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Elias Milton Ammons Biography
Elias Milton Ammonsrancher, public officialBorn: 1860Birthplace: Macon County, Ga. Active in the cattle business in Colorado, he was governor from 1913–15. His term was tainte…Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden(Florence Nightingale Graham)beautician, business executive Born: 1878Birthplace: Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada She opened her first beauty salon in New York in 19…Aaron Arrowsmith Biography
Aaron ArrowsmithcartographerBorn: 7/14/1750Birthplace: Winston, Durham, England He moved to London around 1770 and established a map-making and publishing enterprise later run…Laura Ashley Biography
Laura Ashleyfashion designerBorn: 1925Birthplace: Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, United Kingdom With her husband, Bernard Ashley, she manufactured home decorating materials and w…Roger Babson Biography
Roger Babsonstatistician, business forecaster, writerBorn: 1875Birthplace: Gloucester, Mass. Though not a particularly good student, he studied bookkeeping and engineering and …Karl Baedeker Biography
Karl BaedekerpublisherBorn: 11/3/1801Birthplace: Essen, Germany Began his own publishing business in Koblenz in 1827 specializing in guidebooks known for their historic inform…Robert Joseph Barro Biography
Robert Joseph BarroeconomistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomic…Tomas Bata Biography
Tomas BataindustrialistBorn: 1876Birthplace: Zlin, Czech Republic Bata began his career making shoes and grew his business to become the largest leather factory in Europe. By 1…Charles Frambach Berlitz Biography
Charles Frambach Berlitzeducator, publisherBorn: 1914Birthplace: New York City A gifted linguist, he graduated from Yale in 1936 and began running his grandfather's intensive …Conrad Moffat Black Biography
Conrad Moffat BlackfinancierBorn: 8/25/1944Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada After studying at Carleton, Laval, and McGill universities, he went into business, ultimately ga…Trending
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