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Jews figure prominently in the history of business.

United States
Sephardic Jews were active cross-Atlantic trade during the colonial era. Jews were also prominent in the early years of Hollywood

List
Following is a partial list of notable people who are relevant to the history of Jews in business.

Finance

 * Henry Bloch and Richard Bloch, founders of H&R Block.
 * Marcus Goldman, founder of Goldman Sachs
 * Henry Lehman, founder of Lehman Brothers.
 * Haym Solomon, financier of the American Revolutionary War.

Media and Entertainment

 * Walter Annenberg
 * Bennett Cerf, founder of Random House.
 * Oscar Deutsch, founder of Odeon Cinemas.
 * Alfred A. Knopf, founder of Alfred A. Knopf.
 * Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures.
 * Louis B. Mayer, film producer and founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
 * David Sarnoff, founder of RCA.
 * Richard L. Simon, founder of Simon & Schuster.
 * Roger W. Straus, Jr., founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
 * Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount Pictures.

Trade and retailing

 * Lyman G. Bloomingdale and Joseph B. Bloomingdale, founders of Bloomingdale's
 * Leo Castelli, art dealer for American modern art.
 * Sidney Janis, art dealer, primarily abstract expressionism.
 * Aaron Lopez, prominent merchant in Newport, Rhode Island
 * Frederick August Otto Schwarz, founder of FAO Schwartz

Manufacturing, fashion, and design

 * Estée Lauder, founder of Estée Lauder Companies.
 * Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz) founder of Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.
 * Levi Strauss, founder of Levi Strauss & Co..
 * Max Factor, Sr., cosmetition who started Max Factor.
 * Ruth Handler, inventor of Barbie Doll and co-founder of Mattel.
 * Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, founders of Hasbro.
 * Morris Michtom, inventor of teddy bear and founder of Ideal Toy Company.
 * Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, figured in the Quiz show scandals.
 * Ida Rosenthal, inventor of the brassiere and founder of Maiden Form.
 * Helena Rubinstein, founder of Helena Rubinstein, Inc. cosmetic line, one of world's richest women in her era.

Services

 * Edward Bernays, founded field of public relations.
 * Pritzker family of Hyatt Hotels

Business executives

 * Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears.
 * Irving S. Shapiro, CEO of Du Pont.
 * Gerard Swope, President of General Electric from 1922 to 1940.
 * Sidney Weinberg, CEO of Goldman Sachs

Miscellaneous, other, general

 * Guggenheim family.

Europe

 * House of Camondo
 * Court Jews
 * Joseph Duveen, art dealer.
 * Joel family.
 * Paul Rosenberg, art dealer.
 * Rothschild family.
 * Warburg family.
 * Daniel Wildenstein, art dealer.

The Americas

 * Bronfman family

Asia (excluding Israel)

 * Kadoorie family.
 * David Sassoon, treasurer of Baghdad.

International
Various levels of the worldwide wholesale diamond trade, from mining (De Beers) and trading, to cutting, distribution and sale to jewelers, are run almost exclusively by small close-knit communities of Jews. Business culture in the industry is shaped by Jewish religious and cultural traditions.

Scholars and commentators on Jews and business

 * Henry Brooks Adams, American anti-modernist, editorialized against Jewish power on [[Wall Street].
 * Simon Kuznets, Wharton School professor.
 * Werner Sombart, German economist, author of The Jews and Modern Capitalism.
 * Thorstein Veblen, economist and sociologist. Wrote "The Intellectual Pre-Eminince of Jews".
 * Max Weber, German economist and sociologist. Discussed relationship of Judaism to business norms in The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and  Ancient Judaism.

Fictional characters

 * Shylock, central character from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.