Businessman and philanthropist Steve Ballmer, 63, is perhaps best known for his stint as CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, which lasted from 2000 to 2014. Currently he owns the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers. Ballmer is also known for his extremely exuberant style (which some would say is over the top and crazed). He’s reported…
Marc Jacobs, 56, is the head designer of his eponymous fashion label. Previously, he was creative director of the Louis Vuitton design house. In 2010, Jacobs appeared on Time magazine’s “Time 100 List” of the 100 most influential people in the world; two years later, he was on Out magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Gay Men…
Among many other business accomplishments, Dan Gilbert (57) was a founder of the companies…
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, 70, is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group…
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…
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…
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…
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 (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…
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