Business Tycoon Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was a self-made businessman who founded Datsun UK, and a noted philanthropist, who donated over £10

Was a self-made businessman who founded Datsun UK, and a noted philanthropist, who donated over £100 million in his lifetime.He spent 1932–1936 in prison. Afterwards, he moved to France, where he spent World War II. He returned to Romania in 1946 and remained there until 1960. He fled Communist Eastern Europe, in 1966 by way of Germany to Worthing in England, where he founded Datsun UK (now Nissan UK) in 1970, although he reputedly lived in Switzerland, France and Monaco. He fled to Switzerland in 1991 to avoid trouble with the police (according to the British authorities, he evaded more than £200 million in taxes) and died in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.

Was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a car

Was the 13th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. He trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression. He came up with the name lego from the Danish leg godt (play well) and the company grew to become the Lego Group which is today the sixth largest toy company in the world. His eldest son Godfred Kirk Christiansen took over the company after his death and bought out his three brothers in 1960.

Was a French businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. A resident of Paris, from 1974 to 1989

Was a French businessman and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. A resident of Paris, from 1974 to 1989 Leclerf was at the helm of the French based multinational industrial conglomerate Lafarge Group, serving as its CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Is the CEO of Les Nouveaux Constructeurs.[1] He is the nephew of former French President François M

Is the CEO of Les Nouveaux Constructeurs.[1] He is the nephew of former French President François Mitterrand and the brother of the Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand.[2][3]

Is a French businessman. He is the president of the airline catering company Newrest and is also the

Is a French businessman. He is the president of the airline catering company Newrest and is also the head of French football club Toulouse FC having been since 2001.[1] Sadran took over the club following its bankruptcy, which resulted in the club being moved to the Championnat National. Under Sadran, Toulouse returned to Ligue 1 and later qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the 2007–08 season.

The son of a farmer, he started his industrial career with a small bucket-manufacturing unit in Hisa

The son of a farmer, he started his industrial career with a small bucket-manufacturing unit in Hisar. In 1964, he started a Pipe Unit, Jindal India Limited, followed by a large factory in 1969 under the name Jindal Strips Limited. He died on 31st March 2005 in a helicopter crash.[2]O.P. Jindal was the Chairman of the Jindal Organization. In November 2004, Jindal was awarded the prestigious "Life Time Achievement Award" for his outstanding contribution to the Indian Steel Industry by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry. According to the latest Forbes' List, he was ranked 13th amongst the richest Indians and placed 548th amongst the richest persons of the world[3].

Was the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google until April 16, 200

Was the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google until April 16, 2009. He was replaced by Nikesh Arora former manager of Google Europe.Kordestani has more than a dozen years of high-technology consumer and enterprise experience, including key positions at Internet pioneer Netscape Communications. He is Google's senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations. His efforts together with those of others, have transformed the world's top search destination into online advertising's hottest property — scoring more than 100,000 advertisers in just 18 months

Is a Dutch business man and currently Director Finance and Operations of Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was

Is a Dutch business man and currently Director Finance and Operations of Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was appointed in August 2005 as the replacement of Jan Willem van Dop. Prior to his spell at Feyenoord Jacobs was director Finance and IT at CSM/PURAC, a company with over 300 million euros revenue. Jacobs supported Feyenoord since he was a kid and is one of the founders of the Feyenoord talent pools that helped the club to restructure after chairman Jorien van den Herik was forced to resign in December 2006.

Was an American businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name.Orvi

Was an American businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name.Orville graduated from Brazil High School in 1924 and was in the top 5% of his class. He attended Purdue University, joining the agriculture-oriented Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and graduating with a degree in agronomy. He spent most of his life in the agriculture industry, serving as a Vigo County Farm Bureau Extension agent in Terre Haute, Indiana, and at Princeton Farms in Princeton, Indiana.

Was a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known comm

Was a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician. Known commonly as el-mo'alim ("the teacher"), Osman founded the Arab Contractors (the largest Arab contracting firm between the 1960s and 1980s) and led the Egyptian effort to build the Aswan Dam. He went on to become the Egyptian Minister of Housing and Development and later a member of the Egyptian Parliament.

Was one of the most famous shipping magnates in Finland in the 19th century, and the second richest

Was one of the most famous shipping magnates in Finland in the 19th century, and the second richest man in Finland after Antti Ahlström.Malm inherited a large fortune after his father Peter Malm, and further expanded it through many successful entrepreneurial activities. Despite being the younger of two brothers, Malm took over the management of the family business when his father died in 1868, as the older brother was deaf and deemed not fit to manage the family trading and shipping business.

Was the oldest of three sons born to Marie and Friedrich Flick in 1916 in Germany. He entered the Fr

Was the oldest of three sons born to Marie and Friedrich Flick in 1916 in Germany. He entered the Friedrich Flick Industry Holding Company in 1953, but had a fall-out with his father in about 1960. Otto-Ernst took his father to court to secure his inherit