Business Tycoon Famous Names Starting with Letter F

A naturalized businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the PRO ballo

A naturalized businessman, politician who ran for governor of Buenos Aires Province on the PRO ballot in the 2007 elections in Argentina. He is a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.De Narváez arrived in Argentina at the age of three. His father was a Colombian coffee merchant. His mother's family owned the Casa Tía chain of supermarkets, started by his grandfather, Karel Steuer, in Eastern Europe as 'Te-Ta', the Czech for 'aunt', as 'tía' is in Spanish. Upon relocating to Argentina, it became a major chain. De Narváez began work there at the age of 17 years old and was appointed Chief Executive in 1989, a position which he held for ten years. [1] In 2002, his group bought 50% of La Rural, a major and historic exhibitions centre. In 2007 he bought one of Argentina's most important TV stations, América TV. He owns 20% of the Ambito Financiero and is also a director of Clarin.

Is a French businessman. He is currently chairman of the board of the TFN group, a major facility ma

Is a French businessman. He is currently chairman of the board of the TFN group, a major facility management company based in Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Franck Julien is the son of Jean-Pierre Julien, whom he succeeded as chairman of TFN in 2002. He is the grandson of Paul Julien, who founded TFN in 1944[2].

Is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Danone. He is the son of Antoine Riboud, the p

Is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Danone. He is the son of Antoine Riboud, the previous CEO, who transformed the former European glassmaker BSN Group into a leading player in the food industry.

An Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automot

An Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment.At 14, he left school to apprentice as a tool and die maker. In 1954, he arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and later moved to the province of Ontario. He currently resides in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria.

Was an American entertainment businessman.Previously, Wells had worked for Warner Brothers as its Vi

Was an American entertainment businessman.Previously, Wells had worked for Warner Brothers as its Vice President of West Coast in 1969, then in 1973 as President, and in 1977 as Vice Chairman until he left the company in 1982. Disney shareholders Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold recruited Wells to become Disney's President and Chief Operating Officer (1984-1994), along with Michael Eisner as Chairman and CEO, in their bid to oust CEO/President Ron W. Miller.

Is the chairman of Robert Bosch GmbH.[1] He studied industrial engineering at the University of Karl

Is the chairman of Robert Bosch GmbH.[1] He studied industrial engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and joined Robert Bosch GmbH in 1975. In 1988, he was transferred to the United States, but he returned to Germany in 1989. In 1990, Fehrenbach becam

Was a Dutch merchant active in Copenhagen, to which he moved in 1763 to set up a foreign trade and s

Was a Dutch merchant active in Copenhagen, to which he moved in 1763 to set up a foreign trade and shipping company. He became one of Denmark's largest shipping owners, with a fleet of 64 vessels at the company's height. He took advantage of Denmark's neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars to boost his and its trade, but his company got into difficulties during and after the English Wars, having to shut down in 1822.

Was a German-Austrian industrialist and billionaire. As the sole owner of the Friedrich Flick Indust

Was a German-Austrian industrialist and billionaire. As the sole owner of the Friedrich Flick Industrial Holding (Industrieverwaltung), he had interests in major companies including Daimler-Benz, WR Grace, Gerling Insurance, Buderus, Dynamit Nobel, Feldmü

Was chairman of Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik, a leading Austrian armaments firm founded by his fathe

Was chairman of Hirtenberger Patronen-Fabrik, a leading Austrian armaments firm founded by his father, Alexander Mandl.Mandl was a prominent fascist, but rather attached to the Austrofascism and Italian varieties than to Nazism. In the 1930s he became close to Prince Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, the commander of the Austrian fascist private army ("Heimwehr") leader, whom he furnished with weapons and ammunition. Following incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany with the Anschluss of 1938, Mandl's remaining property which had not yet been transferred to Swiss ownership was seized, since he had supported the separatist Austrofascism and his father was Jewish. Despite Mandl's Jewish heritage, his then-wife Hedy Lamarr wrote in her autobiography 'Ecstacy and Me' that both Italian dictator Benito Mussollini and German dictator Adolf Hitler attended Mandl's parties. Lamarr described Mandl as extremely controlling, and wrote that she escaped only by disguising herself as a maid and fleeing to Paris, where she obtained a divorce. Until 1940, Mandl tried to establish contact with Hermann Göring's office in order to supply Germany with iron.

Was a German manager, publisher, and author. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women'

Was a German manager, publisher, and author. He moved to Berlin in 1901 and opened a shop for women's clothes. In 1923, Radszuweit, who was gay,[1] founded the organisation Bund für Menschenrecht E.V. (BfM), which worked for the rights of gay people and f

Is a Dutch business man. He founded Randstad Holding, an employment agency based in The Netherlands.

Is a Dutch business man. He founded Randstad Holding, an employment agency based in The Netherlands. According to the 2007 annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people compiled and published by Forbes magazine in March 2007, Goldschmeding's personal wealth amounts $ 3.8 billion.

Was a German automobile engineer and executive. Nallinger joined Daimler Benz AG in 1922. He played

Was a German automobile engineer and executive. Nallinger joined Daimler Benz AG in 1922. He played an important part in the development of all-round independent suspension for passenger cars and in the introduction of (relatively) high speed diesel engin

The Director and General Manager of Tarmac Heavy Building Materials (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Fu is respons

The Director and General Manager of Tarmac Heavy Building Materials (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Fu is responsible for directing Tarmac's asphalt business efforts for China operations, overseeing the business, strategies and directions in all lines-of-business including asphalt manufacturing, surfacing, M&A, etc. When Fu joined Tarmac, he has been instrumental in helping Tarmac China both asphalt and aggregate business for business restructure and achieve substantial growth in the sophisticated Chinese market. With Fu's management leadership, Tarmac Heavy Building Materials has successfully concluded new agreements with Pudong International Airport and several important road contracts in Shanghai.

Is chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. In the Japanese system, that puts him in charge of the coun

Is chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. In the Japanese system, that puts him in charge of the country's largest automaker. Cho is only the second "outsider" to head Toyota Motor Co. since the members of the founding Toyoda family stepped aside in 1995.A lawyer by training, Cho has been serving as Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of Toyota Motor Corporation since June 2006. He joined the Company in April 1960. His previous titles include Managing Director, Senior Managing Director, Vice President, President and Vice Chairman of the Board. He previously served as President in a subsidiary.

Is the chairman of Canon and also of the Japan Business Federation. He studied Law at Chuo Universit

Is the chairman of Canon and also of the Japan Business Federation. He studied Law at Chuo University, and worked for Canon in the USA in the late 70s.

A Japanese real estate magnate with an estimated fortune of $5.7 billion, putting him among the five

A Japanese real estate magnate with an estimated fortune of $5.7 billion, putting him among the five richest people in Japan. He is the founder and chairman of the Iwasaki Sangyo Group, a major transportation, tourism and hotel company in southern Japan.

Was a Japanese businessman who founded one of the 15 largest industrial groupings in Japan, which sp

Was a Japanese businessman who founded one of the 15 largest industrial groupings in Japan, which specialized in electronics, chemicals, and metals industry. He bought the Ashio copper mine from the Japanese government in 1877 and was eventually turned it into a second tier zaibatsu called Furukawa zaibatsu. Japanese companies today with names "Furukawa" and "Fuji" often belong to this group.

Was a businessman and politician of Japan.He was nephew to the Denzaburo Fujita, and brother-in-law

Was a businessman and politician of Japan.He was nephew to the Denzaburo Fujita, and brother-in-law to mining leader Gisuke Ayukawa. Born in Hagi, and died in Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Commercial School (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1885, and graduated from Keio University in 1889.Through an investment from his uncle Fujita, Kuhara purchased the Hitachi Mine, formerly the Akasawa Silver Mine, in December 1905, and in two years it grew to become one of the four largest copper mines in Japan at the time. Using the success of this investment, in 1912, Kuhara founded Kuhara Trading Co., Ltd.

A businessman and Thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast. He is the Chairman of the Board and majority

A businessman and Thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast. He is the Chairman of the Board and majority shareholder of Venture Safe Net, Inc (VSN, Inc) of Tokyo.The owner of a number of racehorses, the most notable of which was 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus whom he sold for a reported US$64 million to Ireland's Coolmore Stud.