Entrepreneurs

Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor and co-founder of Apple.

Elon Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur with interests in commercial aerospace and electric vehicles.

Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Amazon.

Liu Chuanzhi is a Chinese entrepreneur and founder of Lenovo and Legend Holdings. In 1984, he and ten fellow researchers established the business that became Lenovo.

Ding Houqing (1887-May 3, 1970), a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was a modern industrialist in China. Ding Houqing was born into a fish farming family and was the number one broker of the Shanghai Flour Exchange in his early years. In 1926, he founded China Fuxin Tobacco Company in Shanghai and served as chairman and general manager. Fuxin Cigarette Factory later became a famous cigarette factory, and he was also known as the "Cigarette King" of Shanghai. In addition, he also founded Taifeng Warehouse, Huaxin Flour Mill (1943), Wuxi Cement Factory (1944), Tianhua Flour Mill (1945), and concurrently served as general manager of Shanghai Guanghua Bank, chairman of Xinsheng Cotton Mill, Tianping and Baolong Insurance Company, and Renkang Bank. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, he served as a director of the National Commercial Control Federation and chairman of the Central China Tobacco Control Committee under Wang Jingwei's regime. After the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Hong Kong to open the Hong Kong office of Fuxin Tobacco Factory. In 1949, Fuxin Cigarette Factory had three cigarette factories in Shanghai, Qingdao and Tianjin. In 1952 he moved to Brazil. He died in 1970 at the age of 83.

Ding Lei (October 1, 1971 -), Chinese IT entrepreneur, founder of NetEase, and Chief Architect of NetEase. A native of Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang. He, Zhang Chaoyang and Wang Zhidong are known as the Three Musketeers of the Internet. Ding Lei became China's top two richest people (Forbes, Hurun) in 2003, and was the first billionaire to start his career from the Internet and games. He ranked 81st on Forbes' 2019 list of the world's billionaires, with assets of US$14.7 billion.

Mikitani Hiroshi (Japanese: Mikitani Hiroshi/To Mikita Hiroshi, Romanized: Mikitani Hiroshi, March 11, 1965 -), born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Rakuten Corporation. He is also the president and CEO of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and the CEO of Vissel Kobe of the Japan Professional Football League.

Masaya Nakamura (Japanese: Masaya Nakamura, December 24, 1925 - January 22, 2017) was a Japanese entrepreneur and founder of Namco.

Toyoda Sakichi (Japanese: Toyoda Sakichi/Toyoda Sakichi, March 19, 1867 (February 14, Keio 3) - October 30, 1930 (Showa 5)) was born in Yamaguchi Village, Toe Kuni (now Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture). He was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He saw foreign looms at the Domestic Industry Exhibition in Tokyo, and independently invented the "Toyota-style wooden manual loom" and later invented the "G-type endless interchangeable Toyota automatic loom." During his career, he obtained 84 invention patents, 13 foreign invention patents and 35 utility models. Sakichi Toyoda established "Toyota Boshoku", "Toyota Textile Mills" and "Toyota Automatic Loom Manufacturing Co., Ltd." and was the founder of the Toyota Group. His son is Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor.

Kiichiro Toyoda (Japanese: Toyoda Kiichiro/Toyoda Kiichiro, Romanized: Toyoda Kiichiro, June 11, 1894 - March 27, 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur and founder of Toyota Motor Corporation. In 1933, he established an automobile manufacturing department within his father Sakichi Toyoda's company (Toyoda Automatic Loom). In 1937, this automobile manufacturing department was separated to establish Toyota Motor Corporation.

Toyoda Akio (Japanese: Toyoda Akio/Toyoda Akio, Romanized: Toyoda Akio, May 3, 1956 -) is a Japanese entrepreneur. The grandson of Toyota Motor founder Kiichiro Toyoda is also a capable amateur racing driver (who can race at the Nürburgring). The current Chairman (Chairman) of Toyota Motor Corporation, he served as the Executive Director, President (President) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Toyota Motor Corporation from 2009 to 2023. In January 2023, Akio Toyoda announced that he would step down as president of Toyota Motor and will become president on April 1, 2023. Tsuneharu Sato, the current brand chief and leader of the premium car brand Lexus for many years, will take over as president.

Dennis Anthony Tito (English: Dennis Anthony Tito, August 8, 1940 -), a wealthy American businessman and scientist. Spending nearly $20 million to complete an eight-day journey into space, he became a celebrity even though he described himself as an independent researcher rather than a tourist.

Le Zhenbao (1869-1941) was a national capitalist and philanthropist during the Republic of China, and a pioneer in China's steel industry.

George Westinghouse, Jr. (English: George Westinghouse, Jr., October 6, 1846 - March 12, 1914) was an industrialist, inventor, engineer and founder of Westinghouse Electric in Pennsylvania, United States. He invented the air braking system for trains and was a pioneer in the electric power industry. He obtained his first patent at the age of 19. Westinghouse saw the potential of alternating current in electric power distribution systems. As early as the 1880s, he devoted all his resources to developing an alternating current system and bringing it to market. His actions caused his enterprise to compete directly with Edison's direct current system. In 1911, Westinghouse received the Edison Medal from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) for "outstanding contributions and achievements related to the development of alternating current systems."

George Soros (Esperanto: George Soros, August 12, 1930 -), whose real name is Schwartz György (Hungarian: Schwartz György), was formerly translated as Sauros György, is a Hungarian-born American Jewish businessman, currency speculator, stock investor, progressive political and social activist and philosopher. Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and a former member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. In the 2021 list of the 400 richest people in the United States, he ranked 92nd with assets of US$8.6 billion.

Aaron Hillel Swartz (English: Aaron Hillel Swartz, November 8, 1986 - January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, author and Internet hacker activist. He participated in the development of the RSS feed publishing format, the Markdown text publishing format, the Creative Commons organization, the web.py website development framework, and was the co-founder of the social media Reddit - when his Infogami merged with Alexis Vanian and Steven Hoffman's company to form Not a Bug, Y Combinator founder Paul Graham gave him the title of founder. [a] His work also focuses on civic awareness and action: in 2009, he helped found the Progressive Social Change Campaign Committee to understand effective Internet movements. In 2010, he became a scholar at the Edmund Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, conducting research under the leadership of Lawrence Lessig. He founded the online group Seeking Advancement - known for its campaign against a bill to ban online piracy. On January 6, 2011, he was arrested by the MIT Police Department on charges of trespassing in violation of state law: He connected a computer to the MIT campus network and placed it in an unmarked, unlocked cabinet; through a guest account given by the college, he systematically downloaded academic journals on JSTOR on a large scale. Federal prosecutors subsequently filed two counts of Internet fraud and 11 violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act against him - Aaron Swartz faces a total of up to 35 years in prison and a $1 million fine, confiscation of property, return of stolen items, and residential surveillance. Two days later, he was found dead in his apartment in Brooklyn, New York, having hanged himself after rejecting a plea deal from federal prosecutors that offered him six months in federal prison. In 2013, Aaron Swartz was posthumously inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.

Henri Dunant (French: Henri Dunant, pronounced: [ɑʁi dynɑə]; May 8, 1828 - October 30, 1910) was a Swiss businessman and humanitarian, the founder of the Red Cross Movement, and later generations respectfully called him the "Father of the Red Cross." In 1859, while on a business trip, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino. Later, he recorded this experience in his book "Memoirs of Solferino". The ideas in the book eventually led to the creation of the "International Committee for the Relief of the Wounded Soldiers" in 1863 (that is, The predecessor of the International Committee of the Red Cross). The 1864 Geneva Convention was also based on Dunant's humanitarian ideas. In 1901 he and Frenchman Frederic Passy won the first Nobel Peace Prize.

Ren Kelei (May 1950-), senior political engineer, member of the Communist Party of China, currently president and party secretary of Shenzhen OCT Group Company. Chairman of OCT Holdings Co., Ltd. Managing Director and Deputy General Manager of China Travel Service Group in Hong Kong. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Konka Electronics (Group) Co., Ltd. Vice Chairman of the China State-owned Youth President Committee.

Ren Shigang (1896-1946), a Chinese industrialist and one of the pioneers of the modern textile industry. He is China's famous "King of T-shirts" after the 1920s. He is also the founder of the popular "Goose" T-shirt trademark and a master advertising publicist. A native of Ningbo, Zhejiang.

Ren Zhengfei (October 25, 1944 -), male, Han nationality, native of Rendian Village, Huangzhai Town, Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province, was born in Zhenning County, Guizhou Province, and is a Chinese entrepreneur. In 1963, Ren Zhengfei entered Chongqing Institute of Architecture and Engineering to study. After graduation, he enlisted in the army and became an infrastructure engineering soldier. He was discharged from the army in 1982 and transferred to work in Shenzhen. In 1987, he founded Huawei, one of the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers and smart car manufacturers, and has served as CEO and director to this day.

Joi Ito (Japanese: Ito Joichi/Ito Joichi, Romanized: Itō Jōichi, born June 19, 1966), commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur and venture capital, an important figure in the popularization of the Internet in Japan. He is currently the director of the MIT Media Lab. As an entrepreneur, I pay attention to Internet and technology companies and establish some companies, such as Japan PSINet, Digital Garage and Japan Infoseek. He also established a blog, wiki and IRC channel. Joichi Ito is the CEO of Creative Commons and a co-partner of Neoteny Labs.

He Guangye (?—), President of the Asia-Pacific Tourism Federation, President of the China Liaison Office of Italian Costa Cruises, Honorary President of Changgong Education Foundation Branch, Deputy Director-General of the World Leisure Organization and Asia-Pacific Secretary-General in charge of Asia-Pacific affairs. The son of He Changgong, a senior general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

He Xiaopeng (November 3, 1977 -), a native of Hubei, an entrepreneur from mainland China, and the co-founder of UC Youshi and Xpeng Motors.

Ho Kun Shan (1838-1901), also known as He Xianchi, English records call him HO Amei, was a mining businessman in Hong Kong and Guangdong at the end of the 19th century.