List of centenarians (businesspeople)

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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.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Bion Barnett 1857–1958 101 American founder of Barnett Bank[1]
Charles D. Barney 1844–1945 101 American stockbroker and financier[2]
Isabel Benham 1909–2013 103 American railroad finance expert[3]
Curtis Blake 1917– 101 American co-founder (with S. Prestley Blake) of Friendly's[4]
S. Prestley Blake 1914– 104 American co-founder (with Curtis Blake) of Friendly's[5]
Rose Blumkin 1893–1998 104 Russian-American founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart[6]
Mikelis Brizga 1911–2012 101 Australian businessman[7]
Andrew George Burry 1873–1975 101 Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist[8]
Godfrey Lowell Cabot 1861–1962 101 American businessman[9]
Daniel Carasso 1905–2009 103 Greek-born French businessman[10]
Philip L. Carret 1896–1998 101 American investor[11]
J. Harwood Cochrane 1912–2016 103 American businessman and philanthropist[12]
William Coors 1916–2018 102 American brewer and business executive (Coors Brewing Company)[13]
William F. Cotton 1897–2006 108 American businessman[14]
James Coyne 1910–2012 102 Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[15]
Frederick C. Crawford 1891–1994 103 American industrialist and philanthropist[16]
Maxwell Cummings 1898–2001 103 Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist[17]
Wally Denny 1906–2008 101 Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[18]
D. Howard Doane 1883–1984 100 American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services[19]
Hilda Eisen 1917–2017 100 Polish-American businessperson, philanthropist, and Holocaust survivor[20]
Carl Falck 1907–2016 109 Norwegian businessman[21]
Eduard von Falz-Fein 1912–2018 106 Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman and art patron[22]
Günter Fronius 1907–2015 107 Austrian entrepreneur[23]
Jolie Gabor 1896–1997 100 Hungarian-American businesswoman and socialite[24]
A. G. Gaston 1892–1996 103 American businessman[25]
Archibald Glenn 1911–2012 100 Australian industrialist[26]
Albert Hamilton Gordon 1901–2009 107 American businessman[27]
Cecil Howard Green 1900–2003 102 British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments[28]
Mary Guiney 1901–2004 103 Irish business executive (Clerys)[29]
Walter Haefner 1910–2012 101 Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[30]
Ebby Halliday 1911–2015 104 American realtor[31]
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet 1906–2009 103 British-born New Zealand businessman[32]
Leopold Hawelka 1911–2011 100 Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka[33]
Kilian Hennessy 1907–2010 103 Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[34]
Jacob H. Horwitz 1892–1992 100 American fashion businessman and philanthropist[35]
Alf Ihlen 1900–2006 105 Norwegian factory manager[36]
Isaac Charles Johnson 1811–1911 100 British cement manufacturer[37]
Joseph M. Juran 1904–2008 103 Romanian-American quality management guru[38]
Irving Kahn 1905–2015 109 American financial analyst[39]
Harry Kartz 1913–2016 102 British football chairman and investor[40]
Yutaka Katayama 1909–2015 105 Japanese automotive executive[41]
Steve Kordek 1911–2012 100 American businessman and pinball machine designer[42]
Hans List 1896–1996 100 Austrian businessman[43]
Leonard Litwin 1914–2017 102 Austrian-born American real estate developer[44]
Garnet Hercules Mackley 1883–1986 102 New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department[45]
Denis Mahon 1910–2011 100 British art collector and historian[46]
Ronald Mansbridge 1905–2006 100 British publisher[47]
Sir Arthur Marshall 1903–2007 103 British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace[48]
Samuel McLaughlin 1871–1972 100 Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada[49]
Dave McCoy 1915– 103 American skiing businessman[50]
Peter Mondavi 1914–2016 101 American winemaker[51]
Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet 1784–1885 100 Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[52]
Walter L. Morgan 1898–1998 100 American businessman and investor; founder of the Wellington Fund[53]
Roy Neuberger 1903–2010 107 American financier[54]
Louise Nippert 1911–2012 100 American businesswoman[55]
Herbert Nootbaar 1908–2016 108 American businessman and philanthropist[56]
Mohan Singh Oberoi 1898–2002 103 Indian hotelier[57]
Werner Otto 1909–2011 102 German entrepreneur[58]
Raymond G. Perelman 1917–2019 101 American businessman and philanthropist[59]
Víctor Pey 1915–2018 103 Spanish-born Chilean engineer and businessman[60]
Frits Philips 1905–2005 100 Dutch chairman of Philips[61]
William John Quinn 1911–2015 104 American railroad executive[62]
Günter Reimann 1904–2005 100 German economist[63]
David Rockefeller 1915–2017 101 American banker[64]
Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr. 1894–1994 100 Norwegian businessman[65]
Morris Schwartz 1901–2004 103 Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman[66]
Carl J. Shapiro 1913– 105 American businessman[67]
Sir Run Run Shaw 1907–2014 106 Hong Kong media mogul[68]
Hermann von Siemens 1885–1986 101 German industrialist[69]
Robert E. Simon 1914–2015 101 American real estate entrepreneur[70]
Bill Sinkin 1913–2014 100 American banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist[71]
James F. Sirmons 1917–2018 100 American broadcasting executive[72]
Sir Michael Sobell 1892–1993 100 British business leader and philanthropist[73]
Sir Thomas Sopwith 1888–1989 101 English aircraft pioneer[74]
W. Clement Stone 1902–2002 100 American insurance leader[75]
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet 1858–1958 100 British electrical engineer and manufacturer[76]
Doris Thompson 1903–2004 101 British businesswoman, Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach[77]
Charles E. Toberman 1880–1981 101 American real estate developer[78]
Eiji Toyoda 1913–2013 100 Japanese industrialist[79]
Bull Verweij 1909–2010 100 Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[80]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. 1906–2007 100 American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company[81]
Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen 1912–2012 100 Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[82]
Max Webb 1917–2018 101 Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist[83]
Jack Weil 1901–2008 107 American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[84]
Frank H. Wheaton Sr. 1881–1983 102 American chairman of Wheaton Industries[85]
Chuck Williams 1915–2015 100 American author and founder of Williams-Sonoma[86]
Emory Williams 1911–2014 102 American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[87]
Abdul Majid Zabuli 1896–1998 102 Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system[88]

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