List of centenarians (businesspeople)
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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as businesspeople – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Bion Barnett | 1857–1958 | 101 | American founder of Barnett Bank |
Charles D. Barney | 1844–1945 | 101 | American stockbroker and financier |
S. Prestley Blake | 1914– | 109 | American co-founder of Friendly's[1] |
Andrew George Burry | 1873–1975 | 101 | Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist |
Godfrey Lowell Cabot | 1861–1962 | 101 | American businessman |
Daniel Carasso | 1905–2009 | 103 | Greek-born French businessman[2] |
Philip L. Carret | 1896–1998 | 101 | American investor[3] |
William F. Cotton | 1897–2006 | 108 | American businessman |
James Coyne | 1910–2012 | 102 | Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[4] |
Frederick C. Crawford | 1891–1994 | 103 | American industrialist and philanthropist |
Maxwell Cummings | 1898–2001 | 103 | Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist |
A. Wallace Denny | 1906–2008 | 101 | Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[5] |
D. Howard Doane | 1883–1984 | 100 | American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services |
Günter Fronius | 1907–2015 | 107 | Transylvanian Saxon entrepreneur[6] |
A. G. Gaston | 1892–1996 | 103 | African American businessman |
Archibald Glenn | 1911–2012 | 100 | Australian industrialist[7] |
Albert Hamilton Gordon | 1901–2009 | 107 | American businessman |
Cecil Howard Green | 1900–2003 | 102 | British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments |
Mary Guiney | 1901–2004 | 103 | Irish chairperson of Clerys |
Walter Haefner | 1910–2012 | 101 | Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[8] |
Ebby Halliday | 1911–2015 | 104 | American realtor[9] |
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet | 1906–2009 | 103 | British-born New Zealand businessman[10] |
Leopold Hawelka | 1911–2011 | 100 | Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka[11] |
Kilian Hennessy | 1907–2010 | 103 | Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[12] |
Jacob H. Horwitz | 1892–1992 | 100 | American fashion businessman and philanthropist[13] |
Alf Ihlen | 1900–2006 | 105 | Norwegian factory manager[14] |
Isaac Charles Johnson | 1811–1911 | 100 | British cement manufacturer |
Joseph M. Juran | 1904–2008 | 103 | Romanian-American quality management guru[15] |
Irving Kahn | 1905–2015 | 109 | American financial analyst[16] |
Yutaka Katayama | 1909–2015 | 105 | Japanese automotive executive[17] |
Steve Kordek | 1911–2012 | 100 | American businessman and pinball machine designer[18] |
Hans List | 1896–1996 | 100 | Austrian businessman |
Garnet Hercules Mackley | 1883–1986 | 102 | New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department |
Denis Mahon | 1910–2011 | 100 | British art collector and historian[19] |
Ronald Mansbridge | 1905–2006 | 100 | British publisher |
Arthur Marshall | 1903–2007 | 103 | British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace |
Samuel McLaughlin | 1871–1972 | 100 | Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada |
Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet | 1784–1885 | 100 | Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[20] |
Walter L. Morgan | 1898–1998 | 100 | American founder of Wellington Fund |
Roy Neuberger | 1903–2010 | 107 | American financier[21] |
Mohan Singh Oberoi | 1898–2002 | 103 | Indian hotelier |
Werner Otto | 1909–2011 | 102 | German entrepreneur[22] |
Frits Philips | 1905–2005 | 100 | Dutch chairman of Philips |
Herbert V. Prochnow | 1897–1998 | 101 | American banking executive and author |
William John Quinn | 1911–2015 | 104 | American railroad executive[23] |
Günter Reimann | 1904–2005 | 100 | German economist |
David Rockefeller | 1915– | 109 | American banker[24] |
Hagbarth Schjøtt, Sr. | 1894–1994 | 100 | Norwegian businessman[25] |
Morris Schwartz | 1901–2004 | 103 | Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman |
Run Run Shaw | 1907–2014 | 106 | Hong Kong media mogul[26] |
Hermann von Siemens | 1885–1986 | 101 | German industrialist |
Bill Sinkin | 1913–2014 | 100 | American banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist[27] |
Michael Sobell | 1892–1993 | 100 | British business leader and philanthropist |
Sir Thomas Sopwith | 1888–1989 | 101 | English aircraft pioneer |
W. Clement Stone | 1902–2002 | 100 | American insurance leader |
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet | 1858–1958 | 100 | British electrical engineer and manufacturer |
Charles E. Toberman | 1880–1981 | 101 | American real estate developer[28] |
Eiji Toyoda | 1913–2013 | 100 | Japanese industrialist[29] |
Bull Verweij | 1909–2010 | 100 | Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[30] |
Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr. | 1906–2007 | 100 | American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company |
Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen | 1912–2012 | 100 | Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[31] |
Jack Weil | 1901–2008 | 107 | American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[32] |
Frank H. Wheaton, Sr. | 1881–1983 | 102 | American who chaired Wheaton Industries until his death |
Chuck Williams | 1915–2015 | 100 | American author and founder of Williams-Sonoma[33] |
Emory Williams | 1911–2014 | 102 | American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[34] |
Abdul Majid Zabuli | 1896–1998 | 102 | Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system |
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