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The 20th century jumped from the Industrial Revolution to the Information Age due to these visionary entrepreneurs. Read about what makes them great, and come back to see who will be added as the 21st century takes shape.
 
A Calvin Klein
Marc Andreessen Philip H. Knight
Desi Arnaz & Lucille Ball Ray Kroc
Mary Kay Ash Sandra Kurtzig
B L
Ian Ballantine Estee Lauder
Burton Baskin & Irvine Robbins Charles Lazarus
Leon L. Bean William Levitt
Jeff Bezos George Lucas
Clarence Birdseye Henry Luce
Enid Bissett, Ida Rosenthal & William Rosenthal M
S. Duncan Black & Alonzo G. Decker Sr. J. Willard Marriott
Bernie Marcus & Arthur Blank Louis B. Mayer
Richard Branson William G. McGowan
Samuel Bronfman Tom Monaghan
C Akio Morita
Joseph R. “Rod” Canion O
Steve Case David Ogilvy
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel Pierre Omidyar
Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield P
D Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Michael Dell Ross Perot
Walter Elias Disney Ron Popeil
F R
David Filo & Jerry Yang Leonard Riggio
Eileen Ford Anita Roddick
Henry Ford S
G David Sarnoff
Bill Gates Howard Schultz
Dr. Charles M. Geschke & John E. Warnock Charles Schwab
Amadeo Peter “A.P.” Giannini Russell Simmons
Berry Gordy Fred Smith
Andrew S. Grove & Gordon E. Moore Martha Stewart
H T
Joyce Clyde Hall Ted Turner
Ruth Handler V
William S. Harley, Arthur Davidson,
Walter Davidson & William Davidson 		Lillian Vernon
Hugh M. Hefner W
William Hewlett & David Packard Madam C.J. Walker
Howard Hughes Sam Walton
H. Wayne Huizenga Thomas Watson Jr.
J Leslie Wexner
Steve Jobs Oprah Winfrey
John H. Johnson Z
K Mark Zuckerberg
Will Keith Kellogg  
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