List of Italian-American business people
To be included in this list of Italian-American business people, individuals must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian-American business people, or must have other published references showing they are Italian-American business people and are notable.
Senior executives
- Frank Abagnale Jr., founder of Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company.
- Gil Amelio, former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple
- William Amelio, president and CEO of Lenovo Group Limited
- Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers
- Richard Belluzzo, computer industry executive at HP, SGI, Microsoft, Quantum
- John Brunetti, CEO of Hialeah Park Race Track
- Bob Castellini, owner of the Cincinnati Reds
- Samuel DiPiazza, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Nick Donofrio, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation
- Richard Grasso (1946–), former chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
- Lee Iacocca (1924–), former chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
- Angelo Mozilo, founder and CEO of Countrywide Financial
- Robert Nardelli, former chairman and CEO of Home Depot and Chrysler
- Frank Nuovo, head of design at Vertu
- Paul Otellini (1950–), Intel Corporation's fifth Chief Executive Officer
- Samuel J. Palmisano (1951–), chairman and CEO of IBM
- Frank P. Pellegrino (1901-1975), chairman and CEO of the International Hat Company
- Jerry Perenchio, former Chairman and CEO of Univision
- Patricia Russo (1952–), CEO of Lucent Technologies
- Peter F. Secchia, former chairman and CEO of Universal Forest Products
- Barbara Turf (1943-2014), CEO of Crate & Barrel
Entrepreneurs
- Robert Benedetto, founder of Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
- Steve Bisciotti (1960–), billionaire founder of the Allegis Group, owner of the Baltimore Ravens
- Hector Boyardee, famous for his Chef Boyardee brand of food products
- Domenico Canale (1843–1919), founder of D. Canale & Co., major distributor of food and beverages
- Pat Croce (1954–), former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team
- Nicholas D'Agostino, Sr. (1910–1996), co-founder of D'Agostino Supermarkets
- Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. (1946–), billionaire, former owner of the San Francisco 49ers
- Remo Belli (1927–2016), jazz drummer who developed and marketed the first successful synthetic drumheads and founded the Remo company.
- Chris Deering (1947–), executive and marketer for Sony PlayStation and other video games[1]
- Fred DeLuca, founder of Subway Sandwich
- Giorgio DeLuca, founder of Dean & DeLuca
- Frank Fertitta III, American casino executive and sports promoter, Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Lorenzo Fertitta, American casino executive and sports promoter, Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Bill Gallo, founder of Columbia Grain Trading Inc. which he developed into the No. 1 supplier of soybeans to China
- Joe Gebbia (1981-), Co-founder of Airbnb
- Domingo Ghirardelli (1817–1894), founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Tom Golisano (1941–), billionaire founder of Paychex, former owner of the Buffalo Sabres, three-time candidate for Governor of New York
- Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr. (1925–), businessman from New Jersey, founder and president of NY Waterway ferry service
- Kenneth Langone (1935–), billionaire founder of The Home Depot
- Gennaro Lombardi, opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, Lombardi's
- Aaron Marino, founder of alpha m.
- Lelio Marino (1935–2004), co-founder of construction company Modern Continental
- Roger Marino, founder of EMC Corporation
- Vincent Marotta, founder of Jarden Corporation
- Robert Mondavi (1913–2008), leading vineyard operator in California's Napa Valley
- Amedeo Obici (1877–1947), founder of the Planters Peanut Company in 1906
- Don Panoz (1935-2018), founder of various pharmaceutical companies
- Antonio Pasin (1897-1990), was the founder of the Radio Flyer company in 1917
- Mario Peruzzi (1875–1955), co-founder of Planters Peanut Company in 1906
- Almerindo Portfolio (1877–1966), President of Bank of Sicily (USA), and Treasurer of New York City
- Leandro Rizzuto (1938-2017), chairman and co-founder of Conair Corporation
- Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993), Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products
- Henry Salvatori (1901–1997), Italian immigrant geophysicist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist who founded Western Geophysical.
- Jay Sarno (1922–1984), Las Vegas business entrepreneur who owned several high-profile hotels
- Donald Valle(1908-1977), Founder and President of Valle's Steak House
- Joey Vento(1939-2011), Founder of Geno's Steaks
- Andrew Viterbi (1935–), Italian immigrant founder of Qualcomm
Finance
- Robert Agostinelli (1953–), chairman and co-founder of private equity firm Rhône Group
- Mario Gabelli (1942–), stock investor, investment adviser and financial analyst
- Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949), founder of Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States
- Frank Quattrone (1955–), investment banker who led dozens of major IPOs during the 1990s tech boom
- Lewis Ranieri (1947–), pioneer of mortgage-backed securities
Publishing
- George T. Delacorte, Jr. (1894–1991), founder of Dell Publishing
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010), founder and former publisher of Penthouse Magazine
- Leonard Riggio (1941–), owner of Barnes & Noble
- Louis Rossetto (1949–), founder and former publisher of Wired Magazine
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References
- "MCV LEGENDS - Chris Deering" Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, MCVUK.com, (Retrieved 12 November 2015)
External links
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