List of Jewish American businesspeople

See also: Jewish American businesspeople in finance, media, real estate, and retail

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This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

## Advertising and public relations

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Advertising and public relations

## Aerospace

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Jesse Itzler

Al Schwimmer

* Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics)[1][2]
* Jesse Itzler (1968–), co-founder of NetJets and co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks[3][4]
* Abraham Karem (1937–), Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft[5]
* Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of TRW Inc.[6][7]
* Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–2024), long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications[8]
* Al Schwimmer (1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of Israel Aerospace Industries[9][10]

## Beauty

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* George W. Schaeffer – The founder of OPI Products, Inc., one of the world’s leading nail care companies.[11]

## Cosmetics

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Cosmetics

## Energy and mining

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Guma Aguiar

Meyer Guggenheim

Armand Hammer

* Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012[12][13]
* Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation[14]
* Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)[15]
* Jacob Blaustein (1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922)[15]
* Marvin Davis (1925–2004), chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., briefly owner of 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel; member of the Davis family[16]
* Max Fisher (1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest[17]
* Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.[18]
* Avram Glazer (1960–), former chairman and CEO of Zapata Corp. (now HRG Group, Inc.), co-chairman of family-owned EPL's Manchester United F.C.; member of the Glazer family[19]
* Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company[20]
* Jack J. Grynberg (1932–2021), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.[21][22]
* Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family[23][24]
* Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco[25][26][27]
* Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL's New York Jets[28]
* Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro[29]
* Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros.[30]
* George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company[31][32]
* Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company[33]
* Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah[34]
* Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy[35]
* Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc.[36]
* Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company[37]

## Financial services

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance

## Food

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Food

## Manufacturing and distribution

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Manufacturing and distribution

## Miscellaneous

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Orit Gadiesh

Ami James

Michael Rubin

Casey Wasserman

* Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International[38][39]
* Larry Baer (1957–), CEO of MLB's San Francisco Giants[40]
* Henry (1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc.[41]
* Al Davis (1929–2011), owner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders[42]
* Heidi Fleiss (1965–), former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport[43]
* Orit Gadiesh (1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company[44]
* Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company[45]
* Ami James (1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge[46][47]
* Jules Kroll (1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.[48]
* Terry Lenzner (1939–2020), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI)[49]
* Jason Levien, co-owner of D.C. United Holdings (holds MLS' D.C. United), co-owner of EFL Championship's Swansea City A.F.C. and NBL Australia's Brisbane Bullets, former CEO of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies[50]
* Ira A. Lipman (1940–2019), founder and chairman of security company Guardsmark[51]
* Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of Moishe's Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios[52]
* Barry Minkow (1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co.[53]
* Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of Budget Rent-a-Car[54][55]
* Michael Rubin (1972–), founder of global digital sports platform Fanatics, Inc.[56][57]
* Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons[58][59]
* Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company[60]
* Casey Wasserman (1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman[61][62]
* Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)[63][64]
* Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration[65][66]
* Daniel Yergin (1947–), vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit[67]

## Music industry

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Music industry

## Newspapers and publishing

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Newspapers and publishing

## Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

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See also: Biologists and physicians and chemists

Jeremy Levin

Al Mann

Cheryl Shuman

* Arie S. Belldegrun (1949–), Israeli-American (co-)founder of Kite Pharma and biotechnology companies Agensys, Allogene Therapeutics[68]
* Howard Birndorf (1950–), co-founder of biotechnology companies Hybritech, Inc., Gen-Probe (merged with Hologic) and IDEC Pharmaceuticals (merged with Biogen)[69][70]
* Alan Cohen (1954–), founder of Andrx Pharmaceuticals[71]
* Phillip Frost (1936–), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of OPKO Health, former Vice chairman of Teva[72]
* Alex Grass (1927–2009), founder of the Rite Aid Corporation[73]
* Bennett Greenspan (1952–), co-founder of gene testing company Gene by Gene, Ltd. (Family Tree DNA)[74][75]
* Rachel Haurwitz (1985–), co-founder of gene editing company Caribou Biosciences[76]
* Joel Landau, co-founder of nursing home operator company The Allure Group and healthcare services company AlphaCare[77]
* Jeremy Levin (1954–), South African-born chairman of Ovid Therapeutics Inc., former CEO of Teva[78]
* Arthur D. Levinson (1950–), CEO of biotechnology company Calico, former chairman of Genentech[79]
* Al Mann (1925–2016), founder of biotechnology companies Pacesetter Systems and the MannKind Corporation[80]
* Stewart Rahr (1946–), founder of Kinray Inc.[81][82]
* Shlomo Rechnitz (1971–), health care magnate, co-founder of TwinMed LLC[83]
* Richard Roberts (1957–), former owner of URL Pharma (acquired by the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in 2012)[84]
* Martine Rothblatt (1954–), founder of biotechnology company United Therapeutics, co-founder of Sirius Satellite Radio[85][86]
* Mortimer (1916–2010) and Raymond Sackler (1920–2017), former owners of Purdue Pharma (known for OxyContin); members of the Sackler family[87]
* Leonard Schleifer (1953–), founder of biotechnology company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals[88][89]
* Cheryl Shuman (1960–), founder of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club[90]
* Daniel E. Straus (1956–), founder of CareOne LLC and minority owner of NBA's Memphis Grizzlies[91]
* Samuel D. Waksal (1947–), French-born founder of ImClone Systems, Kadmon Corporation[92][93][94]
* Herbert Wertheim (1939–), founder of eye care products manufacturing company Brain Power Incorporated (BPI)[95][96]
* Ron Zwanziger (1954–), Israeli-American founder of diagnostic testing devices manufacturing company Alere, Inc.[97]

## Real estate

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate

## Retail

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail

## Technology and software

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See also: Computer scientists and mathematicians

Kobi Alexander

Steve Ballmer

Safra Catz

Larry Ellison

Paul E. Jacobs

Joseph Lubin

Brian L. Roberts

Andy Rubin

* Rony Abovitz (1971–), founder of Magic Leap, co-founder of the MAKO Surgical Corp.[98]
* Leonard Adleman (1945–), co-founder of RSA Security LLC[99]
* Aron Ain, chairman of the Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG)[100]
* Beny Alagem (1953–), Israeli-American co-founder of Packard Bell, owner of the Beverly Hilton hotel[101]
* Kobi Alexander (1952–), Israeli-American co-founder of Comverse Technology[102]
* Steve Ballmer (1956–), former long-time CEO of the Microsoft Corporation, founder of USAFacts and owner of NBA's Los Angeles Clippers[103][104]
* Werner Michael Blumenthal (1926–), former chairman and CEO of Burroughs Corporation and Unisys[105]
* Julian A. Brodsky (1933–), co-founder of the Comcast Corporation[106]
* Safra Catz (1961–), Israeli-born CEO and co-president of the Oracle Corporation[107]
* Alon Nisim Cohen (1968–), Israeli-born co-founder of CyberArk[108]
* Bram Cohen (1975–), author of the BitTorrent protocol, co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc.[109]
* Jared Cohen (1981–), CEO of technology incubator company Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas)[110]
* Michael Dell (1965–), founder of DELL[111]
* Larry Ellison (1944–), co-founder of the Oracle Corporation[112]
* David Frankel, South African-born tech investor, co-founder of Internet Solutions (IS), the largest ISP in Africa[113]
* Gideon Gartner (1935–2020), Mandatory Palestine-born founder of Gartner, Inc.[114]
* Levy Gerzberg (1945–), Israeli-American founder of the Zoran Corporation[115]
* Rob Glaser (1962–), founder of RealNetworks, Inc. (RealPlayer), partner at Accel[116][117]
* Andrew Grove (1936–2016), former COO, chairman and CEO (1st) of Intel[118]
* Andi Gutmans, Swiss-American co-founder of Zend Technologies, co-creator of PHP, General Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)[119]
* Eli Harari (1945–), Israeli-American co-founder of the SanDisk Corporation[120]
* David (1944–) and Orion Hindawi (1980–), founders of cybersecurity firm Tanium Inc.[121][122]
* Irwin M. (1933–) and Paul E. Jacobs (1962–), Qualcomm Incorporated[123]
* Andy Jassy (1968–), CEO of Amazon, co-founder of Amazon Web Services (AWS), co-owner of NHL's Seattle Kraken[124]
* Philippe Kahn (1952–), French-born creator of the camera phone, co-founder of the Borland Software Corporation[125]
* Dan Kaminsky (1979–2021), co-founder of cybersecurity firm White Ops[126]
* Mitch Kapor (1950–), founder of Lotus Software, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)[127][128]
* Phil Katz (1962–2000), founder of PKWARE, Inc., creator of the Zip file format; died of alcoholism in 2000 at age 37[129][130]
* Steve Kirsch (1956–), founder of OneID, co-founder of the Frame Technology Corp. (now Adobe FrameMaker)[131]
* Edwin H. Land (1909–1991), founder of the Polaroid Corporation[132]
* Sandy Lerner (1955–), co-founder of Cisco Systems and cosmetics brand Urban Decay[133]
* Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), American-Israeli co-founder of Akamai Technologies Inc.; 9/11 victim[134]
* Joseph Lubin (1964–), Canadian-American founder of blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, co-founder of Ethereum[135]
* Ken Oshman (1940–2011), former CEO of the Echelon Corporation, co-founder of the ROLM Corporation[136][137]
* Brian L. (1959–) and Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015), the Comcast Corporation; members of the Roberts family[138][139]
* Lior Ron (1977–), Israeli-American co-founder of self-driving truck company Otto, former Product Lead for Google Maps[140]
* Ben Rosen (1933–), founding investor and former chairman of the Compaq Computer Corporation, co-founder of venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds[141]
* Andy Rubin (1963–), co-developer of the Android operating system, co-founder of Android, Inc., Danger Inc. and Playground Global[142]
* Michael G. Rubin (1972–), founder of eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.)[143]
* Henry Samueli (1954–), co-founder of the Broadcom Corporation, owner of NHL's Anaheim Ducks (founded in 1993 by Disney as "the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim")[144]
* Steve Sarowitz (1965/1966–), founder of the Paylocity Corporation[145]
* Dan Schulman (1958–), former president and CEO of PayPal, and chairman of the Symantec Corporation, former CEO of Virgin Mobile[146]
* Ivan Seidenberg (1946–), former chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications, partner at Perella Weinberg Partners[147]
* Charlie Shrem (1989–), co-founder of BitInstant (defunct) and Intellisys Capital, former Vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation[148][149][150]
* Joel Spolsky (1965–), co-founder of the Stack Exchange Network, founder of Fog Creek Software, creator of Trello[151][152]
* Kirill Tatarinov, Russian-born former CEO of Citrix Systems, Inc., former executive VP of Microsoft Business Solutions[153]
* Jack Tramiel (1928–2012), Polish-born founder of Commodore International and the Atari Corporation (bought from Warner Communications in 1984)[154]
* Alan Trefler (1956–), founder of Pegasystems[155]
* Kenneth D. Tuchman (1959–), founder of TeleTech[156]
* Andrew Viterbi (1935–), co-founder of Qualcomm Incorporated, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm[157]
* Gary Winnick (1947–), founder of telecommunications company Global Crossing[158][159]
* Stephen Wolfram (1959–), British-American founder of Wolfram Research[citation needed]
* Amit Yoran (1970–2025), former CEO of Tenable, Inc., former president of RSA Security, former CEO of Netwitness, co-founder of Riptech[160]
* Charles Zegar (1948–), co-founder of Innovative Market Systems (later renamed Bloomberg L.P.)[161]
* John Zimmer (1984–), co-founder of on-demand transportation company Lyft[162]
* Nir Zuk (1971–), Israeli-American co-founder of cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks[163]

### New media

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Sam Altman

Dario Amodei

Sergey Brin

Eric Lefkofsky

Yuri Milner

Adam Neumann

Sean Rad

Jeremy Stoppelman

Aaron Swartz

Mark Zuckerberg

* Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)[164]
* Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI[165]
* Dario Amodei (1983–), Italian-American co-founder of AI company Anthropic[166][167]
* Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com[168][169]
* Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance[170]
* Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce[171]
* Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X Development[172][173]
* Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX[174]
* Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.[175]
* Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment[176]
* Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.[177][178]
* Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo[179]
* Daniel Gross (1991–), Israeli-American co-founder of AI company Safe Superintelligence Inc.[180]
* Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps[181]
* Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com[182]
* Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images[183]
* Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC[184][185]
* Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.[186]
* Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively[187]
* Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)[188]
* Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), founder of health technology company Tempus AI, co-founder of Groupon[189]
* Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"[172][190]
* Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.[191]
* Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)[192]
* David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com[193][194]
* Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno[195]
* Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon[196]
* Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)[197][198]
* Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment[199][200]
* Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork[201][202]
* Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist[203]
* Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks[204]
* Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock[205]
* Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.[206]
* Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)[207]
* Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga[208][209][210]
* Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.[211]
* Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage[212]
* Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder[213][214]
* Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com[215]
* Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.[216]
* David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal[217]
* Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google[218]
* Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.[219][220]
* Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp[221]
* Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit[222]
* Jeff Weiner (1970–), Executive Chairman of LinkedIn[223]
* Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.[224]
* Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia[225]
* Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.[226]

## Television, film and video

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Television, film and video

## Tourism and hotels

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See also: Architects

Sheldon Adelson

Alan Faena

* Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), casino magnate, founder of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (owns the Venetian, the Palazzo, Marina Bay Sands), co-founder of the Interface Group (COMDEX)[227][228]
* Micky Arison (1949–), Israeli-American chairman of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world's largest travel leisure company and owner of NBA's Miami Heat; member of the Arison family[229][230][231][232]
* Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills[233][234]
* Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner[235][236]
* Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus[237]
* Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley[238]
* Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires[239][240]
* Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)[241][242]
* Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos[243]
* Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers[244]
* Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International[245]
* Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.[246]
* David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)[247]
* Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel[248][249]
* Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins[250]
* Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)[251][252]
* Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino[253]
* Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator[254]
* Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family[255][256]
* Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach[257][258]
* Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher[259]
* Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC[260]
* Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group[261][262]
* Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family[263][264]
* Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)[265][266]
* Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts[267]
* Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner[268]
* Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group[269][270]
* Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino[271]
* David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts[272][273]
* Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels[274][275]
* Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)[276][277]
* Jonathan Tisch (1953–), chairman of Loews Hotels, co-chairman of family-owned Loews Corporation and co-owner of NFL's New York Giants; member of the Tisch family[278][279]
* Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes[280][281]
* Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts[282]

### Restaurants

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Danny Meyer

Howard Schultz

* Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of ice cream and cake restaurants chain Baskin-Robbins[283][284]
* George Cohon (1937–2023), American-born Canadian founder of McDonald's of Canada and Russia[285]
* Nathan Handwerker (1892–1974), Polish-born co-founder of Nathan's Famous, Inc. (later led by his son, Murray (1921–2011))[286]
* Reuben and Rose Mattus (1912–1994; 1916–2006), founders of Häagen-Dazs (ice cream)[287]
* Rich Melman (1942–), co-founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) restaurants[288]
* Danny Meyer (1958–), founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group (owns Shake Shack Inc., Gramercy Tavern)[289]
* Arnie Morton (1922–2005), co-founder of Morton's The Steakhouse[290]
* Clifford S. Perlman (1926–2016), co-founder of Lum's restaurant chain and former owner of Las Vegas' Caesars Palace luxury hotel[291]
* William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts[292][293]
* Howard Schultz (1953–), former executive chairman of Starbucks and owner of NBA's Seattle SuperSonics; co-founder of venture capital fund Maveron[294]
* Daniel Schwartz (1980/1981–), co-chairman of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (RBI), the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes[295]
* Zev Siegl (1942–), co-founder of the Starbucks Corporation[296][297]

## See also

[edit]

* Lists of Jewish Americans
* Businesspeople
* in finance
* in media
* in real estate
* in retail

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## Further reading

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* Aris, Stephen (1970). The Jews in Business. Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-61953-0.
* Birmingham, Stephen (1999). "The Rest of Us": The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0614-7.
* Chapman, Peter (2010). The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59184-309-2.
* Wiener Cohen, Naomi (1999). Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 978-0-87451-948-8.
* Foxman, Abraham (2010). Jews and Money: The Story of a Stereotype. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-230-62385-9.
* Gabler, Neal (2010) [1988]. An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-307-77371-5.
* Goldberg, J. J. (1996). Jewish Power: Inside The American Jewish Establishment. Addison Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-32798-4.
* Gurock, Jeffrey (1997). Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880: Migration and Advancement. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-91921-0.
* Krefetz, Gerald (1982). Jews and Money: The Myths and the Reality. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 978-0-89919-129-4.
* Marschall, John P. (2008). Jews in Nevada: A History. University of Nevada Press. ISBN 978-0-87417-737-4.
* Norwood, Stephen Harlan; Pollack, Eunice G. (2008). Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Band 1. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-638-1.
* Pfeffer, Jacob (1917). Distinguished Jews of America: A Collection of Biographical Sketches of Jews who Have Made Their Mark in Business, the Professions, Politics, Science, Etc. Distinguished Jews of America Pub. Co.
* Sachar, Howard Morley (2007). A History of the Jews in the Modern World. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-42436-5.
* Shapiro, Edward S. (1995). A Time for Healing: American Jewry since World War II. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5124-7.
* Sombart, Werner (2015) [1913]. The Jews and Modern Capitalism. Martino Fine Books. ISBN 978-1-61427-763-7.