# List of Jewish American businesspeople

This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

## Aerospace

* Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics)
* Jesse Itzler (1968–), co-founder of NetJets and co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks
* Abraham Karem (1937–), Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft
* Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of TRW Inc.
* Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024), long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications
* Al Schwimmer (1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of Israel Aerospace Industries

## Energy and mining

* Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012
* Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation
* Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)
* Jacob Blaustein (1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922)
* 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
* Max Fisher (1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest
* Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
* 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
* Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company
* Jack J. Grynberg (1932–2021), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.
* Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family
* Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco
* Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL's New York Jets
* Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro
* Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros.
* George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company
* Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company
* Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah
* Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy
* Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc.
* Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company

## Miscellaneous

* Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International
* Larry Baer, CEO of MLB's San Francisco Giants
* Henry (1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc.
* Al Davis (1929–2011), owner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders
* Heidi Fleiss (1965–), former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport
* Orit Gadiesh (1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company
* Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company
* Ami James (1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge
* Jules Kroll (1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.
* Terry Lenzner (1939–2020), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI)
* 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
* Ira A. Lipman (1940–2019), founder and chairman of security company Guardsmark
* Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of Moishe's Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios
* Barry Minkow (1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co.
* Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of Budget Rent-a-Car
* Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons
* Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company
* Casey Wasserman (1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman
* Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)
* Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration
* Daniel Yergin (1947–), vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit

## Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

* Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–), Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics
* Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)
* Alan Cohen (1954–), founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals
* Phillip Frost (1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva
* Alex Grass (1927–2009), founder of the Rite Aid Corporation
* Bennett Greenspan (1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)
* Rachel Haurwitz (1985–), co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences
* Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare
* Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva
* Arthur D. Levinson (1950–), CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech
* Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation
* Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc.
* Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC
* Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in 2012)
* Martine Rothblatt (1954–), founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio
* Mortimer (1916–2010) and Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family
* Leonard Schleifer (1953–), founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
* Cheryl Shuman, founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club
* Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies
* Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of ImClone Systems, Kadmon Corporation
* Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)
* Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Inc.

## Technology and software

* Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp.
* Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security LLC
* Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)
* Beny Alagem (1953–), Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel
* Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology
* Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of NBA's Los Angeles Clippers
* Werner Michael Blumenthal (1926–), former chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys
* Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast Corporation
* Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation
* Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk
* Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.
* Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)
* Michael Dell (1965–), founder of DELL
* Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation
* David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa
* Gideon Gartner (1935–2020), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.
* Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation
* Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel
* Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel
* Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
* Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation
* David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.
* Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm Incorporated
* Andy Jassy (1968–), CEO of Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken
* Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation
* Dan Kaminsky, co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops
* Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
* Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37
* Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker)
* Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation
* Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay
* Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim
* Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum
* Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation
* Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family
* Lior Ron (1977–), Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps
* Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds
* Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global
* Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)
* 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")
* Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity Corporation
* Dan Schulman (1958–), former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile
* Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners
* Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation
* Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello
* Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions
* Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)
* Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems
* Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TeleTech
* Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm
* Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing
* Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research
* Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, Inc., former president of RSA Security, former CEO of Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech
* Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)
* John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft
* Nir Zuk (1971–), Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks

### New media

* Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)
* Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI
* Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com
* Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance
* Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce
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* Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X
* Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX
* Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.
* Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment
* Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.
* Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo
* Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps
* Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com
* Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images
* Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC
* Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.
* Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively
* Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)
* Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), co-founder of Groupon
* Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"
* Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.
* Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)
* David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com
* Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno
* Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon
* Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)
* Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
* Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork
* Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist
* Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks
* Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock
* Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.
* Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)
* Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga
* Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.
* Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage
* Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder
* Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com
* Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.
* David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal
* Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google
* Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.
* Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp
* Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit
* Jeff Weiner (1970–), CEO of LinkedIn
* Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.
* Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia
* Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

## Tourism and hotels

* 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)
* 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
* Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
* Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner
* Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus
* Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley
* Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
* Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)
* Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos
* Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers
* Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International
* Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
* David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)
* Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
* Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins
* Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)
* Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino
* Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator
* Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family
* Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach
* Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher
* Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC
* Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group
* Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family
* Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)
* Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts
* Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner
* Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group
* Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino
* David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts
* Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels
* Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)
* 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
* Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes.
* Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts

### Restaurants

* Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins
* George Cohon (1937–2023), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's of Canada and Russia
* Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))
* Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream)
* Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants
* Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)
* Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse
* Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel
* William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts
* Howard Schultz (1953–), former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron
* Daniel Schwartz (1980/1981–), co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes
* Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks Corporation