Whatever one thinks of Michael Bloomberg as a politician, mayor, or presidential candidate, two things are beyond dispute: He has been phenomenally successful in business and he’s been an extremely generous philanthropist. The 79-year-old former mayor of New York City has built a worldwide, recognized, and respected brand that includes a TV cable channel, a…
Andrew “Andy” Jassy (53) has been at Amazon for nearly a quarter-century. He has served as CEO of Amazon Web Services since its founding 2003. Recently, the company announced that Jassy is slated to replace Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO in the third quarter of 2021; Bezos will become executive chairman. Jassy is also the…
In 2017, Worth — a financial, wealth management, and lifestyle magazine — published an article titled “The 25 Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Past 25 Years.” The piece noted: “In the past quarter century, these men and women not only built massively successful companies, but they also created new categories and products that changed the…
If the name Regeneron rings a bell, it’s probably because it was the antibody drug “cocktail” that President Donald Trump received following his COVID-19 diagnosis. It is also the name of the company that developed the experimental treatment. Regeneron, the corporation, was co-founded in 1988 by Drs. Leonard Schleifer and George D. Yancopoulos. Regeneron has…
In 1988, Dan Wolf (63) — a lifelong aviation buff — founded the regional airline company Cape Air, which began with one route, six employees, and one airplane. Since then it has grown into America’s largest independent regionally based airline. Today Cape Air has 94 aircraft and 1,000 employees; it serves parts of the East…
Mindy Grossman (63) is the CEO of WW International (formerly known as Weight Watchers). The Financial Times listed her in the top 50 women in world business in 2010 and 2011, and she has been ranked among Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world for the years 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2014…
PayPal — headed by 62-year-old Daniel H. Schulman — is a worldwide online payments company serving as an electronic alternative to checks and money orders. The company ranked 204th on the 2019 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue. Previously, Schulman was group president of enterprise growth at American Express, and president…
Marc Benioff, 55, is an Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Salesforce, a cloud-based…
Neil Blumenthal is a co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, a lifestyle brand that offers designer eyewear. Fast Company named Warby Parker the most innovative company in the world, and Blumenthal one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business.” He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Quote: “Self-awareness…
Ken Grossman, 65, is co-founder of the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, established in 1979. Grossman is now the sole owner, having bought out his business partner in 1998. Sierra Nevada has grown into the seventh largest U.S. brewing company and the nation’s largest privately owned brewery. In 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency named Sierra…
WOW! FACTS
Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?
We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!
To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by JewOfTheWeek.net in 2015 and posted on YouTube. >>
Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google
Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia
Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed
Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed
Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed