Business Tycoon Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was the founder of Heineken. In 1864 he decided to purchase the brewery 'Den Hoyberg.' Here he start

Was the founder of Heineken. In 1864 he decided to purchase the brewery 'Den Hoyberg.' Here he started to brew a new beer.Gerard Adriaan's emphasis on quality was soon rewarded with Heineken beer winning important international prizes. Gerard Adriaan Heineken was the world's first brewer to found his own laboratory for quality control. He attracted a pupil of Louis Pasteur to head this laboratory. This scientist, Doctor Elion, isolated a yeast strain of superior quality, the Heineken A-yeast.

Is an Armenian-American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation a

Is an Armenian-American businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation and has contributed thousands of dollars to numerous philanthropic causes, including contributing funds toward buying an Armenian Genocide Museum and Memori

Is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Philips Electronics (known universally

Is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Philips Electronics (known universally as Philips) and Chairman of its Board of Management and Group Management Committees.From 1981 to 1986 he was General Manager of Philips' Professional Audio Product Group. Kleisterlee joined Philips Components in 1986. After becoming General Manager of Philips Display Components for Europe, he attended Wharton School's Advanced Management Program[1]in 1991.

Is a French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in

Is a French businessman based in France who owns and controls the House of Chanel perfume company in partnership with his brother, Alain. The privately held House of Chanel is run by Alain Wertheimer who has presided over the acquisition of several non-Chanel brands, including Eres Lingerie, Tanner Krolle saddles and leather goods, and Holland & Holland, a British gunsmith.

An Argentine businessman, TV host and film director.He was the producer Polémica en el bar and La n

An Argentine businessman, TV host and film director.He was the producer Polémica en el bar and La noche del Domingo, two of the most popular Argentine television programs of the 1970s and '80s. Sofovich also hosts A la manera de Sofovich and Sin Límite SMS, broadcast on Canal 9.During the 1970s and 1980s he directed several picaresque films starring comedians Alberto Olmedo and Jorge Porcel. Though critically panned, these movies were quite successful in reaching a large audience.

Was a Dutch businessperson, who was a top manager of Ahold until his death in 1987. His grandfather

Was a Dutch businessperson, who was a top manager of Ahold until his death in 1987. His grandfather was Albert Heijn. His son Ronald Jan Heijn played for the Dutch national field hockey team.On September 9, 1987, he was kidnapped near his villa in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands by Ferdi Elsas. Although Elsas murdered him only a few hours after the kidnapping, he pretended that Heijn was still alive for a long time and asked for ransom. He sent the Heijn family Gerrit Jan's glasses and severed little finger. Elsas was caught when he started spending banknotes of the ransom he received, of which the numbers had been recorded. He served a prison sentence and was freed in 2001.

Was the son of a cheese-dealer, mayor of Amsterdam and administrator of the Dutch East India Company

Was the son of a cheese-dealer, mayor of Amsterdam and administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). He was one of the first of the VOC's subscribers in 1602. For years he was a member of the Amsterdam vroedschap.

Born to a working class family in Heraklion, Crete, she distinguished herself academically. Angelopo

Born to a working class family in Heraklion, Crete, she distinguished herself academically. Angelopoulos-Daskalaki studied law in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in the late 1980s became actively involved in politics in Athens, initially elected municipal councillor and subsequently Member of Parliament. In 1990 she married shipping magnate Theodore Angelopoulos and has since been working in the shipping business. In 1998, she was appointed Ambassador at Large by the Greek government.

Is a Greek of Cretan descent, the first-born son of oil tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis. He majored in

Is a Greek of Cretan descent, the first-born son of oil tycoon Vardis Vardinogiannis. He majored in economics at Vassar College in the United States. He is a former car rally champion who owns the private rally team Cyclon Rally Sport, with seven participations (from 1986 to 1992) in the international Acropolis Rally; he was first Greek driver in Acropolis Rally for five years from 1988 to 1992.

Was an industrialist and collector of automobiles. He is best known for the Schlumpf collection hous

Was an industrialist and collector of automobiles. He is best known for the Schlumpf collection housed at the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse.

Is an American businessman. Moreno has worked for several large companies in the United States and t

Is an American businessman. Moreno has worked for several large companies in the United States and the United Kingdom and most recently worked as acting-chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited which manages the British government's bank shareholdings.In October 2005 Moreno was appointed as Lord Stevenson's replacement as chairman of Pearson PLC, after a 5 month search.[1][2] The shortlist included Charles Gibson Smith, the chairman of the London Stock Exchange.[2] Moreno's appointment came as something of a surprise to the business world as he was not widely known in the United Kingdom and he was described by The Guardian as an "unknown quantity".[2][4] His salary at Pearson was £425,000 per year.[4] Moreno is also a senior independent director of Man Group plc, having been a non-executive director there since 1994, and persuaded the group to co-sponsor the Man Booker Prize for literature.[1][2] He is also a governor of the Ditchley Foundation and a director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]

Was one of the Satsuma students of 1865, smuggled out of Bakumatsu period Japan to study in Great Br

Was one of the Satsuma students of 1865, smuggled out of Bakumatsu period Japan to study in Great Britain. He returned to become Japan's leading entrepreneur of the early Meiji period.Godai later returned to Europe to negotiate with the Comte des Cantons de Charles Montblanc (1832-1893) to establish a joint venture commercial enterprise for the development of Satsuma's natural resources in exchange for European weapons and manufactured goods. This French-Satsuma trading company attacted French investment into Satsuma domain to establish a steamship shipyard, textile (silk) spinning factories,

An Iranian-American politician, diplomat and businesswoman from the U.S. state of Oregon. She is the

An Iranian-American politician, diplomat and businesswoman from the U.S. state of Oregon. She is the former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs. She ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican in 2004, and is a former delegate to the United Nations. She was born in Tehran, Iran.[

Was an Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropist. He was co

Was an Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropist. He was considered to be a pioneer of Indian American ethnic media in the United States.Raju launched the first successful Indian newspaper in the U.S., India Abroad, in 1970. [1][2][3] The India Abroad newspaper refers to itself as the "oldest Indian newspaper published in North America."[4] The newspaper quickly became an influential voice for the growing Indian American community in the United States.[1] Raju's India Abroad was considered to be an important milestone for the growth of ethnic media in the U.S and one of the most credible Indian American publications.[1][5] The Economist, a respected British weekly international affairs magazine, once referred to Raju's India Abroad as a daily publication of “unusually high quality”.[3][5]

Was a Welsh Liberal politician and businessman.He served in France and was awarded the Distinguished

Was a Welsh Liberal politician and businessman.He served in France and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916. He was promoted to Brigade Major and twice mentioned in dispatches. By 1948 however he was being referred to as having achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel[1]. After the war, he was called to the Bar by Grays Inn but the law was a subordinate interest to business and politics. He became a member of the London Stock Exchange and went into the oil business.

Was the seventh business owner of current Yamasa Corporation in Japan He saved many lives of his fel

Was the seventh business owner of current Yamasa Corporation in Japan He saved many lives of his fellow villagers of Hiro-Mura (current Hirogawa, Wakayama), when a massive tsunami struck the Kii Peninsula in 1854. He set fire to stacks of "Inamura" (rice sheaves) to use as landmarks and help him guide those villagers to safe place. He is often considered to be a "Living God", due to Greek novelist Lafcadio Hearn's story about him in "Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East (1897). Inamura no Hi: The burning rice fields (published in the U.S. by Sara Cone Bryant in 1963) also chronicled Goryo's heroic exploits and the historical account of his efforts were also introduced into Japanese textbooks.

The founder and chairman of GMR group, a leading infrastructure developer in India [1]. He was ranke

The founder and chairman of GMR group, a leading infrastructure developer in India [1]. He was ranked 198th in the world's richest list by Forbes, and his wealth was valued at $6.2 billion. He is 14th on the India Rich List.Rao started in jute mills and founded the GMR group. He expanded the GMR group into the energy and infrastructure sectors. In 2007, the GMR group won a bid to privatize India's third busiest airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport[2]. Rao spent $1 million on his bid and made a deal with Fraport AG to support his bid. GMR group has also completed a $2 hundred million Hyderabad airport project, which was opened in May 2000.[3]

Was a print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps co

Was a print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, and the Argos chain of catalogue stores.Tompkins purchased the name Green Shield from a luggage manufacturer and founded Green Shield Trading Stamp Co in 1958, along similar lines to S&H Green Stamps.

Is Argentina's wealthiest individual, with an estimated net worth of US$1.7 billion dollars in 2006.

Is Argentina's wealthiest individual, with an estimated net worth of US$1.7 billion dollars in 2006.[1]Gregorio Pérez Companc was born in Buenos Aires, in 1934. He built his fortune as head of Petrolera Pérez Companc, a family-based conglomerate in oil and gas that was first established by Gregorio's father in 1946. Between 1990 and 1994, the company expanded its domestic activities in the oil business and in a number of other industries through participation in the country's privatization programme initiated by President Carlos Menem.[2] By 1996, Pérez Companc S.A. had consolidated sales of US$1.41 billion. The family strengthened its hand in 1998 by forming a new public holding company, PC Holdings S.A.,

Was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a m

Was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (12.20 km2) to the City of Los Angeles which became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory. Griffith's legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903, a crime for which he served two years in prison.

A Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima became a stu

A Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima became a student of the noted Zen teacher Kodo Sawaki. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Nishijima received a law degree from Tokyo University and began a career in finance. It was not until 1973, when he was in his mid-50s, that Nishijima was ordained as a Buddhist priest. His preceptor for this occasion was Rempo Niwa, a former head of the Soto Zen sect. Four years later, Niwa gave him shiho, formally accepting him as one of his successors. Nishijima continued his professional career until 1979.

Was the proprietor of the first steam-operated flour mill in Argentina.The first mill was authorized

Was the proprietor of the first steam-operated flour mill in Argentina.The first mill was authorized in 1859 by the provincial government of Antonio Gaspoz, who built it on the banks of the Cululú River. The steam mill was installed in the colony of San Carlos by Guillermo Bauer and Juan Siegel, who hoped to have eight mills operational before 1890. They benefitted from the inauguration of the railroad in 1885, because they were able to ship their product to the port of Rosario, where Guillermo was able to receive more money for his product.

Was the founder of the T-Series music label (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.) [2], the best known in

Was the founder of the T-Series music label (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.) [2], the best known in India, and a Indian Bollywood movie producer. T series of now run by his son Bhushan Kumar [3]. His daughter Tulsi Kumar is a playback singer [4].He founded Super Cassettes Industries[6], a small audio cassette operation which soon grew to be very big. Later he started a music production company in Noida, near Delhi. He is said to have started the practice of exploiting a loophole in the Indian copyright law, and creating cover versions of popular songs.

A Chinese entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Fosun International Limited and the representative of 10th

A Chinese entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Fosun International Limited and the representative of 10th National People's Congress. Guo is currently the second richest person in Mainland China with a net worth over 30 billion Chinese yuan.[citation needed].In 1992, Guo was criticized by Fudan University for using its official envelope for conducting a private survey while employed there. He resigned over this incident. Guo went on to establish his first company, Guangxin Technology Development Company.

Also known as G, is an American entrepreneur, author and TV Personality. He was the Founder, Chairma

Also known as G, is an American entrepreneur, author and TV Personality. He was the Founder, Chairman & CEO of two advertising companies which were sold for over $340 million.