List of centenarians (businessmen)
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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as businessmen – known for reasons other than their longevity
. Living individuals are listed bolded and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Longevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
. Living individuals are listed bolded and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
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| Bion Barnett Bion Barnett Bion Hall Barnett was an American banker. In 1877 he co-founded Barnett Bank, known as "Florida's Bank", the largest in the U.S. state of Florida at the time of its acquisition by NationsBank in 1997.-Early years:... |
1857–1958 | 101 | American founder of Barnett Bank Barnett Bank Barnett Bank, founded in 1877, eventually became the largest commercial bank in Florida with over 600 offices and $41.2 billion in deposits. The purchase by NationsBank was announced August 29, 1997, but even before signs on Barnett's branches were changed, NationsBank merged with BankAmerica in... |
| Charles D. Barney Charles D. Barney Charles Dennis Barney was an American stockbroker and founder of Charles D. Barney & Co., one of the predecessors of the brokerage and securities firm Smith Barney.... |
1844–1945 | 101 | American stock broker Stock broker A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors... and financier Financier Financier is a term for a person who handles typically large sums of money, usually involving money lending, financing projects, large-scale investing, or large-scale money management. The term is French, and derives from finance or payment... |
| Edward Bernays Edward Bernays Edward Louis Bernays , was an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda along with Ivy Lee, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations"... |
1891–1995 | 103 | Austrian-American publicist Publicist A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album... |
| Andrew George Burry Andrew George Burry Andrew George Burry was a businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born in Undervillier, Switzerland, he emigrated to the United States in 1884. Burry founded the Wayne Paper Box and Printing Corp... |
1873–1975 | 101 | Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist |
| Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot was an American industrialist and philanthropist, who founded the Cabot Corporation.-Early life:... |
1861–1962 | 101 | American businessman |
| Daniel Carasso Daniel Carasso Daniel Carasso , a member of the prominent Sephardic Jewish Carasso family and the son of Isaac Carasso, founded the United States Dannon company and built up the Groupe Danone into a multinational business.-Biography:... |
1905–2009 | 103 | Greek-born French businessman |
| Philip L. Carret Philip L. Carret Philip L. Carret was an investor and founder of Pioneer Fund , one of the first Mutual Funds in the United States .... |
1896–1998 | 101 | American investor Investor An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc... |
| William F. Cotton | 1897–2006 | 108 | American businessman |
| James Coyne James Coyne James Elliott Coyne, BCL, BA was the second Governor of the Bank of Canada, from 1955 to 1961, succeeding Graham Towers. During his time in office, he had a much-publicized debate with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, a debate often referred to as the "Coyne Affair" .-Life and career:Coyne was... |
1910 – | Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada is Canada's central bank and "lender of last resort". The Bank was created by an Act of Parliament on July 3, 1934 as a privately owned corporation. In 1938, the Bank became a Crown corporation belonging to the Government of Canada... |
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| Frederick C. Crawford Frederick C. Crawford Frederick Coolidge Crawford was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was also the president of Thompson Products, Inc... |
1891–1994 | 103 | American industrialist Business magnate A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, tycoon, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to an entrepreneur who has reached prominence and derived a notable amount of wealth from a particular industry .-Etymology:The word magnate itself... and philanthropist |
| Maxwell Cummings Maxwell Cummings Maxwell Cummings, was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of David and Beatrice Cummings, he came to Montreal with his family in 1911.... |
1898–2001 | 103 | Canadian real estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or... builder and philanthropist |
| A. Wallace Denny A. Wallace Denny A. Wallace "Wally" Denny served as Deputy Chief Scout of the Boy Scouts of Canada.In 1977, Denny was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 26th World... |
1906–2008 | 101 | Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada Scouts Canada Scouts Canada is a Canadian Scouting association that, in affiliation with the French-language Association des Scouts du Canada, is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement... and vice-president of Goodyear Canada Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery.... |
| D. Howard Doane D. Howard Doane Duane Howard Doane was most widely known as the founder and long-time Chairman of the Board of , which is the oldest, and for decades was the largest, farm management, appraisal and agricultural research organization in the United States.Among his many life accomplishments, Doane served on an... |
1883–1984 | 100 | American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services |
| Günter Fronius Günter Fronius Günter Fronius is an entrepreneur and the founder of Fronius International GmbH.Fronius was born in Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary , and obtained his engineering degree from Wroclaw University of Technology in 1945.... |
1907 – | Transylvanian Saxon Transylvanian Saxons The Transylvanian Saxons are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania from the 12th century onwards.The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of Hungary . For decades, the main task of the German settlers was to defend the southeastern border of the... entrepreneur |
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| A. G. Gaston A. G. Gaston Arthur George Gaston was an African-American businessman who established a number of businesses in Birmingham, Alabama and who played a significant role in the struggle to integrate Birmingham in 1963.-Early life:... |
1892–1996 | 103 | African American businessman |
| Albert Hamilton Gordon Albert Hamilton Gordon Albert Hamilton Gordon , was a businessman who transformed the Wall Street firm of Kidder Peabody. He bought the firm in 1931 and remained its chairman until selling it to General Electric in 1986... |
1901–2009 | 107 | American businessman |
| Cecil Howard Green Cecil Howard Green Cecil Howard Green was a British-born American geophysicist who trained at the University of British Columbia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.... |
1900–2003 | 102 | British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology... |
| Mary Guiney Mary Guiney Mary Guiney was the chairperson of the Clerys department store group, based in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.She took over the post as chairperson following the death of her husband, Denis Guiney .... |
1901–2004 | 103 | Irish chairperson of Clerys Clerys Clerys is a long-established department store on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, a focal point of the street, and of the city.... |
| Walter Haefner Walter Haefner Walter Haefner is a businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder in Ireland. He was born in Switzerland.As a young man, Walter Haefner went to work in the auto industry as an employee of the Swiss division of General Motors Corporation... |
1910 – | Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder Horse breeding Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses... |
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| Ebby Halliday Ebby Halliday Ebby Halliday is an American realtor and businesswoman who founded Ebby Halliday Realtors, which now sells more homes than any other broker in Texas, was the 11th-biggest in the country in 2007, according to a new report from RealTrends Inc.She is one of the first successful female entrepreneurs... |
1911 – | American realtor | |
| Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet Sir Jack Wolfred Ashford Harris, 2nd Baronet was a New Zealand businessman, and the second baronet of the Harris Baronetcy of Bethnal Green, County of London which was created for his father Sir Percy Harris in 1932... |
1906–2009 | 103 | British-born New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... businessman |
| Leopold Hawelka Leopold Hawelka Leopold Hawelka is an Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka . He was born in Mistelbach... |
1911 – | Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka | |
| Kilian Hennessy Kilian Hennessy Kilian Hennessy was an French business magnate, of Irish origin, and patriarch of the Hennessy cognac company.... |
1907–2010 | 103 | Irish businessman (Hennessy Hennessy Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a world-leading cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Today, the company of Jas Hennessy & Co... cognac Cognac Cognac is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Geography:Cognac is situated on the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Saintes. The majority of the town has been built on the river's left bank, with the smaller right... ) |
| Alf Ihlen Alf Ihlen Alf Ihlen was a Norwegian industrialist.He was born in Skedsmo, as a son of engineer and politician Nils Claus Ihlen and Henriette Marie Lund. He was co-manager of the workshop Strømmens Værksted for about fifty years, along with his brother Joakim Ihlen... |
1900–2006 | 105 | Norwegian factory manager |
| Isaac Charles Johnson Isaac Charles Johnson Isaac Charles Johnson was a British cement manufacturer, and a pioneer of the Portland cement industry.He was born in London. His father was a charge-hand at Francis & White's "Roman Cement" plant in Nine Elms. He himself worked there as a labourer from age 16 while studying chemistry... |
1811–1911 | 100 | British cement manufacturer |
| Joseph M. Juran Joseph M. Juran Joseph Moses Juran was a 20th century management consultant who is principally remembered as an evangelist for quality and quality management, writing several influential books on those subjects. He was the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan H... |
1904–2008 | 103 | Romanian-American quality management Quality management The term Quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition, which does not aim to assure 'good quality' by the more general definition , can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality... guru |
| Irving Kahn Irving Kahn Irving Kahn is an American value investor and money manager and the oldest living investment professional. He was an early disciple of Benjamin Graham, the creator of the value investing methodology. Kahn began his career in 1928 and continues to work to this day at the age of... |
1905 – | American financial analyst | |
| Yutaka Katayama Yutaka Katayama Yutaka Katayama , also known as Mr K, is a former Japanese automotive executive who was employed by Nissan and served as the first president of Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A... |
1909 – | Japanese automotive executive | |
| Hans List Hans List Hans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur.... |
1896–1996 | 100 | Austrian businessman |
| Garnet Hercules Mackley Garnet Hercules Mackley Garnet Hercules Mackley was a New Zealand businessman, railways manager and politician.He became general manager of New Zealand Railways in 1933. During his tenure, Mackley worked hard to improve the standard and range of services provided by the railways... |
1883–1986 | 102 | New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department New Zealand Railways Department The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was reformed in 1981 into the New... |
| Denis Mahon | 1910–2011 | 100 | British art collector and historian |
| Ronald Mansbridge Ronald Mansbridge Ronald Mansbridge was a publisher, author and wit. He served for forty years as US representative for Cambridge University Press... |
1905–2006 | 100 | British publisher |
| Arthur Marshall | 1903–2007 | 103 | British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace Marshall Aerospace The Marshall companies have been internationally associated with aerospace engineering for nearly a century. The company employs over 1,800 people and is based on an site with of covered hangar space... |
| Samuel McLaughlin Samuel McLaughlin Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, CC, ED, CD was an influential Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Co... |
1871–1972 | 100 | Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada General Motors Canada General Motors of Canada Limited is General Motors' Canadian division. Its national headquarters office, Canadian Regional Engineering Centre, and main manufacturing plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario. GM Canada is 100% owned by GM.As of Apr... |
| Walter L. Morgan Walter L. Morgan Walter L. Morgan was the founder of the Wellington Fund, the first balanced mutual fund in the United States and one of the oldest surviving mutual funds. Morgan was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania where he prepared at the Hillman Academy... |
1898–1998 | 100 | American founder of Wellington Fund Wellington Fund The Wellington Fund was the first balanced mutual fund in the United States, and is one of the oldest surviving mutual funds. It was established in 1928 by Walter L. Morgan with $100,000 raised from relatives and business people in Morgan's home state of Pennsylvania. It was originally called the... |
| Roy Neuberger Roy Neuberger Roy Rothschild Neuberger was an American financier who contributed money to raise public awareness of modern art through his acquisition of pieces he deemed worthy. He was a co-founder of the investment firm Neuberger Berman.... |
1903–2010 | 107 | American financier |
| Mohan Singh Oberoi Mohan Singh Oberoi Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was a renowned Indian hotelier, widely regarded as the father of 20th century India's hotel business, was the founder Chairman of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, India's second-largest hotel company, with 35 luxury hotels in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Egypt, Australia and... |
1898–2002 | 103 | Indian hotelier |
| Frits Philips Frits Philips Frederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded... |
1905–2005 | 100 | Dutch chairman of Philips Philips Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... |
| Herbert V. Prochnow Herbert V. Prochnow Herbert V. Prochnow was a U.S. banking executive, noted toastmaster, and author during the middle 20th Century. As Vice President of the First National Bank of Chicago, Prochnow wrote several popular books on public speaking... |
1897–1998 | 101 | American banking executive and author |
| Günter Reimann Günter Reimann Günter Reimann was an expert on finance and currencies as founder & editor of International Reports, a New York based weekly publication he sold to the London Financial Times in 1983... |
1904–2005 | 100 | German economist Economist An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy... |
| Hagbarth Schjøtt, Sr. Hagbarth Schjøtt, Sr. Hagbarth Schjøtt, Sr. was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Bergen, and took his education in England and the United States. His family ran a company named H. E. Schjøtt & Co, and Schjøtt started his own company named Hagbarth Schjøtt in 1926. His younger brother Olvar Schjøtt was employed... |
1894–? | 100+ | Norwegian businessman |
| Morris Schwartz Morris Schwartz Morris Schwartz was an American photographic inventor, photographer and businessman.Born in Russia, Schwartz went to America in 1906. He started in the New York Times in 1922, staying with the paper until 1926, when he moved to the Jewish Daily Forward, where he was a staff photographer until 1931... |
1901–2004 | 103 | Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman |
| Run Run Shaw Run Run Shaw Sir Run Run Shaw CBE, GBM is a Hong Kong media mogul.-Overview:Sir Run Run Shaw was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China in 1907. There has been no official or formal announcement on the exact day and month of his birth. According to A&C Black published Who's Who 2007, Shaw Run Run was born on 14... |
1907 – | Hong Kong media mogul | |
| Hermann von Siemens Hermann von Siemens Hermann von Siemens was a German industrialist who became head of the German electrical and electronics company Siemens AG in 1941 and served until 1956. He was the son of Arnold von Siemens and wife Ellen von Helmholtz and paternal grandson of Ernst Werner von Siemens and first wife Mathilde... |
1885–1986 | 101 | German industrialist |
| Michael Sobell Michael Sobell Sir Michael Sobell was a British businessman, a major philanthropist, and a prominent owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses.... |
1892–1993 | 100 | British business leader and philanthropist |
| Sir Thomas Sopwith Thomas Sopwith Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS was an English aviation pioneer and yachtsman.-Early life:... |
1888–1989 | 101 | English aircraft pioneer |
| W. Clement Stone W. Clement Stone William Clement Stone was a businessman, philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.-Early life and work:... |
1902–2002 | 100 | American insurance leader |
| Sir James Swinburne James Swinburne Sir James Swinburne FRS was a British electrical engineer and manufacturer. He was born in Inverness in 1858 into a well-known Northumbrian family. Educated at Clifton College, he went to work at a locomotive works in Manchester and later to a Tyneside firm where he became interested in electrical... |
1858–1958 | 100 | British electrical engineer Electrical engineering Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical... and manufacturer |
| Bull Verweij Bull Verweij Hendrik "Bull" Verweij was one of the founders of the Dutch offshore radio station Radio Veronica and was president of the station from its start in 1959 until 1975. He was born in Hilversum.- Controversy :... |
1909–2010 | 100 | Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica Radio Veronica Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to... |
| Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr. Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr. Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Rudolph Walgreen, the founder of the Walgreen drug store, and Myrtle Norton Walgreen. Charles took over the company after the death of his father in 1939. He was the president of Walgreens from 1939 until 1963 and the Chairman... |
1906–2007 | 100 | American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company Walgreens Walgreen Co. , doing business as Walgreens , is the largest drugstore chain in the United States of America. As of August 31st, the company operates 8,210 locations across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1901, and has since expanded... |
| Jack Weil Jack Weil Jack Arnold Weil was the founder and CEO of the Denver-based Western clothing manufacturer and was believed to be the oldest working CEO in the United States.Weil was born in Evansville, Indiana in 1901... |
1901–2008 | 107 | American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear |
| Frank H. Wheaton, Sr. Frank H. Wheaton, Sr. Frank Hayes Wheaton, Sr. was president of Wheaton Industries from 1926 to 1966 and chairman of the board from 1931 until his death... |
1881–1983 | 102 | American who chaired Wheaton Industries Wheaton Industries Wheaton Industries was a long-standing famous manufacturer of glassware and ceramics products in Millville, New Jersey, USA. A spin-off of the original firm adopted the name in 2006Founded in 1888 by Dr... until his death |
| Emory Williams Emory Williams Emory Williams, Sr is an American businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer of the Sears Bank & Trust Company. Williams was born in Falco, Alabama, and grew up in Quitman, Mississippi. He was a member of the graduating class of 1932 from Emory University, where there is now a... |
1911 – | American businessman, former chief executive of Sears | |
| Abdul Majid Zabuli Abdul Majid Zabuli Abdul Majid Zabuli was the founder of Afghanistan's banking system. He founded the Ashami company in 1932, which eventually became the Afghan National Bank .-Personal history:... |
1896–1998 | 102 | Afghan founder of Afghanistan's banking system |