Sherman, chairman and CEO of the Recording In

Music industry

ry Sherman, chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Casey Wasserman

Miscellaneous

founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman

Charles Avnet

Manufacturing and distribution

Russian-born founder of electronics parts distributor Avnet, Inc.

Charles K. Feldman

Television, film and video

founder of the Famous Artists talent agency

Charles Louis Fleischmann

Food

Austrian Silesian-born co-founder of Fleischmann Co. (Fleischmann’s Yeast, Fleischmann’s vodka)

Charles Revson

Cosmetics

co-founder of Revlon, Inc. and the Charles H. Revson Foundation

Charles Rivkin

Television, film and video

CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), former CEO of the Jim Henson Company (a.k.a. Muppets, Inc.)

Charles Schusterman

Energy and mining

Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company

Charles Zegar

Technology and software

co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)

Charlie Shrem

Technology and software

co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation

Chester H. Roth

Manufacturing and distribution

founder of the Chester H. Roth Company (now Kayser-Roth)

Chuck Barris

Television, film and video

founder of game show production company Barris Industries (the Gong Show, the Dating Game)

Cliff Asness

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of AQR Capital

Cliff Viner

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of III Capital Management and AVM, former co-owner of the Florida Panthers

Clifford S. Perlman

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Lum’s restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace luxury hotel

Clive Davis

Music industry

former president of Columbia Records, founder of Arista Records, Inc. and J Records

Craig Newmark

Miscellaneous

founder of Craigslist

Craig Taro Gold

Miscellaneous

co-founder of eVoice and Teleo

Dan Doctoroff

Miscellaneous

chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.

Dan Gilbert

Miscellaneous

founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers

Dan Rapoport

Financial services

Latvian-born investor, founder of Rapoport Capital

Dan Schulman

Technology and software

former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile

Dana Walden

Television, film and video

co-chair and co-CEO of Fox Broadcasting Company

Daniel E. Straus

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies

Daniel Lewin

Technology and software

American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim

Daniel Lubetzky

Food

Mexican-American founder of snack company Kind LLC

Daniel Och

Financial services

investor and hedge fund manager, founder of the Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (now Sculptor Capital Management)

Daniel S. Loeb

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of Third Point Management

Daniel Schwartz

Miscellaneous

co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes

Daniel Yergin

Miscellaneous

vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit

Danny Meyer

Miscellaneous

founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)

Danny Porush

Financial services

former stock broker and chairman of Stratton Oakmont

David

Technology and software

founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.

David A. Siegel

Miscellaneous

founder of Westgate Resorts

David Bergstein

Financial services

founder of private equity firm Cyrano Group

David Blitzer

Financial services

senior Blackstone Inc. executive and owner of several sports teams

David Bonderman

Financial services

co-founder of TPG Capital

David E. Shaw

Financial services

founder of D. E. Shaw & Co.

David Einhorn

Financial services

investor, hedge fund manager, founder of Greenlight Capital

David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, c

Technology and software

the largest ISP in Africa

David Geffen

Music industry

founder of Geffen Records and DGC Records, co-founder of Asylum Records

David Gottesman

Financial services

founder of First Manhattan Co.; member of the Gottesman family

David Grutman

Miscellaneous

Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)

David J. Pecker

Newspapers and publishing

chairman and CEO of American Media, Inc. (National Enquirer, Us Weekly, Star, Flex, Globe, Men’s Fitness)

David Kabiller

Financial services

co-founder of investment management firm AQR Capital

David Kramer

Television, film and video

co-president of United Talent Agency

David L. Paul

Financial services

banker, founder of Miami-based CenTrust Bank

David Litman

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Hotels.com

David M. Rubenstein

Financial services

financier, co-founder of global private equity investment company The Carlyle Group

David M. Solomon

Financial services

disc jockey and investment banker, CEO of Goldman-Sachs

David Morgenthaler

Financial services

founder of Morgenthaler, one of the oldest private equity investment firms in the U.S.

David Nevins

Television, film and video

chairman of Showtime Networks (SNI) and CCO of the CBS Corporation

David O. Sacks

Miscellaneous

South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal

David O. Selznick

Television, film and video

founder of Selznick International Pictures

David René de Rothschild

Financial services

banker; current chairman of Rothschild & Co; member of the Rothschild family

David Rhodes

Television, film and video

former president of CBS News, former head of Bloomberg Television North America

David S. Rose

Financial services

start-up investor, founder of New York Angels

David Sarnoff

Television, film and video

Belarus-born founder of RKO Pictures and former general manager of RCA

David Tepper

Financial services

investor, hedge fund manager, founder of Appaloosa Management

David Tisch

Financial services

start-up investor, co-founder of BoxGroup; member of the Tisch family

David Yurman

Miscellaneous

co-founder of jewelry company David Yurman Enterprises LLC

David Zaslav

Television, film and video

president and CEO of Discovery, Inc., former executive at NBCUniversal

Dennis Levine

Financial services

former managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert

Devin Wenig

Miscellaneous

former president and CEO of eBay Inc.

Don Aronow

Manufacturing and distribution

speedboat manufacturer (Magnum Marine, Formula Boats)

Don Katz

Newspapers and publishing

founder of Audible

Don Kirshner

Music industry

music publisher and promoter who co-founded Aldon Music

Donald Newhouse

Newspapers and publishing

owner of Advance Publications, Inc.

Donald S. Klopfer

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of Random House

Donald Sussman

Financial services

financier, hedge fund manager, founder of Paloma Funds and New China Capital Management

Doug Herzog

Television, film and video

former president of the Viacom Music and Entertainment Group and USA Network

Doug Morris

Music industry

chairman of Sony Music Entertainment, former chairman and CEO of the Universal Music Group, founder of Big Tree Records

Dov Behr Manischewitz

Food

Lithuanian-born founder of kosher products company Manischewitz

Ed Savitz

Miscellaneous

former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner

Eddie Einhorn

Television, film and video

(co-)founder of the TVS Television Network and pay-TV channel SportsVision, former head of CBS Sports, and co-owner of MLB’s Chicago White Sox

Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Music industry

former CEO of Warner Music Group (WMG); member of the Bronfman family

Edgar M. Cullman

Miscellaneous

former co-owner, president and CEO of the General Cigar Company

Edmund Ansin

Television, film and video

co-founder of Sunbeam Television Corporation

Edwin H. Land

Technology and software

founder of the Polaroid Corporation

Eli Broad

Manufacturing and distribution

co-founder of KB Home (Kaufman & Broad)

Eli Harari

Technology and software

Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation

Eli Ostreicher

Miscellaneous

British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher

Elkan Naumburg

Financial services

German-born banker, founder of E. Naumburg & Co.

Elliot Roberts

Music industry

co-founder of Asylum Records; manager of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell

Emile Berliner

Music industry

German-born co-founder of RCA Records

Emily Weiss

Cosmetics

founder of cosmetics company Glossier

Eric Lefkofsky

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Groupon

Eric M. Warburg

Financial services

German-American co-founder of Warburg Pincus; member of the Warburg family

Eric Pleskow

Television, film and video

Austrian-born media executive, president of United Artists, and co-founder of Orion Pictures

Eric Zinterhofer

Financial services

private equity financier, founding partner of Searchlight Capital; member of the Lauder family

Ernest M. Wuliger

Manufacturing and distribution

owner of the Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company

Ernie Blake

Miscellaneous

German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley

Estée Lauder

Cosmetics

co-founder of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc.; member of the Lauder family

Eugene Kashper

Food

Russian-born chairman of the Pabst Brewing Company

Eugene Kleiner

Financial services

Austrian-born venture capitalist who co-founded KPCB and is considered a pioneer of Silicon Valley

Eugene Meyer

Newspapers and publishing

publisher of The Washington Post

Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Gr

Miscellaneous

gene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)

Eugene Shvidler

Financial services

Russian-American oil tycoon, chairman of Millhouse Capital

Eugene V. Klein

Television, film and video

Chairman and chief stockholder of National General Corporation

Ezri Namvar

Financial services

Iranian-born founder of the Namco Capital Group and former owner of the Security Pacific Bank

Felix Zandman

Manufacturing and distribution

Polish-born founder of electronic components manufacturer Vishay Intertechnology

Florence Greenberg

Music industry

founder of record labels Tiara, Scepter, Hob, and Wand

Frank Yablans

Television, film and video

president of Paramount Pictures

Fred Mendelsohn

Music industry

former president of Savoy Records

Fred Silverman

Television, film and video

former president and CEO of NBC, founder of the Fred Silverman Company

Fred W. Friendly

Television, film and video

former president of CBS News

Gabe Plotkin

Financial services

founder of Melvin Capital Management and minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets

Gail Berman

Television, film and video

founding partner of the Jackal Group, co-founder of media company BermanBraun (now Whalerock Industries)

Gary Barber

Television, film and video

South African-born former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), co-founder of the Spyglass Media Group

Gary Cohn

Financial services

former COO of Goldman-Sachs; Chief Economic Advisor to President Trump (until March 2018)

Gary Friedman

Miscellaneous

chairman and CEO of Restoration Hardware (RH)

Gary Gilbert

Television, film and video

founder of Gilbert Films, co-owner of NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers

Gary Kaplan

Miscellaneous

founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com

Gary Kremen

Miscellaneous

founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)

Gary Richards

Music industry

president of LiveStyle, North America

Gary Winnick

Technology and software

founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing

Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club M

Miscellaneous

ne Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)

George Barrie

Cosmetics

owner and CEO of Fabergé Inc.

George Cohon

Miscellaneous

American-born Canadian founder of McDonald’s of Canada and Russia

George Goldner

Music industry

co-founder of record labels Tico, Gee, Rama, End, Gone, Roulette, Red Bird and Blue Cat

George Kaiser

Financial services

chairman of BOK Financial Corporation

George Karfunkel

Financial services

Hungarian-born co-founder of AmTrust Financial Services and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST)

George Lindemann

Energy and mining

chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company

George R. Roberts

Financial services

co-founder of KKR

George Rohr

Financial services

Colombian-born co-founder of private equity firm NCH Capital

George Sidney

Television, film and video

co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

George Soros

Financial services

Hungarian-American investor and business magnate, founder of Soros Fund Management; member of the Soros family

George Wein

Music industry

music producer, impresario, and founder of the Newport Jazz Festival

Gerald M. Levin

Television, film and video

former executive at Time Warner, Inc. and HBO

Gideon Gartner

Technology and software

Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.

Gigi Pritzker

Television, film and video

co-founder of MWM Studios (formerly known as OddLot Entertainment); member of the Pritzker family

Glenn Dubin

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of Highbridge Capital Management, co-owner of global merchant firm CCI

Goddard Lieberson

Music industry

British-born former president of Columbia Records and the RIAA

Gordon Sondland

Miscellaneous

founder of Provenance Hotels

Greg Fischbach

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment

Greg Lansky

Television, film and video

French-American co-founder of adult film company Vixen Media Group

Greg Lippmann

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of LibreMax Partners

Guma Aguiar

Energy and mining

Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012

Guy Oseary

Music industry

Israeli-American CEO of Maverick, co-founder of Maverick Management; manager of Madonna, U2

Haim Saban

Television, film and video

Egypt-born Israeli-American media mogul, founder of Saban Entertainment and the Saban Capital Group, co-creator of Power Rangers

Hank Greenspun

Newspapers and publishing

publisher of the Las Vegas Sun

Hans Zimmer

Music industry

German-American head of the film music division at DreamWorks, co-founder of Remote Control Productions, Inc.

Harold

Television, film and video

Marvin (1918–2002) and Walter Mirisch (1921–), founders of the Mirisch Company

Harold Katz

Food

founder of weight loss products provider Nutrisystem, Inc. and former owner of NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers

Harry E. Sloan

Television, film and video

former chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the SBS Broadcasting Group

Harvey Levin

Television, film and video

founder of TMZ

Heidi Fleiss

Miscellaneous

former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport

Helen Valentine

Newspapers and publishing

founder of Seventeen magazine

Helena Rubinstein

Cosmetics

Polish-born founder of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated

Henry C. Rogers

Television, film and video

co-founder of Rogers & Cowan

Henry Crown

Aerospace

founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics)

Henry G. Plitt

Television, film and video

founder of the Plitt Theatres chain

Henry Laufer

Financial services

investor, former VP of Research at Renaissance Technologies, co-founder of the Medallion Fund

Henry R. Kravis

Financial services

co-founder of KKR

Henry Samueli

Technology and software

co-founder of the Broadcom Corporation, owner of NHL’s Anaheim Ducks (founded in 1993 by Disney as “the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim”)

Herb Abramson

Music industry

founder of Atlantic Records

Herbert R. Axelrod

Newspapers and publishing

founder of TFH Publications

Herbert Wertheim

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)

Howard Birndorf

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)

Howard Lorber

Financial services

CEO of New Valley LLC (formerly Western Union), chairman of Douglas Elliman and Nathan’s Famous

Howard Lutnick

Financial services

chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald & BGC Partners

Howard Schultz

Miscellaneous

former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron

Hugo Gernsback

Newspapers and publishing

Luxembourgish-born inventor and magazine publisher, founder of Experimenter Publishing (Amazing Stories, Electrical Experimenter, Radio News); Hugo Award eponym

Ira A. Lipman

Miscellaneous

founder and chairman of security company Guardsmark

Ira D. Wallach

Manufacturing and distribution

CEO of family-owned Central National-Gottesman, Inc. (formerly M. Gottesman & Company), one of the world’s largest distributors of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, newsprint and plywood

Irene Rosenfeld

Food

chairman and CEO of Mondelez, former CEO of Kraft Foods

Irving Azoff

Music industry

chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Entertainment, founder of Giant Records, co-founder of the Oak View Group, former chairman of MCA Inc. and Ticketmaster

Irving Green

Music industry

co-founder of Mercury Records

Irving S. Shapiro

Manufacturing and distribution

former CEO of DuPont

Irwin Federman

Financial services

General Partner of U.S. Venture Partners (USVP)

Irwin M.

Technology and software

Co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated

Irwin Winkler

Television, film and video

co-founder of Chartoff-Winkler Productions and Winkler Films

Isaac Rice

Manufacturing and distribution

German-born founder of the Electric Boat Company (now General Dynamics Electric Boat)

Isaac Wolfe Bernheim

Food

German-born co-founder of the Bernheim Brothers Distilling Company (known for the I. W. Harper bourbon whiskey brand)

Isaias W. Hellman

Financial services

German-born banker, co-founder of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles (F&M), president of Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank

Israel “Izzy” Englander

Financial services

investor, founder of Millennium Management

Ivan Boesky

Financial services

former financier and insider trader, founder of Ivan F. Boesky & Company

Ivan Seidenberg

Technology and software

former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners

Izak Parviz Nazarian

Financial services

Iranian-American investor, managing partner at Omninet Capital; member of the Nazarian family

J. Ezra Merkin

Financial services

investor, hedge fund manager, former president of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue; Madoff Ponzi scheme victim

J. M. Brunswick

Manufacturing and distribution

Swiss-born founder of J.M. Brunswick Manufacturing Co. (now Brunswick Corporation)

Jack J. Grynberg

Energy and mining

Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.

Jack Liebowitz

Newspapers and publishing

Russian-born former co-owner of National Allied Publications (later DC Comics)

Jack Nash

Financial services

German-born hedge fund pioneer, former chairman of Oppenheimer & Company, co-founder of the New York Sun

Jack Tramiel

Technology and software

Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)

Jacob A. Frenkel

Financial services

Israeli-American chairman of JPMorgan Chase International

Jacob Arabo

Miscellaneous

Uzbek-born founder of Diamond District-based jewelry company Jacob & Co

Jacob Blaustein

Energy and mining

American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922)

Jacob H. Schiff

Financial services

German-born banker; former leader of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.

Jake Kozloff

Miscellaneous

Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino

James Altucher

Financial services

hedge fund manager and tech investor, founder of StockPickr

James Melcher

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of Balestra Capital Management; former Olympic fencer

James Schamus

Television, film and video

co-founder of Good Machine (acquired by Universal in 2002), former CEO of Focus Features

James Speyer

Financial services

former head of the banking firm Speyer & Co.; member of the Speyer family

James Warburg

Financial services

German-born banker and financial adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Jamie Salter, Canadian-American founder of brand m

Miscellaneous

mie Salter, Canadian-American founder of brand management company Authentic Brands Group (owns Volcom, Spyder, Juicy Couture, Frederick’s, Tapout, Nautica)

Jan Koum

Miscellaneous

Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.

Jann Wenner

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of the Rolling Stone

Jared Cohen

Technology and software

CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)

Jason Binn

Newspapers and publishing

founder of Niche Media (Hamptons, Aspen Peak, Gotham) and DuJour Media

Jason Blum

Television, film and video

founder of Blumhouse Productions

Jason Flom

Music industry

founder of Lava Music, LLC, former chairman and CEO of Atlantic Records

Jason Levien, co-owner of D.C. United Holdings

Miscellaneous

co-owner of EFL Championship’s Swansea City A.F.C. and NBL Australia’s Brisbane Bullets, former CEO of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies

Jay Pritzker

Miscellaneous

co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family

Jay S. Cohen

Miscellaneous

online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX

Jay Schottenstein

Miscellaneous

founder of the Schottenstein Stores Corp., owner of American Signature, chairman of American Eagle

Jay Sures

Television, film and video

co-president of United Talent Agency

Jeff Aronson

Financial services

co-founder of Centerbridge Partners, former partner at Angelo Gordon

Jeff Gaspin

Television, film and video

former chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment

Jeff Pulver

Miscellaneous

VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage

Jeff Weiner

Miscellaneous

CEO of LinkedIn

Jeff Yass

Financial services

co-founder of Susquehanna International Group

Jeff Zucker

Television, film and video

chairman of WarnerMedia News & Sports, former CEO of NBCUniversal

Jeffrey Epstein

Financial services

financier, founder of Intercontinental Assets Group and J. Epstein Co.

Jeffrey J. Rothschild

Miscellaneous

ffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Television, film and video

co-founder of DreamWorks, former chairman of Walt Disney Studios

Jeffrey Lorberbaum

Manufacturing and distribution

chairman and CEO of Mohawk Industries

Jeffrey Vinik

Financial services

former hedge fund manager, owner of NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning

Jeremy Jacobs

Miscellaneous

chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL’s Boston Bruins

Jeremy Levin

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva

Jeremy Stoppelman

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Yelp

Jerome Kohlberg Jr.

Financial services

co-founder of KKR, founder of Kohlberg & Company

Jerry Bruckheimer

Television, film and video

founder of Jerry Bruckheimer Inc., co-founder and co-owner of NHL’s Seattle Kraken

Jerry Finkelstein

Newspapers and publishing

former publisher of the New York Law Journal and the Hill

Jerry Heller

Music industry

co-founder of Ruthless Records; known for launching West Coast’s gangsta rap movement

Jerry Moss

Music industry

co-founder of A&M Records

Jerry Weintraub

Television, film and video

founder of the Weintraub Entertainment Group (WEG)

Jerry Wexler

Music industry

former co-owner of Atlantic Records; coined the term “rhythm and blues” (R&B)

Jesse Itzler

Aerospace

co-founder of NetJets and co-owner of NBA’s Atlanta Hawks

Jim Simons

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of Renaissance Technologies

Jody Gerson

Music industry

chairman of the Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG)

Joe Glaser

Music industry

founder of the Associated Booking Corporation, manager of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday

Joe Sanberg

Financial services

co-founder of online banking and investing firm Aspiration, Inc.

Joel and Ethan Coen

Television, film and video

founders of Mike Zoss Productions

Joel Silver

Television, film and video

founder of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment

Joel Spolsky

Technology and software

co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello

Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/

Miscellaneous

ey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)

John D. Hertz

Miscellaneous

Slovak-born founder of the Yellow Cab Company

John Frankel

Financial services

British-American founder of ff Venture Capital

John Gutfreund

Financial services

former CEO of Salomon Brothers

John Kohn

Television, film and video

former head of production for EMI

John Zimmer

Technology and software

co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft

Johnny Hyde

Television, film and video

Russian-born talent agent, former vice-president of WMA, and known for developing the career of Marilyn Monroe

Jon Feltheimer

Television, film and video

CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

Jon Oringer

Miscellaneous

founder of Shutterstock

Jon P. Diamond

Financial services

co-founder of the Safe Auto Insurance Company

Jonathan D. Gray

Financial services

president and COO of the Blackstone Group, chairman of Hilton Worldwide Holdings

Jonathan Greenblatt

Newspapers and publishing

former CEO of GOOD Worldwide, Inc.

Jonathan Karp

Newspapers and publishing

publisher of Simon & Schuster

Jonathan Klein

Miscellaneous

South African-born co-founder of Getty Images

Jonathan Lavine

Financial services

co-managing partner of investment firm Bain Capital and CIO of Bain Capital Credit; co-owner of NBA’s Boston Celtics

Jonathan Tisch

Miscellaneous

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

Jordan Belfort

Financial services

former stock broker, founder of Stratton Oakmont

Joseph Ainslie Bear

Financial services

co-founder of investment bank Bear Stearns

Joseph Edelman

Financial services

founder of hedge fund Perceptive Advisors

Joseph Fels

Manufacturing and distribution

soap manufacturer, co-developer of the Fels-Naptha brand

Joseph Lubin

Technology and software

Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum

Joseph M. Schenck

Television, film and video

co-founder of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a.k.a. the Academy)

Joseph Neubauer

Food

Mandatory Palestine-born former CEO of the Aramark Corp., and former VP of PepsiCo, Inc.

Joseph Pulitzer

Newspapers and publishing

Hungarian-born former publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World; known for pioneering yellow journalism and establishing the Pulitzer Prizes

Joseph S. Gruss

Energy and mining

Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company

Joseph Segel

Television, film and video

founder of home shopping channel QVC and the Franklin Mint

Joseph Seligman

Financial services

German-born co-founder of investment bank J. & W. Seligman & Co.

Josh Harris

Financial services

co-founder of Apollo Global Management and owner of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL’s New Jersey Devils, and the NFL’s Washington Commanders

Josh Kopelman

Miscellaneous

founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC

Josh Linkner

Financial services

former CEO of Detroit Venture Partners

Josh Sapan

Television, film and video

president and CEO of AMC Networks Inc.

Josh Schwartz

Television, film and video

co-founder of Fake Empire

Joshua Topolsky

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of Vox Media, Inc. (the Verge, SB Nation, Polygon, Curbed), founder of digital media company The Outline

Jules Bache

Financial services

founder of J. S. Bache & Co.

Jules C. Stein

Music industry

co-founder of the Music Corporation of America; member of the Stein family

Jules Kroll

Miscellaneous

founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.

Julian A. Brodsky

Technology and software

co-founder of the Comcast Corporation

Julius Kayser

Manufacturing and distribution

founder of the Julius Kayser Company (now Kayser-Roth)

Justin Ishbia

Financial services

founding partner of Shore Capital Partners

Juval Aviv

Miscellaneous

Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International

Karen Finerman

Financial services

co-founder of hedge fund Metropolitan Capital Advisors

Katie Rodan

Cosmetics

co-founder of Rodan + Fields (R+F), co-creator of Proactiv

Kay Koplovitz

Television, film and video

co-founder of USA Network

Ken Grossman

Food

founder of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Ken Moelis

Financial services

is an investment banker. He is also the founder, chairman and CEO of Moelis & Company

Ken Oshman

Technology and software

former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation

Kenneth D. Tuchman

Technology and software

founder of TeleTech

Kenneth M. Jacobs

Financial services

chairman and CEO of Lazard Ltd

Kobi Alexander

Technology and software

Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology

Larry Ellison

Technology and software

co-founder of the Oracle Corporation

Larry Kirshbaum

Newspapers and publishing

former chief of publishing for Amazon Publishing and CEO of the Time Warner Book Group

Larry Page

Technology and software

co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.

Larry Robbins

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of Glenview Capital Management

Larry Rudolph

Music industry

founder of Reign Deer Entertainment, co-founder of Maverick Management; manager of Britney Spears

Laurence D. Fink

Financial services

financial executive, co-founder of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager.

Laurence Tisch

Television, film and video

former CEO of CBS

Lawrence M. Gelb

Cosmetics

co-founder of hair care company Clairol (Nice ‘n Easy, Herbal Essences); member of the Gelb family

Lawrence S. Phillips

Manufacturing and distribution

chairman of the Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (now PVH Corp.; owns the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, Calvin Klein Inc., IZOD)

Lazarus Dinkelspiel

Miscellaneous

German-born founder of L. Dinkelspiel & Co.

Lee Stern

Financial services

futures and options trader; founder of Lee B. Stern & Company; co-owner of MLB’s Chicago White Sox

Lenny Waronker

Music industry

former president of Warner Bros. Records and co-chairman of DreamWorks Records

Leo Feist

Music industry

founder of music publishing firm Leo Feist, Inc.

Leo Gerstenzang

Miscellaneous

Polish-born founder of Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Co., inventor of Q-tips

Leo Melamed

Financial services

Polish-born financial futures pioneer, chairman emeritus of the CME Group

Leon Black

Financial services

co-founder of Apollo Global Management

Leon Cooperman

Financial services

investor and hedge fund manager, chairman of Omega Advisors

Leon Godchaux

Food

French-born sugar farmer and refiner; founder of Leon Godchaux Clothing Co.

Leon Hess

Energy and mining

founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL’s New York Jets

Leon Schlesinger

Television, film and video

founder of Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)

Leon Shimkin

Newspapers and publishing

former executive and partner at Simon & Schuster

Leonard Adleman

Technology and software

co-founder of RSA Security LLC

Leonard Blavatnik

Financial services

Ukraine-born British-American investor, founder of Access Industries

Leonard Goldenson

Television, film and video

founder of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Leonard I. Green

Financial services

founder of Leonard Green & Partners, West Coast’s largest LBO firm

Leonard L. Abess

Financial services

owner and CEO of City National Bank of Florida

Leonard M. Tannenbaum

Financial services

founder of Fifth Street Asset Management

Leonard N. Stern

Financial services

investor, chairman and CEO of the Hartz Group and Hartz Mountain Industries

Leonard Schleifer

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Les Alexander

Financial services

investor, founder of the Alexander Group, former owner of NBA’s Houston Rockets

Les Moonves

Television, film and video

president and CEO of the CBS Corporation, former co-COO of Viacom, Inc.

Les Wexner

Miscellaneous

chairman and CEO of L Brands, Inc. (owns Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works)

Lester Koenig

Music industry

founder of Contemporary Records

Levy Gerzberg

Technology and software

Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation

Lew Chudd

Music industry

Canadian-born founder of Imperial Records

Lew Wasserman

Television, film and video

former executive at MCA Inc.

Lewis Eisenberg

Financial services

co-founder of private equity firm Granite Capital International Group

Lewis Glucksman

Financial services

CEO and chairman of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb

Lewis Rosenstiel

Food

founder of Schenley Industries

Linda J. Wachner

Manufacturing and distribution

former president and CEO of textile/clothing distribution company Warnaco Group, Inc.

Lionel Pincus

Financial services

co-founder of private equity firm Warburg Pincus

Lior Ron

Technology and software

Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps

Lloyd Braun

Television, film and video

owner of Whalerock Industries, former chairman of the ABC Entertainment Group

Lloyd C. Blankfein

Financial services

former CEO of Goldman-Sachs

Lorne Michaels

Television, film and video

Canadian-American founder of multimedia entertainment studio Broadway Video, creator of Saturday Night Live

Lou Adler

Music industry

co-founder of Dunhill Records, co-owner of West Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre

Lou Pearlman

Music industry

record producer, founder of Trans Continental Records; manager/creator of the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC

Lou Scheimer

Television, film and video

co-founder of Filmation

Louis B. Mayer

Television, film and video

Belarus-born co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Louis Blaustein

Energy and mining

Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)

Ludwig Jesselson

Energy and mining

German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro

Lyor Cohen

Music industry

Israeli-American co-founder of 300 Entertainment, former president of Def Jam Recordings

M. Lincoln Schuster

Newspapers and publishing

Austrian-born co-founder of Simon & Schuster

Maksymilian Faktorowicz

Cosmetics

Polish-born founder of Max Factor & Company (now owned by Coty)

Marc Benioff

New media

co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce

Marc Eugene Meyer

Financial services

French-American former president of Lazard Frères & Co.

Marc J. Leder

Financial services

co-founder of Sun Capital Partners, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers

Marc Klaw

Television, film and video

former theatre owner and co-founder of the Theatrical Syndicate

Marc Lasry

Financial services

Moroccan-born hedge fund manager, co-founder (along with his sister Sonia (born 1962)) of the Avenue Capital Group, co-owner of NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks

Marc Mezvinsky

Financial services

investment banker, co-founder of Eaglevale Partners; husband of Chelsea Clinton

Marc Nathanson

Television, film and video

cable television pioneer, founder of Falcon Cable

Marc Rich

Financial services

Belgian-American former oil trader, hedge fund manager and founder of Glencore plc

Marc Rowan

Financial services

co-founder of Apollo Global Management

Marcus Goldman

Financial services

German-born co-founder of Goldman-Sachs; member of the Goldman-Sachs family

Marcus Loew

Television, film and video

founder of Loew’s theater chain, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Mark Cuban

Financial services

start-up investor, owner of NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, co-founder of 2929 Entertainment

Mark Nordlicht

Financial services

American-Israeli hedge fund manager, founder of Platinum Partners

Mark Pincus

Miscellaneous

co-founder of social game developing company Zynga

Mark Rachesky

Television, film and video

chairman of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

Mark Spiegler

Television, film and video

founder of Spiegler Girls, Inc.

Mark Weinberger

Miscellaneous

former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)

Mark Zuckerberg

Technology and software

co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

Marshall Cogan

Financial services

former partner at Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt and founder of the United Automotive Group

Martha Nierenberg

Manufacturing and distribution

Hungarian-born co-founder of home accessories distributor and retailer Dansk International Designs

Martin Frankel

Financial services

investor, founder of Winthrop Capital; known for using astrology to make financial trading decisions

Martin Goodman

Newspapers and publishing

founder of Timely Publications (later Marvel Comics)

Martine Rothblatt

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio

Marty Bandier

Music industry

CEO of Sony/ATV, former chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing

Marty Peretz

Newspapers and publishing

The New Republic

Marvin Davis

Energy and mining

chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., briefly owner of 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel; member of the Davis family

Marvin Sands

Food

founder of Constellation Brands (now led by his sons, Rob (1958/1959-) and Richard (born 1950/1951))

Mat Ishbia

Financial services

CEO and chairman of mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage

Maurice Tempelsman

Miscellaneous

Belgian-American diamond magnate, founder of the Tempelsman Group, chairman of Lazare Kaplan International (LKI)

Maurice Wertheim

Financial services

founder of Wertheim & Co.

Max Factor Jr.

Cosmetics

president of Max Factor & Company

Max Fisher

Energy and mining

founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest

Max Levchin

Miscellaneous

Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the “PayPal Mafia”

Max Samuel Grifenhagen

Food

founder of Duffy-Mott Company, Inc. and the Monopole Vineyards Corporation

Mel Bernstein

Miscellaneous

Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner

Meredith Kopit Levien

Newspapers and publishing

CEO of The New York Times Company

Merv Adelson

Television, film and video

co-founder of Lorimar Television

Meyer Guggenheim

Energy and mining

Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family

Michael Bloomberg

Financial services

co-founder of global financial services, software and mass media company Bloomberg

Michael Dell

Technology and software

founder of DELL

Michael Eisner

Television, film and video

founder of the Hollywood Pictures Company and the Tornante Company, former long-time CEO of the Walt Disney Company

Michael F. Price

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of MFP Investors

Michael G. Rubin

Technology and software

founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)

Michael Krasny

Miscellaneous

founder of the CDW Corporation

Michael Lang

Music industry

music promoter, founder of Just Sunshine Records, and co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival

Michael Lynton

Television, film and video

British-American former chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, chairman of Snap Inc.

Michael Milken

Financial services

financier, junk-bond specialist, founder of the Milken Institute

Michael Morhaime

Miscellaneous

co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment

Michael Ovitz

Television, film and video

former president of Disney, co-founder of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Michael S. Rosenfeld

Television, film and video

co-founder of Creative Artists Agency.

Michael Steinhardt

Financial services

investor and hedge fund manager, co-founder of Steinhardt Partners, chairman of WisdomTree Investments

Michel Fribourg

Food

Belgian-American chairman and CEO of family-owned ContiGroup Companies (later led by his son, Paul (1954/1955–))

Micky Arison

Miscellaneous

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

Mike Medavoy

Television, film and video

Chinese-born co-founder of Orion Pictures and Phoenix Pictures, former chairman of TriStar Pictures; member of the Medavoy family

Mike Zimring

Television, film and video

senior agent at the William Morris Agency

Milt Gabler

Music industry

founder of Commodore Records

Milton Glaser

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of the New York Magazine, creator of the “I Love New York” logo

Milton Rackmil

Music industry

co-founder of Decca Records and former head of Universal Pictures

Milton Shapp

Manufacturing and distribution

founder of cable television equipment manufacturing company Jerrold Electronics

Mindy Grossman

Television, film and video

former CEO of Home Shopping Network (HSN)

Miriam Bienstock

Music industry

former senior executive at Atlantic Records

Mitch Kapor

Technology and software

founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Mitchell R. Julis

Financial services

co-founder of the Canyon Capital Advisors hedge fund

Mitchell Wolfson

Television, film and video

co-founder of the Wolfson-Meyer Theater Company, and former Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida

Mo Ostin

Music industry

record executive at Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks

Moishe Mana

Miscellaneous

Israeli-born founder of Moishe’s Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios

Morris B. Zale

Miscellaneous

Russian-born co-founder of jewelry retailer, the Zale Corporation

Morris Levy

Music industry

co-founder of Roulette Records

Morris Markin

Manufacturing and distribution

Russian-born founder of the Checker Motors Corporation

Morris Mirkin

Miscellaneous

founder of Budget Rent-a-Car

Morris Schapiro

Financial services

Lithuanian-born investment banker, founder of M. A. Schapiro & Company; known for negotiating the merger of Chase Bank and Bank of Manhattan

Mortimer

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family

Mortimer Zuckerman

Newspapers and publishing

Canadian-American publisher of U.S. News & World Report, former owner of the New York Daily News, The Atlantic and Fast Company, co-founder of Boston Properties, Inc.

Morton L. Janklow

Newspapers and publishing

co-founder of Janklow & Nesbit Associates, the largest literary agency in the world

Morton Mandel

Manufacturing and distribution

co-founder of electronics parts distributor Premier Industrial Corporation

Moses Asch

Music industry

Polish-born co-founder of Folkways Records

Mosheh Oinounou

Television, film and video

executive producer of CBS Evening News

Nancy Zimmerman

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of Bracebridge Capital

Nat Simons

Financial services

hedge fund manager and investor, (co-)founder of the Meritage Group and Prelude Ventures, co-chairman of Renaissance Technologies

Nat Tarnopol

Music industry

record producer, president of Brunswick Records; manager of Jackie Wilson

Nathan Cummings

Food

Canadian-born founder of the Sara Lee Corporation

Nathan Handwerker

Miscellaneous

Polish-born co-founder of Nathan’s Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))

Neal H. Moritz

Television, film and video

founder of Original Film

Neal Shapiro

Television, film and video

president and CEO of WNET, former president of NBC News

Neil Kadisha

Financial services

Iranian-born co-founder of investment firm Omninet Capital

Nelson Morris

Food

German-born founder of meatpacking company Morris & Company (later led by his son, Edward)

Nelson Obus

Financial services

hedge fund manager, co-founder of Wynnefield Capital

Nelson Peltz

Financial services

investor, co-founder of Trian Fund Management

Nicholas

Financial services

Karen (born 1958), Jennifer (born 1950) and John Pritzker (19&3–), investors; members of the Pritzker family

Nir Zuk

Technology and software

Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks

Noah Oppenheim

Television, film and video

president of NBC News

Noah Tepperberg

Miscellaneous

NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)

Noam Gottesman

Financial services

Israeli-born British-American hedge fund manager and investor, co-founder of GLG Partners, CEO of TOMS Capital

Norman Braman

Miscellaneous

car dealer, former co-owner of NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles; Madoff Ponzi scheme victim

Norman Brokaw

Television, film and video

chairman of the William Morris Agency

Norman Granz

Music industry

founder of Clef Records, Norgran Records, Verve Records and Pablo Records

Norman Lear

Television, film and video

co-founder of ELP Communications and Tandem Productions

Norman Pearlstine

Newspapers and publishing

media executive, CCO at Bloomberg L.P. and Time Inc., former executive editor of the Wall Street Journal

Oren Zeev

Financial services

Israeli-American start-up investor, founder of Zeev Ventures, co-founder of Tipalti

Orin Kramer

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of Boston Provident

Orit Gadiesh

Miscellaneous

Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company

Orrin Keepnews

Music industry

co-founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records

Oscar Hammerstein I

Manufacturing and distribution

German-born cigar manufacturer, founder of the U.S Tobacco Journal

Otto Hermann Kahn

Financial services

German-born investment banker, partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; known for the reorganization of American railroad systems

Patrick Whitesell

Television, film and video

media executive, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor and the International Management Group (IMG)

Paul Binder

Miscellaneous

co-founder of the Big Apple Circus

Paul Block

Newspapers and publishing

president of Block Communications and publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade

Paul Kalmanovitz

Food

Polish-born brewing company magnate, LBO specialist

Paul Merage

Food

Iranian-born co-founder of Chef America Inc. and inventor of the Hot Pockets microwaveable meals; member of the Merage family

Paul P.

Financial services

co-founders of investment-management firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Company (now AllianceBernstein)

Paul Singer

Financial services

hedge fund manager, founder of the Elliott Management Corporation

Paul Soros

Manufacturing and distribution

Hungarian-born shipping industry magnate, founder of Soros Associates; member of the Soros family

Paul Wachter

Financial services

founder of Main Street Advisors, a VIP-focused financial and asset management advisory firm

Paul Warburg

Financial services

German-born former chairman of the Bank of the Manhattan Company (predecessor of Chase Manhattan Bank) and director of the FED

Peter A. Cohen

Financial services

chairman and CEO of Cowen Group

Peter B. Lewis

Financial services

former chairman and owner of the Progressive Insurance Company

Peter Brant

Manufacturing and distribution

co-owner of paper manufacturer Brant-Allen Industries

Peter Chernin

Television, film and video

media executive & investor, founder of the Chernin Group; former president and COO of News Corp.

Peter Guber

Television, film and video

chairman and CEO of the Mandalay Entertainment Group, former CEO of PolyGram Films, co-owner of NBA’s Golden State Warriors and MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers

Peter Mayer

Newspapers and publishing

British-born co-founder of the Overlook Press, and former CEO of Penguin Books

Peter S. Kraus, CEO of AllianceBernstein

Financial services

ter S. Kraus, CEO of AllianceBernstein (AB)

Peter Schiff

Financial services

CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital.

Peter Weinberg

Financial services

co-founder of Perella Weinberg Partners

Phil Berg

Television, film and video

co-founder of the Berg-Allenberg talent agency

Phil Katz

Technology and software

founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37

Phil Spector

Music industry

co-founder of record labels Philles and Warner-Spector; developer of the Wall of Sound formula

Philippe Kahn

Technology and software

French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation

Phillip Frost

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva

Pincus Green

Financial services

oil and gas commodities trader

Rachel Haurwitz

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences

Rande Gerber

Miscellaneous

nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos

Randy Lerner

Financial services

investor, former owner of the MBNA Corporation; former owner of EPL’s Aston Villa F.C.

Randy Phillips

Music industry

former president of the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) and current president and CEO of LiveStyle (formerly SFX Entertainment)

Ray Stark