List of Italian-American business people
For other Italian Americans, see List of Italian Americans.
To be included in this list of Italian-American business people, individuals must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian-American business people, or must have other published references showing they are Italian-American business people and are notable.
Senior executives
- Gil Amelio, former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple
- William Amelio, president and CEO of Lenovo Group Limited
- Richard Belluzzo, computer industry executive at HP, SGI, Microsoft, Quantum
- Samuel DiPiazza, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Nick Donofrio, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation
- Richard Grasso (1946– ), former chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
- Lee Iacocca (1924– ), former chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
- Angelo Mozilo, founder and CEO of Countrywide Financial
- Robert Nardelli, former chairman and CEO of Home Depot and Chrysler
- Frank Nuovo, head of design at Vertu
- Paul Otellini (1950– ), Intel Corporation's fifth Chief Executive Officer
- Samuel J. Palmisano (1951– ), chairman and CEO of IBM
- Patricia Russo (1952– ), CEO of Lucent Technologies
- Peter F. Secchia, former chairman and CEO of Universal Forest Products
Entrepreneurs
- Robert Benedetto, founder of Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
- Steve Bisciotti (1960– ), billionaire founder of the Allegis Group, owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- Domenico Canale (1843–1919), founder of D. Canale & Co., major distributor of food and beverages
- Pat Croce (1954– ), former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team
- Nicholas D'Agostino, Sr. (1910–1996), co-founder of D'Agostino Supermarkets
- Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. (1946– ), billionaire, former owner of the San Francisco 49ers
- Chris Deering (1947– ), executive and marketer for Sony PlayStation and other video games[1]
- Fred DeLuca, founder of Subway Sandwich
- Giorgio DeLuca, founder of Dean & DeLuca
- Domingo Ghirardelli (1817–1894), founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Joseph E. Giammarino (1916–1992), founder of Aurora Plastics Corporation, a U.S. toy and hobby manufacturing company.
- Tom Golisano (1941– ), billionaire founder of Paychex, former owner of the Buffalo Sabres, three-time candidate for Governor of New York
- Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr. (1925–), businessman from New Jersey, founder and president of NY Waterway ferry service
- Donald Lamberti, founder of Casey's General Stores
- Kenneth Langone (1935– ), billionaire founder of The Home Depot
- Gennaro Lombardi, opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, Lombardi's
- Salvatore Lucchese (1869–1929), Italian immigrant founder of Lucchese Boot Company
- Lelio Marino (1935–2004), co-founder of construction company Modern Continental
- Roger Marino, founder of EMC Corporation
- Vincent Marotta, founder of Jarden Corporation
- Robert Mondavi (1913–2008), leading vineyard operator in California's Napa Valley
- Amedeo Obici (1877–1947), founder of the Planters Peanut Company in 1906
- Bonfiglio Perini, founder of Tutor Perini Corporation
- Almerindo Portfolio (1877–1966), President of Bank of Sicily (USA), and Treasurer of New York City
- Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993), Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products
- Henry Salvatori (1901 – 1997), Italian inmigrant geophysicist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist who founded Western Geophysical.
- Jay Sarno (1922–1984), Las Vegas business entrepreneur who owned several high-profile hotels
- Andrew Viterbi (1935– ), Italian immigrant founder of Qualcomm
Finance
- Mario Gabelli (1942– ), stock investor, investment adviser and financial analyst
- Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949), founder of Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States
- Frank Quattrone (1955– ), investment banker who led dozens of major IPOs during the 1990s tech boom
- Lewis Ranieri (1947– ), pioneer of mortgage-backed securities
Publishing
- George T. Delacorte, Jr. (1894–1991), founder of Dell Publishing
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010), founder and former publisher of Penthouse Magazine
- Leonard Riggio (1941–), owner of Barnes & Noble
- Louis Rossetto (1949– ), founder and former publisher of Wired Magazine
References
- ↑ "MCV LEGENDS - Chris Deering", MCVUK.com, (Retrieved 12 November 2015)
External links
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