American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Rev. ed.

American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Rev. ed. Charles W. Carey, Jr.. Facts On File Library of American History New York, NY: Facts on File, 2011. 455 pp.

Profiles important Americans from colonial times to the present. Provides in-depth information on robber barons and their counterparts as well as current visionaries such as Bill Gates, and biographies from financier Warren Buffet to music mogul Jay-Z.

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Note on Photos
List of Entries
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Acheson-Candler
- Acheson, Edward Goodrich
- Amos, Wally (Wallace Amos, Jr.)
- Anderson, Joseph Reid
- Anderson, Mary
- Arden, Elizabeth (Florence Nightingale Graham)
- Armstrong, Edwin Howard
- Ash, Mary Kay (Mary Kathlyn Wagner)
- Astor, John Jacob
- Baekeland, Leo Hendrik
- Bañuelos, Romana Acosta
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum)
- Beach, Alfred Ely
- Bechtel, Stephen
- Bell, Alexander Graham
- Bendix, Vincent Hugo
- Berliner, Emile
- Bezos, Jeffrey
- Birdseye, Clarence
- Bissell, George Henry (1821–1884), and Edwin Laurentide Drake (1819–1880)
- Blackton, James Stuart
- Blake, Lyman Reed
- Blanchard, Thomas
- Blodgett, Katharine Burr
- Bloomberg, Michael
- Bloomingdale, Alfred Schiffer
- Bluhdorn, Charles G.
- Bogardus, James
- Bok, Edward William
- Borden, Gail, Jr.
- Brin, Sergey (1973– ), and Larry Page (1973– )
- Brown, John
- Brown, Marie Dutton
- Brown, Rachel Fuller (1898–1980), and Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1885–1975)
- Brush, Charles Francis
- Buffett, Warren
- Buick, David Dunbar
- Burnett, Leo
- Burroughs, William Seward
- Busch, Adolphus
- Candler, Asa Griggs
Capone-Durant
- Capone, Al (Alphonse Capone)
- Carlson, Chester Floyd
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Carnegie, Dale (Dale Breckenridge Carnegey)
- Carothers, Wallace Hume
- Carrier, Willis Haviland
- Cartwright, Alexander Joy, Jr.
- Carver, George Washington
- Case, J. I. (Jerome Increase Case)
- Case, Steve (Stephen McConnell Case)
- Chouteau, René Auguste
- Claiborne, Liz (Elisabeth Claiborne)
- Clark, James H.
- Cohen, Ben (Bennett Cohen) (1951– ), and Jerry Greenfield (1951– )
- Colgate, William
- Colt, Samuel
- Cone, Moses Herman (1857–1908), and Ceasar Cone (1859–1917)
- Coolidge, William David
- Cooper, Kent
- Cooper, Peter
- Cornell, Ezra
- Coston, Martha Hunt
- Cottrell, Frederick Gardner
- Curtiss, Glenn Hammond
- Daché, Lilly
- Daly, Marcus
- Davenport, Thomas
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson
- Day, Benjamin Henry
- Deere, John
- De Forest, Lee
- Dell, Michael
- Disney, (Walt Walter Elias Disney)
- Donovan, Marion O’Brien
- Dorrance, John Thompson
- Drake, Samuel (Samuel Drake Bryant)
- Drew, Richard Gurley
- Duke, James Buchanan
- Du Pont De Nemours, Éleuthère Irénée
- Durant, William Crapo
Duryea-Goldmark
- Duryea, Charles Edgar (1861–1938), and James Frank Duryea (1869–1967)
- Eastman, George
- Edgerton, Harold Eugene
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Elion, Gertrude Belle
- Ellison, Larry
- Ellison, William (April Ellison)
- Ertegun, Ahmet
- Evans, Oliver
- Everleigh, Ada (Ada Lester) (1876–1960), and Minna Everleigh (Minna Lester) (1878–1948)
- Fairchild, Sherman
- Farnsworth, Philo Taylor
- Field, Cyrus West
- Field, Marshall
- Filo, David (1966– ), and Jerry Yang (1968– )
- Fitch, John
- Flagler, Henry Morrison
- Flanigen, Edith Marie
- Fleischmann, Charles Louis
- Flora, William
- Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson
- Ford, Henry
- Forten, James
- Franklin, Benjamin
- Frasch, Herman
- Fuller, Alfred Carl
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster Fuller)
- Gabe, Frances (Frances Grace Arnholtz)
- Gates, Bill (William Henry Gates III)
- Gates, John Warne
- Gayley, James
- Genovese, Vito
- Gernsback, Hugo (Hugo Gernsbacher)
- Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul Getty)
- Giannini, Amadeo Peter
- Gillette, King Camp
- Glidden, Joseph Farwell
- Godfrey, Thomas
- Goldman, Sylvan Nathan
- Goldmark, Peter Carl
Goodyear-Jacuzzi
- Goodyear, Charles
- Gordy, Berry, Jr.
- Gorrie, John
- Gould, Jay (Jason Gould)
- Graham, Bette Nesmith (Bette Claire McMurray)
- Graham, Katherine
- Grandin, Temple
- Gray, Elisha
- Green, Hetty (Harriet Howland Robinson)
- Gregg, John Robert
- Griffin, Merv (Mervyn Edward Griffin, Jr.)
- Grove, Andrew
- Hall, Charles Martin
- Hammer, Armand
- Handler, Ruth (Ruth Mosko)
- Harriman, E. H. (Edward Henry Harriman)
- Hearst, William Randolph
- Hefner, Hugh Marston (1926– ), and Christie Ann Hefner (1952– )
- Helmsley, Harry (Henry Brakmann Helmsley) (1909–1997), and Leona Helmsley (Leona Mindy Rosenthal, Leona Panzirer, Leona Lubin, Leona Roberts) (1920–2007)
- Henry, Vickie Lea (Vickie Lea Hixon, Vickie Rosenburg)
- Henson, Jim (James Maury Henson)
- Hershey, Milton Snavely
- Hewitt, Peter Cooper
- Hewlett, William (1913–2001), and David Packard (1912–1996)
- Hill, James Jerome
- Hilton, Conrad Nicholson
- Hollerith, Herman
- Hopper, Edna Wallace
- Hopper, Grace (Grace Brewster Murray)
- Houdry, Eugene Jules
- House, Royal Earl
- Howe, Elias
- Hughes, Howard Robard, Sr. (1869–1924), and Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (1905–1976)
- Huizenga, Harry Wayne
- Hunt, H. L. (Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, Jr.)
- Hunt, John Wesley
- Hyatt, John Wesley
- Icahn, Carl Celian
- Insull, Samuel
- Jacuzzi, Candido
Jay-Mergenthaler
- Jay-Z (Shawn Carter)
- Jobs, Steven Paul (1955– ) and Stephen Gary Wozniak (1950– )
- Jones, Amanda Theodosia
- Joyner, Marjorie Stewart
- Julian, Percy Lavon
- Kaiser, Henry John
- Keith, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin Keith) (1846–1914), and E. F. Albee (Edward Franklin Albee) (1857–1930)
- Keith, Minor Cooper
- Kellogg, John Harvey (1852–1943), and W. K. Kellogg (Willie Keith Kellogg) (1860–1951)
- Kelly, William
- Kennedy, Joseph Patrick
- Kettering, Charles Franklin
- King, Don
- King, Richard
- Kluge, John Werner
- Knight, Margaret
- Knight, Sarah Kemble
- Kraft, James Lewis
- Kroc, Ray (Raymond Albert Kroc)
- Kwolek, Stephanie Louise
- Land, Edwin Herbert
- Latimer, Lewis Howard
- Lauder, Estée
- Lear, William Powell
- Leslie, Miriam (Miriam Florence Follin, Minnie Montez, and Frank Leslie)
- Levitt, Abraham
- Little, Arthur Dehon
- Little, Royal
- Lockheed, Malcolm (Malcolm Loughead) (1887–1958), and Allan Lockheed (Allan Haines Loughead) (1889–1969)
- Luce, Henry Robinson
- Marriott, John Willard
- Marsh, Charles Wesley
- Masters, Sybilla Righton
- Matzeliger, Jan Ernst
- Mauchly, John William (1907–1980), and John Presper Eckert, Jr. (1919–1995)
- Mayer, Louis B.
- McCormick, Cyrus Hall
- McCoy, Elijah
- McMahon, Vince (Vincent Kennedy McMahon)
- Mergenthaler, Ottmar
Milken-Schwab
- Milken, Michael Robert
- Monaghan, Tom (Thomas Stephen Monaghan)
- Morgan, Garrett Augustus
- Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont Morgan)
- Morris, Robert
- Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese Morse)
- Muller, Gertrude Agnes
- Munsey, Frank Andrew
- Naismith, James A.
- Newmark, Craig
- Noble, Edward John
- Norton, Charles Hotchkiss
- Noyce, Robert Norton
- Oakes, Ziba B.
- Ochoa, Esteban
- Olds, Ransom Eli
- Otis, Elisha Graves
- Parker, Colonel Tom (Andreas van Kujik)
- Perkins, Thomas Handasyd
- Perot, Ross (Henry Ray Perot)
- Pickens, T. Boone
- Pinckney, Elizabeth Lucas
- Pinkerton, Allan
- Pinkham, Lydia Estes
- Pittman, Robert Warren
- Polese, Kim
- Post, C. W. (Charles William Post)
- Pritzker, Abram Nicholas
- Pulitzer, Joseph
- Pullman, George Mortimer
- Pupin, Michael Idvorsky
- Reuther, Walter
- Rock, Arthur
- Rockefeller, John Davison
- Rosenthal, Ida (Ida Kaganovich, Ida Cohen)
- Rozelle, Pete
- Rudkin, Margaret Fogarty
- Sanders, Harland David (Colonel Sanders)
- Sarnoff, David
- Schwab, Charles
Sears-White
- Sears, Richard Warren
- Sholes, Christopher Latham
- Siebert, Muriel
- Simmons, Russell
- Singer, Isaac Merritt
- Slater, Samuel
- Smith, Frederick
- Smith, Willi (Willie Donnell Smith)
- Sperry, Elmer Ambrose
- Stanley, Francis Edgar (1849–1918), and Freelan Oscar Stanley (1849–1940)
- Stern, David
- Stevens, Robert Livingston
- Stewart, Martha (Martha Kostyra)
- Strauss, Levi (Loeb Strauss)
- Strong, Harriett (Harriet Williams Russell)
- Sutter, John (Johann Augustus Suter)
- Swift, Gustavus Franklin
- Tesla, Nikola
- Thompson, J. Walter
- Thomson, Samuel
- Thorp, John
- Tilghman, Benjamin Chew (1821–1901), and Richard Albert Tilghman (1824–1899)
- Trippe, Juan Terry
- Tupper, Earl Silas
- Turner, Ted (Robert Edward Turner III)
- Van Andel, Jay (1924–2008), and Rich DeVos (Richard Marvin DeVos) (1926– )
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius
- Wachner, Linda Joy
- Walker, Madame C. J. (Sarah Breedlove, Sarah McWilliams)
- Walker, Maggie Lena (Maggie Mitchell)
- Waller, Frederic
- Walton, Sam (Samuel Moore Walton)
- Wanamaker, John
- Wang, An
- Ward, Montgomery (Aaron Montgomery Ward)
- Watson, Jr., Thomas J.
- Wells, Henry
- Westinghouse, George
- Weyerhaeuser, Frederick (Friedrich Weyerhaeuser)
- White, Eartha Mary Magdalene
Whitney-Zworykin
- Whitney, Eli
- Wilson, Kemmons (Charles Kemmons Wilson, Jr.)
- Winfrey, Oprah (Orpah Gail Winfrey)
- Woods, Granville T.
- Woolworth, F. W. (Frank Winfield Woolworth)
- Wright, Wilbur (1867–1912), and Orville Wright (1871–1948)
- Wrigley, William, Jr.
- Yale, Linus, Jr.
- Yerkes, Charles Tyson
- Zuckerberg, Mark
- Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma
Bibliography and Recommended Sources
Entries by Invention/Business Type
Entries by Year of Birth
Index

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