List of centenarians (businesspeople)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as businesspeople – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
William S. Anderson1919–2021102British-American businessman, president of NCR (1972–1984)[1][2]
Bion Barnett1857–1958101American banker and co-founder of the Barnett Bank
Charles D. Barney1844–1945101American stockbroker and financier[3]
Isabel Benham1909–2013103American railroad finance expert[4]
Curtis Livingston Blake1917–2019102American co-founder (with his brother, Stewart Prestley Blake) of Friendly's[5]
Stewart Prestley Blake1914–2021106American co-founder (with his brother, Curtis Livingston Blake), of Friendly's[6][7]
Rose Blumkin1893–1998104Russian-American founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart[8]
Mikelis Brizga1911–2012101Australian businessman[9]
Nelson Broms1919–2023104American businessman and philanthropist[10]
Andrew George Burry1873–1975101Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist
Godfrey Lowell Cabot1861–1962101American businessman[11]
Daniel Carasso1905–2009103Greek-born French businessman[12]
Philip L. Carret1896–1998101American investor[13]
Chao Kuang Piu1920–2021100Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist[14]
Cecilia Chiang1920–2020100Chinese-American restaurateur[15]
James Harwood Cochrane1912–2016103American businessman and philanthropist[16]
William Coors1916–2018102American brewer and business executive (Coors Brewing Company)[17]
James Coyne1910–2012102Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[18]
Frederick C. Crawford1891–1994103American industrialist and philanthropist[19]
Maxwell Cummings1898–2001103Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist[20]
Wally Denny1906–2008101Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[21]
Duane Howard Doane1883–1984100American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services[22]
Alberto Dualib1919–2021101Brazilian businessman and football executive, chairman of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (1993–2007)[23][24]
Hilda Eisen1917–2017100Polish-American businessperson, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor[25]
Carl Falck1907–2016109Norwegian businessman[26]
Eduard von Falz-Fein1912–2018106Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman and art patron[27]
Günter Fronius1907–2015107Austrian entrepreneur[28]
Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy1896–1997100Hungarian-American businesswoman and socialite; mother of Eva, Magda and Zsa Zsa Gabor[29]
Nessim Gaon1922–2022100Sudan-born Swiss financier and commodities trader[30]
Arthur George Gaston1892–1996103American businessman[31]
Archibald Glenn1911–2012100Australian industrialist[32]
Albert Hamilton Gordon1901–2009107American businessman[33]
Cecil Howard Green1900–2003102British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments[34]
Mary Guiney1901–2004103Irish business executive (chairperson of Clerys)[35]
Walter Haefner1910–2012101Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[36]
Ebby Halliday1911–2015104American realtor[37]
Joseph A. Hardy III1923–2023100American businessman[38]
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet1906–2009103British-born New Zealand businessman[39]
Leopold Hawelka1911–2011100Austrian founder of the Café Hawelka[40]
Frances Hesselbein1915–2022107American businesswoman and author[41]
Kilian Hennessy1907–2010103Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[42]
Jacob H. Horwitz1892–1992100American fashion businessman and philanthropist[43]
Alf Ihlen1900–2006105Norwegian factory manager[44]
Isaac Charles Johnson1811–1911100British cement manufacturer[45]
Joseph M. Juran1904–2008103Romanian-American quality management guru[46]
Irving Kahn1905–2015109American financial analyst[47]
Harry Kartz1913–2016102British football chairman and investor[48]
Yutaka Katayama1909–2015105Japanese automotive executive of Nissan[49]
Steve Kordek1911–2012100American businessman and pinball machine designer[50]
Robert Kuok1923–100Malaysian businessman[51]
Hans List1896–1996100Austrian businessman[52]
Leonard Litwin1914–2017102Austrian-born American real estate developer[53]
Peter Lloyd1920–2022101Australian entrepreneur and aviator[54]
Garnet Mackley1883–1986102New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department[55]
Ronald Mansbridge1905–2006100British publisher[56]
Sir Arthur Marshall1903–2007103British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace[57]
Samuel McLaughlin1871–1972100Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada[58]
Dave McCoy1915–2020104American skiing businessman[59]
William Moncrief1920–2021101American businessman and oil and gas executive[60]
Peter Mondavi1914–2016101American winemaker[61]
Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet1784–1885100Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[62]
Walter L. Morgan1898–1998100American businessman and investor; founder of the Wellington Fund[63]
Samuel L. Myers Sr.1919–2021101American economist and educationist[64][65]
Roy Neuberger1903–2010107American financier[66]
Louise Nippert1911–2012100American businesswoman[67]
Herbert Nootbaar1908–2016108American businessman and philanthropist[68]
Mohan Singh Oberoi1898–2002103Indian hotelier[69]
Werner Otto1909–2011102German entrepreneur[70]
Raymond G. Perelman1917–2019101American businessman and philanthropist[71]
Víctor Pey1915–2018103Spanish-born Chilean engineer and businessman[72]
Frits Philips1905–2005100Dutch chairman of Philips[73]
Apostolos Pitsos1918–2023104Greek industrialist and businessman[74]
William John Quinn1911–2015104American railroad executive[75]
Günter Reimann1904–2005100German economist[76]
David Rockefeller1915–2017101American banker[77]
Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr.1894–1994100Norwegian businessman[78]
Morris Schwartz1901–2004103Russian-American photographer, inventor and businessman[79]
Carl J. Shapiro1913–2021108American businessman and philanthropist[80][81]
Sir Run Run Shaw1907–2014106Hong Kong media mogul[82]
Hermann von Siemens1885–1986101German industrialist[83]
Robert E. Simon1914–2015101American real estate entrepreneur[84]
Bill Sinkin1913–2014100American banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist[85]
James F. Sirmons1917–2018100American broadcasting executive[86]
Sir Michael Sobell1892–1993100British business leader and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Sopwith1888–1989101English aircraft pioneer[87]
Clarence W. Spangenberger1905–2008102American businessman[88]
William Clement Stone1902–2002100American insurance leader[89]
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet1858–1958100British electrical engineer and manufacturer[90]
Doris Thompson1903–2004101British businesswoman, managing director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach[91]
Charles E. Toberman1880–1981101American real estate developer[92]
Eiji Toyoda1913–2013100Japanese industrialist, managing director of Toyota[93]
Bull Verweij1909–2010100Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[94]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr.1906–2007100American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company[95]
Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen1912–2012100Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[96]
Max Webb1917–2018101Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist[97]
Jack Weil1901–2008107American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[98]
Frank H. Wheaton Sr.1881–1983102American chairman of Wheaton Industries[99]
Chuck Williams1915–2015100American author and founder of Williams Sonoma[100]
Emory Williams1911–2014102American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[101]
Abdul Majid Zabuli1896–1998102Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system[102]

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