List of Jewish American businesspeople

Aerospace

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

Energy and mining

 * Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012
 * Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation
 * Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922)
 * Jacob Blaustein (1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922)
 * 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
 * Max Fisher (1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest
 * Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
 * 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
 * Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company
 * Jack J. Grynberg (1932–2021), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co.
 * Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family
 * Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco
 * Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL's New York Jets
 * Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro
 * Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros.
 * George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company
 * Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company
 * Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah
 * Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy
 * Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc.
 * Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company

Miscellaneous

 * Juval Aviv (1947–), Israeli-American founder of corporate investigations firm Interfor International
 * Larry Baer, CEO of MLB's San Francisco Giants
 * Henry (1922–2019) and Richard Bloch (1926–2004), founders of tax preparation company H&R Block, Inc.
 * Al Davis (1929–2011), owner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders
 * Heidi Fleiss (1965–), former madam, owner of the Nevada-based Flying S Ranch Ultralight Flightpark, an ultralight private use airport
 * Orit Gadiesh (1951–), Israeli-American corporate strategist, chairwoman of global management consultancy Bain & Company
 * Jonathan Greenstein (1967–), founder of auction house J. Greenstein & Company
 * Ami James (1972–), Israeli-American entrepreneur, owner of the Miami-based Love Hate Tattoo Studio, and nightclub Love Hate Lounge
 * Jules Kroll (1941–), founder of corporate investigation firm Kroll, Inc.
 * Terry Lenzner (1939–2020), founder of Investigative Group International (IGI)
 * 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
 * Ira A. Lipman (1940–2019), founder and chairman of security company Guardsmark
 * Moishe Mana (1956–), Israeli-born founder of Moishe's Moving Systems, GRM Information Management and MILK Studios
 * Barry Minkow (1966–), founder of carpet-cleaning company ZZZZ Best Co.
 * Morris Mirkin (1919–1985), founder of Budget Rent-a-Car
 * Abraham Saperstein (1902–1966), British-born founder of the Harlem Globetrotters; former owner of NLB's Chicago Brown Bombers and the Birmingham Black Barons
 * Louis Sloss (1823–1902), co-founder of the Alaska Commercial Company
 * Casey Wasserman (1974–), founder of sports marketing and talent management company Wasserman
 * Mark Weinberger (1964/1965–), former chairman of multinational professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY)
 * Sheldon Yellen (1958–), CEO of BELFOR Property Restoration
 * Daniel Yergin (1947–), vice chairman of research and information company, IHS Markit

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

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

Technology and software

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

New media

 * Robert A. Altman (1947–2021), co-founder of ZeniMax Media (owns id Software, Arkane Studios, Bethesda Softworks)
 * Sam Altman (1985–), former president of Y Combinator and co-founder of OpenAI
 * Amir Ashkenazi, Israeli-American co-founder of Adap.tv and Shopping.com
 * Scott Belsky (1980–), founder of Behance
 * Marc Benioff (1964–), co-founder of cloud computing company Salesforce
 * Sergey Brin (1973–), Russian-born co-founder of Google, Inc., president of Alphabet Inc., director at X
 * Jay S. Cohen (1968–), online gambling pioneer, co-founder of WSEX
 * Dan Doctoroff (1958–), chairman of urban innovation organization Sidewalk Labs and smart cities tech company Intersection, former president of Bloomberg L.P.
 * Greg Fischbach (1942–), co-founder of Acclaim Entertainment
 * Mark Ghermezian, Canadian-American co-founder of mobile marketing company Braze, Inc.
 * Craig Taro Gold (1969–), co-founder of eVoice and Teleo
 * Justin Hartfield, founder of the Ghost Group and Weedmaps
 * Gary Kaplan (1959–), founder of the online sports betting company, BetonSports.com
 * Jonathan Klein (1960–), South African-born co-founder of Getty Images
 * Josh Kopelman (1972–), founder of Half.com, First Round Capital, chairman of Philadelphia Media Network, LLC
 * Jan Koum (1976–), Ukrainian-American co-founder of WhatsApp, Inc.
 * Jon Kraft, co-founder of Pandora Media, Inc. and Thrively
 * Gary Kremen (1963–), founder of Match.com; first registrant of Sex.com (Kremen v. Cohen)
 * Eric Lefkofsky (1969–), co-founder of Groupon
 * Max Levchin (1975–), Ukrainian-born co-founder of PayPal and financial technology company Affirm; member of the "PayPal Mafia"
 * Aaron Levie (1985–), CEO and co-founder of Box Inc.
 * Joey Levin, CEO of media and Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp (holds Vimeo LLC, Match Group, Inc., Tinder, Ask.com)
 * David Litman (1957–), co-founder of Hotels.com
 * Talmon Marco, Israeli-American co-founder of Viber, founder of Juno
 * Andrew Mason (1981–), co-founder of Groupon
 * Yuri Milner (1961–), Russian-born Israeli-American tech investor, co-founder of DST Global, former chairman and CEO of Mail.Ru (owns VKontakte)
 * Michael Morhaime (1967–), co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
 * Adam (1979–) and Rebekah Neumann (1978–), co-founders of WeWork
 * Craig Newmark (1952–), founder of Craigslist
 * Shaul Olmert (1975–), Israeli-American co-founder of online publishing platform EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz), former VP of digital products for MTV Networks
 * Jon Oringer (1974–), founder of Shutterstock
 * Larry Page (1973–), co-founder of Google, Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc.
 * Andrew Paulson (1958–2017), co-founder of SUP Media (LiveJournal)
 * Mark Pincus (1966–), co-founder of social game developing company Zynga
 * Ruth Porat (1957–), British-American CFO of Alphabet Inc.
 * Jeff Pulver (1962–), VoIP pioneer, co-founder of Vonage
 * Sean Rad (1986–), co-founder of Tinder
 * Bob Rosenschein (1953–), American-Israeli founder of Curiyo, co-founder of Answers.com
 * Jeffrey J. Rothschild (1954–) founding engineer and shareholder of Facebook.
 * David O. Sacks (1972–), South African-born co-founder of Yammer, CEO of Zenefits, founding COO of PayPal
 * Sheryl Sandberg (1969–), COO of Facebook, Inc., former VP of global online sales and operations at Google
 * Terry Semel (1943–), former chairman and CEO of both Yahoo! and Warner Bros.
 * Jeremy Stoppelman (1977–), co-founder of Yelp
 * Aaron Swartz (1986–2013), co-creator of RSS (web feed) and Reddit
 * Jeff Weiner (1970–), CEO of LinkedIn
 * Devin Wenig (1966–), former president and CEO of eBay Inc.
 * Rus Yusupov (1984–), Tajik SSR-born co-founder of video hosting service Vine, and HQ Trivia
 * Mark Zuckerberg (1984–), co-founder of Facebook, Inc.

Tourism and hotels

 * 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)
 * 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
 * Severyn Ashkenazy (1936–), Polish-born hotelier, former co-owner of the Viceroy L'Ermitage Beverly Hills
 * Mel Bernstein (1945–), Colorado-based paintball park and military museum owner
 * Paul Binder (1942–), co-founder of the Big Apple Circus
 * Ernie Blake (1913–1989), German-born founder of Taos Ski Valley
 * Alan Faena (1963–), Argentine-American Miami Beach-based hotelier, owner of the Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
 * Gene Freidman, Russian-born founder of Taxi Club Management (TCM)
 * Rande Gerber (1962–), nightlife industry entrepreneur, founder of the Gerber Group, co-founder of tequila label Casamigos
 * Dan Gilbert (1962–), founder of Detroit-based Jack Entertainment LLC and co-owner of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers
 * Joe Gold (1922–2004), founder of Gold's Gym International, Inc. and World Gym International
 * Bernie Goldstein (1929–2009), founder of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
 * David Grutman (1974–), Miami-based nightlife mogul, co-founder of the Miami Marketing Group (MMG)
 * Efrem Harkham, Israeli-born Beverly Hills-based hotelier, owner of the Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
 * Jeremy Jacobs (1940–), chairman of hospitality company Delaware North, owner of NHL's Boston Bruins
 * Alfred Kaskel (1901–1968), Polish-born founder of Doral Hotels and Resorts (Doral Beach Hotel) and Carol Management (Doral Country Club)
 * Jake Kozloff (1901–1976), Russian-born casino manager, former owner of the Frontier hotel & casino
 * Bill Miller (1904–2002), Russian-born former night club and casino operator
 * Sam Nazarian (1975–), Iranian-American founder of SBE Entertainment Group (Mondrian Hotels, Delano South Beach, Delano Las Vegas); member of the Nazarian family
 * Ben Novack (1907–1985), former developer and owner of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach
 * Eli Ostreicher (1984–), British-American founder of Regal Wings, a B2B luxury air service provider; brother of investor Jacob Ostreicher
 * Alberto Perlman (1977–), Colombian-American co-founder of Zumba Fitness, LLC
 * Jason Pomeranc, hotelier, co-founder of the SIXTY Collective and the Thompson Hotels Group
 * Jay Pritzker (1922–1999), co-founder of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (now led by his son, Thomas Pritzker (1950–)); member of the Pritzker family
 * Eugene Remm, Russian-born co-founder of the EMM Group (now Catch Hospitality Group)
 * Harris Rosen (1939–), Florida-based founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts
 * Ed Savitz (1942–1993), former Philadelphia-based amusement arcade owner
 * Izak Senbahar, Turkish-born hotelier, co-founder of the Alexico Group
 * Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), co-founder of the Flamingo casino and Murder, Inc., former co-owner of the El Cortez Hotel and Casino
 * David A. Siegel (1935–), founder of Westgate Resorts
 * Gordon Sondland (1957–), founder of Provenance Hotels
 * Noah Tepperberg (1975–), NYC-based co-founder of Strategic Hospitality Group (owns Tao, Lavo, Marquee New York)
 * 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
 * Sid Wyman (1910–1978), co-owner of Las Vegas casinos Sands, Riviera, Royal Nevada, and The Dunes.
 * Steve Wynn (1942–), Las Vegas casino owner, founder of Wynn Resorts

Restaurants

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