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List of Jewish American businesspeople
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This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
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Aerospace
- 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]
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Cosmetics
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)[14]
- 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]
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Financial services
Food
Manufacturing and distribution
Miscellaneous
- Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International[37][38]
- Larry Baer (1957–), 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]
- Michael Rubin (1972–), founder of global digital sports platform Fanatics, Inc.[55][56]
- Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons[57][58]
- Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company[59]
- Casey Wasserman (1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman[60][61]
- Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)[62][63]
- Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration[64][65]
- Daniel Yergin (1947–), vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit[66]
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Music industry
Newspapers and publishing
Pharmaceuticals and healthcare
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- Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–), Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics[67]
- Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)[68][69]
- Alan Cohen (1954–), founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals[70]
- Phillip Frost (1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva[71]
- Alex Grass (1927–2009), founder of the Rite Aid Corporation[72]
- Bennett Greenspan (1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)[73][74]
- Rachel Haurwitz (1985–), co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences[75]
- Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare[76]
- Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva[77]
- Arthur D. Levinson (1950–), CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech[78]
- Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation[79]
- Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc.[80][81]
- Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC[82]
- Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in 2012)[83]
- Martine Rothblatt (1954–), founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio[84][85]
- Mortimer (1916–2010) and Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family[86]
- Leonard Schleifer (1953–), founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals[87][88]
- Cheryl Shuman (1960–), founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club[89]
- Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies[90]
- Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of ImClone Systems, Kadmon Corporation[91][92][93]
- Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)[94][95]
- Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Inc.[96]
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Real estate
Retail
Technology and software
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- Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp.[97]
- Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security LLC[98]
- Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)[99]
- Beny Alagem (1953–), Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel[100]
- Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology[101]
- Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of NBA's Los Angeles Clippers[102][103]
- Werner Michael Blumenthal (1926–), former chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys[104]
- Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast Corporation[105]
- Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation[106]
- Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk[107]
- Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.[108]
- Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)[109]
- Michael Dell (1965–), founder of DELL[110]
- Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation[111]
- David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa[112]
- Gideon Gartner (1935–2020), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.[113]
- Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation[114]
- Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel[115][116]
- Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel[117]
- Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)[118]
- Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation[119]
- David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.[120][121]
- Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm Incorporated[122]
- Andy Jassy (1968–), CEO of Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken[123]
- Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation[124]
- Dan Kaminsky (1979–2021), co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops[125]
- Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)[126][127]
- Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37[128][129]
- Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker)[130]
- Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation[131]
- Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay[132]
- Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim[133]
- Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum[134]
- Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation[135][136]
- Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family[137][138]
- Lior Ron (1977–), Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps[139]
- Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds[140]
- Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global[141]
- Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)[142]
- 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")[143]
- Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity Corporation[144]
- Dan Schulman (1958–), former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile[145]
- Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners[146]
- Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation[147][148][149]
- Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello[150][151]
- Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions[152]
- Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)[153]
- Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems[154]
- Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TeleTech[155]
- Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm[156]
- Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing[157][158]
- Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research[159]
- Amit Yoran (1970–2025), former CEO of Tenable, Inc., former president of RSA Security, former CEO of Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech[160]
- Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)[161]
- John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft[162]
- Nir Zuk (1971–), Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks[163]
New media
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- Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)[164]
- Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI[165]
- Dario Amodei (1983–), Italian-American co-founder of AI company Anthropic[166][167]
- Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com[168][169]
- Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance[170]
- Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce[171]
- Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X Development[172][173]
- Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX[174]
- Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.[175]
- Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment[176]
- Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.[177][178]
- Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo[179]
- Daniel Gross (1991–), Israeli-American co-founder of AI company Safe Superintelligence Inc.[180]
- Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps[181]
- Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com[182]
- Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images[183]
- Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC[184][185]
- Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.[186]
- Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively[187]
- Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)[188]
- Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), founder of health technology company Tempus AI, co-founder of Groupon[189]
- Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"[172][190]
- Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.[191]
- Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)[192]
- David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com[193][194]
- Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno[195]
- Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon[196]
- Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)[197][198]
- Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[199][200]
- Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork[201][202]
- Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist[203]
- Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks[204]
- Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock[205]
- Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.[206]
- Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)[207]
- Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga[208][209][210]
- Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.[211]
- Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage[212]
- Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder[213][214]
- Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com[215]
- Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.[216]
- David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal[217]
- Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google[218]
- Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.[219][220]
- Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp[221]
- Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit[222]
- Jeff Weiner (1970–), CEO of LinkedIn[223]
- Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.[224]
- Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia[225]
- Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.[226]
Television, film and video
Tourism and hotels
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- 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)[227][228]
- 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[229][230][231][232]
- Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills[233][234]
- Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner[235][236]
- Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus[237]
- Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley[238]
- Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires[239][240]
- Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)[241][242]
- Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos[243]
- Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers[244]
- Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International[245]
- Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.[246]
- David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)[247]
- Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel[248][249]
- Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins[250]
- Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)[251][252]
- Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino[253]
- Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator[254]
- Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family[255][256]
- Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach[257][258]
- Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher[259]
- Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC[260]
- Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group[261][262]
- Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family[263][264]
- Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)[265][266]
- Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts[267]
- Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner[268]
- Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group[269][270]
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino[271]
- David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts[272][273]
- Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels[274][275]
- Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)[276][277]
- 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[278][279]
- Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes[280][281]
- Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts[282]
Restaurants
- Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins[283][284]
- George Cohon (1937–2023), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's of Canada and Russia[285]
- Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))[286]
- Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream)[287]
- Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants[288]
- Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)[289]
- Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse[290]
- Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel[291]
- William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts[292][293]
- Howard Schultz (1953–), former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron[294]
- Daniel Schwartz (1980/1981–), co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes[295]
- Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks Corporation[296][297]
See also
- Lists of Jewish Americans
- Businesspeople
References
Further reading
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