Dan Gilbert: Business Mogul, Sports Team Owner, Philanthropist
Among many other business accomplishments, Dan Gilbert (57) was a founder of the companies…
Orthodox Jews: Succeeding as Third-Party Sellers for Amazin
In an eye-opening, in-depth report by writer Leticia Miranda, BuzzFeed News reveals a relatively recent development among America’s Orthodox Jews that most people — even most members of the general Jewish community — know little or nothing about. Some Orthodox Jews have become enthusiastic third-party sellers for Amazon, and they’re doing quite well at it.…
David Rubenstein: Global Financier, Interviewer, Philanthropist
David Rubenstein, 70, is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group…
Estée Lauder: Cosmetics Entrepreneur and ‘Business Genius’
Estee Lauder (July 1, 1906 — April 24, 2004) was an enormously successful businesswoman who, along with her husband, founded the Estée Lauder Companies. The eponymous firm is primarily associated with women’s fragrances, cosmetics, and other beauty products. Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine’s 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses…
Bob Iger: Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Robert “Bob” Iger, 68, has been the Chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company since 2005 (succeeding Michael Eisner, who is also Jewish). During Iger’s tenure, the company’s market value reportedly has shot up to $163 billion from $48.4 billion. Prior to his current positions at Disney, he was President and COO of the…
William Rosenberg: The Man Who Put the Dunkin’ in Donuts
Dunkin’ Donuts made news of late when the chain decided to shorten its name to Dunkin’ — no doubt because it has expanded its menu to include sandwiches and other non-doughnut fare. You may not know that the company — which boasts 10,000 outlets in 32 countries — was started in 1950 by entrepreneur William…
Jonathan Neman: Raking in a Whole Lot of Green at Sweetgreen
In 2007, three young friends who had just graduated from Georgetown University — Jonathan Neman, Nathaniel Ru, and Nicholas Jammet — started a fast-casual salad restaurant called Sweetgreen. Co-founder Jonathan Neman is a Jew whose parents emigrated from Iran to the U.S. Today Sweetgreen employs more than 3,500 people and has scores of restaurants in…
Lori Greiner: Entrepreneur, Inventor, Marketer and Television Personality
Lori Greiner (rhymes with “finer”) is a highly successful entrepreneur, inventor, marketer and television personality. She reportedly has invented more than 400 products and holds 120 patents. The 49-year-old Greiner is founder and president of her company For Your Eyes Only. Dubbed the “Queen of QVC,” she has had her own show on that shopping…
Michael Dell: Founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, Philanthropist
Michael Saul Dell, 53, is the founder, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, which among other things is a major American computer manufacturer and seller. At age 27, he became the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company: the Dell Computer Corporation, which he capitalized with $1,000 and initially ran out of a condominium. In…
Ralph Lauren: From Yeshiva Bochur to Iconic Fashion Magnate
World-renowned fashion magnate Ralph Lauren began life 78 years ago in the Bronx, New York. As a youth, he attended a Jewish day school and later a Talmudic yeshiva. In 1967, he founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation, initially with a line of designer men’s ties. A year later, he launched his first complete line of…
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