Business Tycoon Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is the daughter of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's current billionaire prime minister.Marina Berlusconi h

Is the daughter of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's current billionaire prime minister.Marina Berlusconi holds several posts in her father's media empire. She is chairman of Italy's largest magazine publisher, Mondadori, and deputy chairman of the family's inve

An Argentine journalist, media producer and businessman, best known as the main host of TV programme

An Argentine journalist, media producer and businessman, best known as the main host of TV programme Caiga Quien Caiga (CQC) broadcast on Argentina's Telefe.He started working at the Rock & Pop radio of Buenos Aires. He moved to TV as a secondary figure at Pepe Eliaschev's Cable a tierra and then Juan Alberto Badía's Badía y Compañía. In 1989 he hosted Rock and pop TV together with other radio figures. Probably his first successful TV shows were the teenager-rebel program La TV ataca (1991–1993) and Hacelo por mí (1992), but it was CQC (first aired in 1995) the most successful of them all.

Was one of four principal investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland Stanfo

Was one of four principal investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Huntington in 1861.When the California Gold Rush began, Hopkins formed the "New England Mining and Trading Company", a group of 26 men each of whom invested $500 to purchase goods and ship them to California for sale. On January 22, 1849 Hopkins left New York City on the ship Pacific. After rounding Cape Horn, the ship arrived in San Francisco on August 5, 1849.

In February 1980, aged 24, Hughes founded Los Angeles-based Herbalife International. It has since be

In February 1980, aged 24, Hughes founded Los Angeles-based Herbalife International. It has since become one of the world's largest distributors of herbal products through multi-level marketing, with sales of about $3.5 billion in 2007 according to company statements.

A South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space

A South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space.[1][2] Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2008, provides leadership for the Ubuntu Linux distribution.He currently lives in London and holds dual citizenship of South Africa and the United Kingdom.Shuttleworth founded Thawte in 1995, which specialised in digital certificates and Internet security and then sold it to VeriSign in December 1999, earning R 3.5 billion (about US$ 575 million at the time).In September 2000, Shuttleworth formed HBD Venture Capital, a business incubator and venture capital provider.In March 2004 he formed Canonical Ltd., for the promotion and commercial support of free software projects.

Is the chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Hewlett-Packard. He replaced Carly Fiorin

Is the chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Hewlett-Packard. He replaced Carly Fiorina, who resigned at the request of HP's board of directors after the difficult merger with Compaq, and a string of quarters with disappointing earnings. Hur

Was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996, fulfilling two terms in that ro

Was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 1986 to 1996, fulfilling two terms in that role.Hussey was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the Grenadier Guards in World War II and was severely injured at Anzio, having to have a leg amputated as a prisoner-of-war, which resulted in his repatriation. He joined Associated Newspapers where he had a long career, culminating in the position of managing director, before joining Times Newspapers as chief executive and managing director, a post he held from 1971-1980.

Is a Dutch business man and currently member of the board of Feyenoord Rotterdam as well as the chai

Is a Dutch business man and currently member of the board of Feyenoord Rotterdam as well as the chairman of the Siemens department in the Netherlands. He is also a member of the board of the VNO-NCW as well as ad interim chairman of the FME/CWM. As a member of the board of directors at Feyenoord he is responsible for the Human Resource Management.

A high-ranking Hong Kong civil servant. He is a Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong

A high-ranking Hong Kong civil servant. He is a Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and a Council Member of the Open University of Hong Kong.In 2008 he was appointed by the Chief Executive to succeed Victor Fung as Chairman of the Airport Authority. In 2009 he became the non-executive director of HSBC Holdings. He is also currently a non-executive Director of Hang Seng Bank, HKR International, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and Sun Hung Kai Properties. He currently represents Hong Kong on the Trustees Reviews Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board.

Was the founder of Square in 1983. Initially, he was the president of the company. In 1992, he left

Was the founder of Square in 1983. Initially, he was the president of the company. In 1992, he left the company to pursue other interests, and Tetsuo Mizuno replaced him as president of Square. On departure, he still owned 50% of his company.During the discussion of the merger of Square and Enix in 2002, his approval of the merger was essential because of his stake in Square. When the merger went through, .81 shares of Square resulted in 1 share of Enix.[1]

The founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan. Kyosuke Kinoshita, the current chairman

The founder of Acom, a major consumer loan company in Japan. Kyosuke Kinoshita, the current chairman of the company, is his eldest son. Kinoshita was a native of Akashi, Hyogo.

Was a Japanese businessman from Kobe. He graduated from The Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsuba

Was a Japanese businessman from Kobe. He graduated from The Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1947.[1]The former CEO of the Nissho Iwai Corporation, he later served as governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) from 1998 to 2003.[2] Hayami was a controversial BOJ governor because he insisted Japanese politicians must change the structure of the economy before the BOJ could take further measures to end deflation.

Was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.He graduated in 1933 from W

Was a Japanese electronics industrialist. He co-founded what is now Sony.He graduated in 1933 from Waseda University where he was nicknamed "Captain America." After graduating, he went to work at Photo-Chemical Laboratory, a company which processed movie film. In 1945, he left the company and founded a radio repair shop in Tokyo.In 1946 Ibuka and Akio Morita co-founded Sony Corporation, originally named Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (prior to 1958). Ibuka was instrumental in securing the licensing of transistor technology to Sony from Bell Labs in the 1950s, thus making Sony one of the first companies to apply transistor technology to non-military uses. Ibuka served as president of Sony from 1950 to 1971, and then served as chairman of Sony between 1971 and 1976. Ibuka left Sony in 1976, but maintained close ties as an advisor until his death in 1997 of a heart failure.

The owner and honorary chairman of $30 billion (sales) Ito-Yokado retailing group, which includes mo

The owner and honorary chairman of $30 billion (sales) Ito-Yokado retailing group, which includes more than 10,000 7-Elevens in Japan and the U.S. Masatoshi Ito is founder and honorary chairman of the Ito-Yokado Group, the second largest retailing organization in the world. Mr. Ito built the company from a small apparel store in Tokyo, into a corporation with annual revenues of more than $28 billion and a labor force of more than 125,000. The Ito-Yokado Group includes more than 10,000 7-Eleven stores in Japan and 5,800 in North America, along with 1,000 other stores—department stores, restaurants, specialty shops, supermarkets, and superstores. Ito-Yokado is alsothe Japanese franchisee for Oshman’s sporting goods stores, Robinson’s department stores, and Denny’s restaurants. Recently the company has begun opening superstores in China.

Was a Japanese politician and business man. He was briefly Finance Minister between 18 July 1941 and

Was a Japanese politician and business man. He was briefly Finance Minister between 18 July 1941 and 18 October 1941 in Fumimaro Konoe's third cabinet.

Is a Korean-Japanese businessman - whose grandfather came from Korea to Japan - and the founder and

Is a Korean-Japanese businessman - whose grandfather came from Korea to Japan - and the founder and current chief executive officer of Softbank Capital, and the chief executive officer of SoftBank Mobile (the renamed, effective October 1, 2006, Vodafone K

Was an entrepreneur in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mits

Was an entrepreneur in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan, responsible for transforming Mitsui into a zaibatsu through the creation of a general trading company, Mitsui Bussan. He also established a newspaper, the Chugai Shogyo Shimpo (???????), which was later renamed the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.Masuda accompanied Ikeda Nagaoki in the unsuccessful 1863 Second Japanese Embassy to Europe to negotiate the cancellation of the open-port status of Yokohama. On his return he studied English at the Hepburn School (the forerunner of Meiji Gakuin University).

Was a wealthy Turkish businesswoman of Armenian descent who made her fortune as a brothel owner in I

Was a wealthy Turkish businesswoman of Armenian descent who made her fortune as a brothel owner in Istanbul before entering the real property business.

Was an early 20th-century businessman who devoted his life and fortune to amassing a collection of W

Was an early 20th-century businessman who devoted his life and fortune to amassing a collection of Western art which, he hoped, would become the nucleus of a Japanese national museum focused particularly on masterworks of the Western art tradition. Although his plans were not realized in his lifetime, his vision is commemorated in Japan's National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) in Ueno, central Toyko.[1]

Is a former member of the Stasi and currently the Managing Director (CEO) of the Nord Stream AG, a c

Is a former member of the Stasi and currently the Managing Director (CEO) of the Nord Stream AG, a company for construction and operation of the Nord Stream submarine gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. Warnig allegedly worked with KGB agent Vladimir Put

Is the President & CEO of KONE Corporation (2005– ) and former Member of Nokia’s Executive Board

Is the President & CEO of KONE Corporation (2005– ) and former Member of Nokia’s Executive Board (1993–2004). He is a Chairman of the Board of the Aalto University Foundation and also a Member of the Board of Directors for KONE Corporation (2003– ), UPM Kymmene (2008-) and of the IMD (International Institute for Management Development)

Is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur.De Hond studied social geography at the University of Amsterdam

Is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur.De Hond studied social geography at the University of Amsterdam, obtaining a degree in 1971. He worked for the university, as assistant with the Sociaal Geografisch Instituut, but became a project leader for Interview-NSS in 1973. He founded Cebeon with Hedy d'Ancona in 1975, a market research firm targeting the non-profit sector, which he left in 1980 to become a director at Interview-NSS, later a commissioner until 1999. Starting in the mid-80s,

Is a leading French businessman currently the chief executive officer of Publicis and has served in

Is a leading French businessman currently the chief executive officer of Publicis and has served in that role since 1987. Lévy joined Publicis in 1971 as its IT Director. One of his most important feats was putting in place a data security policy, which involved backing up all of the company's data on magnetic tape. A fire in the company's office proved the success of his backup and restoration strategy, as the company was back on its feet one week later. He then became the anointed successor of the company's then owner and Chief Executive, Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, who made him Chairman of the Management Board, and Chief Executive Officer in November 1987.

Was a French financier and entrepreneur who created several mainstream consumer-good products such a

Was a French financier and entrepreneur who created several mainstream consumer-good products such as MIR, the world's oldest existing, and continental Europe's first detergent, the perfume Porte-Bonheur and a hygiene and beauty product La Mondiale. Maurice Luiset also owned one of the largest candle manufacturing businesses in France, a bee-keeping products business that sold under the brand name La Colombe and merchant ships that he used for import and export activities. He based his business operations out of Vienne, near Lyon, France.

Is an American businessman and former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), the wo

Is an American businessman and former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), the world's largest insurance and financial services corporation.Greenberg served in the U. S. Army in Europe during World War II, participating in the Liberation of Dachau and in the Korean conflict, rising to the rank of Captain; he is a recipient of the Bronze Star. He received his pre-law certificate from the University of Miami and an LL.B from New York Law School in 1950. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1953. He has honorary degrees from several colleges including New York Law School, Brown University and Middlebury College.