- Sam Walton
Samuel Moore Walton (March 29 1918 - April 6 1992), born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma was the founder of two American retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. He was the patriarch of the Walton family, one of the richest families in the world. - Philip Green
Sir Philip Green is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdom's largest retailers, including Bhs and the Arcadia Group. He is Britain's fourth richest man, with a total of 2300 shops in the UK and assets worth around £3.61bn. His assets currently control 12% of the UK clothing retail market, making his empire the second-largest in the sector. The leader, Marks and Spencer, has been the target of two unsuccessful takeover bids from Green. - S. Robson Walton
Samuel Robson (Rob) Walton (born 1945, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is the eldest son of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. According to Forbes, his net worth is $16.7 billion as of 2007. Walton graduated from Columbia Law School in 1969 and became a member of the law firm that represented Wal-Mart until his father's death. Rob Walton was named chairman of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart on April 7, 1992, two days after his father's death, … - Jim Walton
Jim Carr Walton (born 1948) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He is the Chairman of Arvest Bank. With an estimated current net worth of around $16.8 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 23rd-richest person in world. He is married to Lynne McNabb Walton and has several children, including Stephen Michael Walton Breed, Christopher Sean Walton Breed, Alice Anne Walton, Thomas Layton Walton. The family resides in Bentonville, Arkansas. - Rosemarie Panio
Hon. RoseMarie Panio is a Republican politician that ran the Westchester County, New York Republican Committee from 2004 to 2007. She was unanimously elected Secretary for the State GOP in 2006. Panio owns a liquor store in Peekskill, New York, and is a grandmother. She resides in Yorktown Heights, New York and is currently the Republican candidate for Town Supervisor. - Ingvar Kamprad
Ingvar Feodor Kamprad (born March 30, 1926) is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the founder of the home furnishing retail chain IKEA. As of 2007 he is the richest person in Europe and the 4th richest person in the world according to "Forbes" magazine, with an estimated net worth of around US$33 billion. - Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauss was the German-born American creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His namesake firm, Levi Strauss & Company, was founded in 1853 in San Francisco. - John T. Walton
John Thomas Walton (October 8 1946 - June 27, 2005) was a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He was the chairman of True North Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton was a graduate of Bentonville High School, a public high school, where he was a star football player. Walton went on to continue his studies at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. He later dropped out in order to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight in the Vietnam War. - Karl Albrecht
Karl Hans Albrecht is a German entrepreneur who founded the discount supermarket chain, Aldi, with his brother Theo. He is among the richest men in the world, with an estimated net worth of $17.0 billion (Forbes,2006). Albrecht is the wealthiest man in Germany. Karl and Theo Albrecht were raised in modest circumstances. Their father was employed as a miner and later as a baker’s assistant. Their mother had a small grocery store in the worker’s quarter of Schonnebeck. - Helen Walton
Helen Robson Kemper Walton was the wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. She was the eleventh richest American and at one point the richest woman in the world. Helen died with an estimated net worth of $16.4 billion. Helen was the valedictorian of her high school class in Claremore, Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma at Norman with a degree in business. She was the daughter of L.S. Robson, a prosperous banker and rancher. - Theo Albrecht
Theodor Paul Albrecht, generally known as Theo Albrecht (born March 28, 1922), is a German entrepreneur, who in 2007 was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 20th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $17.5 billion. He owns the Trader Joe's specialty grocery store chain and was CEO of Aldi. He and his brother Karl Albrecht owned the Aldi discount supermarket chain. In 1971, Theo was kidnapped for 17 days. - Alice Walton
Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949) is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, John T. Walton (d.2005), and Jim Walton. She has an estimated net worth of about $16.6 billion. She is a graduate of Trinity University San Antonio, and lives in Mineral Wells, Texas on The Rocking W Ranch. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's only daughter, Alice chose not to get involved in the operations of the family business. - Mike Ashley
Michael James Wallace Ashley is an English billionaire retail entrepreneur, in the sporting goods market. He is also the largest shareholder in Newcastle United F.C after buying Sir John Hall's share in the club on 23 May 2007. Ranked 25th in the 2007 version of the "Sunday Times Rich List" with estimated wealth of £1.9 billion, Ashley is an intensely private person, who never attends industry functions or gives interviews. - Les Wexner
Leslie "Les" H. Wexner (born September 8 1937 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American businessman from Columbus, Ohio, and currently chairman and CEO of the Limited Brands corporation. - David Sainsbury Baron Sainsbury of Turville
David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (born 24 October 1940) is a British businessman, politician and life peer for the Labour Party. He is the son of Sir Robert Sainsbury and the nephew of Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury. His cousin is the Conservative peer Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover. Sainsbury retains a large shareholding in his family's Sainsbury's supermarket chain (estimated at 18%). - A. Alfred Taubman
A. Alfred Taubman is an industrialist and philanthropist from Metro Detroit who became rich developing shopping malls. His company is Taubman Centers Inc. He is the author of Threshold Resistance - The Extraordinary Career of a Luxury Retailing Pioneer (Harper Collins, April 2007), a New York Times Best Seller. He has been on the list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans for two decades. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and Lawrence Technological University, … - Richard Sears
Richard Warren Sears (born December 7, 1863 in Stewartville, Minnesota - died September 28, 1914), son of James Warren Sears (a blacksmith and wagon-maker by trade) and Eliza Burton, was a manager, businessman, and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah C. Roebuck. He is considered to be one of the great American promotional geniuses. - James Cash Penney
James Cash Penney (born September 16, 1875 in Hamilton, Missouri, USA - died February 12, 1971 in New York City, USA) was a businessman and entrepreneur. In 1902, he founded the J.C. Penney stores. After graduating from high school in Hamilton, Missouri, Penney went to work for a local dry goods merchant, then continued in that line of work after moving to Colorado for health reasons. In 1898, he began working in a small chain called the Golden Rule stores, and in 1902, … - Edward Lampert
Edward S. "Eddie" Lampert (born July 19 1962) is an American investor, financier and businessman. He is the chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation (SHLD) and founder, chairman, and CEO of ESL Investments. Until May, 2007 he was a director of AutoNation, Inc. He previously served as a director of AutoZone, Inc. from 1999 to 2006. Lampert graduated from Yale University in 1984 (B.A., economics, summa cum laude), where he was a member of Skull and Bones and Phi Beta Kappa. - Charles Butt
Charles Butt (born about 1940) is a third-generation U.S. grocer who took over his family's San Antonio-based H-E-B supermarket chain in 1971. The privately held company now more than 300 stores and $11 billion in sales. Butt graduated from University of Pennsylvania Wharton School with a Bachelor of Arts / Science. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. - Mohamed Al-Fayed
Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed state he is not entitled. Fayed is the owner of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, the English Premiership football team Fulham Football Club and other business interests. He re-launched "Punch" in 1996, only to see it fold again in 2002. He is married to Finnish socialite and former model Heini Wathén, and has four living children: Jasmine, Karim, Camilla and Omar. - Leon Levine
Leon Levine is an American businessman that founded the Family Dollar chain of discount stores. Levine was born in Rockingham, North Carolina and did his undergraduate work at Duke University. Leon, along with his wife Sandra Levine (née Poliakoff), have been involved in numerous charitable and philanthropic causes, donating money to local projects in Charlotte and the surrounding region. Levine is a billionaire. He and his wife currently reside in Charlotte, … - Isaac Wolfson
Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet FRS (September 17, 1897 - June 20, 1991) was a businessman and philanthropist. He was chairman of The Great Universal Stores Limited 1947-1987 and established the Wolfson Foundation. Isaac Wolfson was the son of a Jewish cabinet maker, an immigrant from Russia who settled in the Gorbals in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Queen's Park School, Glasgow. His significant fortune was based on a very successful mail order business, … - Nancy Walton Laurie
Nancy Walton Laurie is the daughter of the late Bud Walton, the brother and business partner of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. At Bud's death, she and her sister Ann Walton Kroenke inherited a stake in Wal-Mart now worth over USD$6 billion. She is president and founder of a New York City dance company called Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. She and her husband Bill, major contributors to the University of Missouri–Columbia despite neither having attended the school, … - Franklin Winfield Woolworth
Franklin Winfield Woolworth (April 13 1852 - April 8 1919) was an American merchant. Born in Rodman, N.Y., he was the founder of F.W. Woolworth Company, an operator of discount stores that priced merchandise at five and ten cents. He pioneered the now-common practices of buying merchandise direct from manufacturers and fixing prices on items, rather than haggling. The son of a farmer, Woolworth aspired to be a merchant. - Marshall Field
Marshall Field (August 18, 1834 - January 16, 1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago-based department stores. He was born on a farm in Conway, Massachusetts, the son of John Field IV and wife Fidelia Nash. At the age of 17, he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts where he first worked in a dry goods store. In 1856, at age 21, he went to Chicago, Illinois and obtained employment at leading dry goods merchant Cooley, Wadsworth and Co., … - François Pinault
François Pinault is a billionaire French businessman who runs the retail company PPR. He lives in France and is married with four children. He is a friend of previous French President Jacques Chirac. According to "Forbes" List of billionaires (2007) he was ranked 34th, with an estimated fortune of US$14.5 billion. His holding company Artemis S.A., owns (or owned), among others, Converse sneakers, Samsonite luggage, the Vail Ski Resort in Colorado, … - Alvah C. Roebuck
Alvah Curtis Roebuck, was a manager, businessman, and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Sears. Alvah Roebuck began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana jewelry store at age 22. On April 1, 1887, Roebuck answered an advertisement for a watchmaker in the Chicago Daily News, and two days later he received a reply—Richard W. Sears wanted to hire him. - Potter Palmer
Potter Palmer (1826 - 1902) was a Chicago businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street. Potter Palmer founded a dry goods store on Lake Street in Chicago in 1852, eponymously named Potter Palmer and Company. Unlike many stores of the time it focused on women and encouraged their patronage. Palmer also instituted a "no questions asked" returns policy, which served to nurture the goodwill and patronage of Chicagoans. - Jack Cohen
Sir John Edward Cohen (6 October 1898 - 24 March 1979), born Jacob Edward Kohen and commonly known as Jack Cohen, was a British businessman who founded the Tesco supermarket chain. He was born in Whitechapel in the East End of London, the son of a Avroam Kohen, an immigrant Polish-Jewish tailor, and his first wife, Sime Zamremba. - Masatoshi Ito
Masatoshi Ito (1925-) is 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. - Michael Marks
Michael Marks, was one of the two co-founders of the retail chain Marks and Spencer. Marks, who was born in Slonim, Belarus (then part of Russian Empire and Poland) as Michał Marks of Polish and Jewish ancestry, emigrated to England as a young man. He moved to Leeds where a company called Barran was known to employ Jewish refugees. Marks met Isaac Dewhurst, the owner of a Leeds warehouse, in 1884. - Bob Ulrich
Robert J. Ulrich (born 1944) is the chief executive officer and chairman of the Target Corporation, the sixth-largest retailer in the United States. Ulrich is considered to be a significant force in business, and is credited with crafting Target's unique brand and marketing image and focus, which is widely considered to be a key contributor to the company's success in the challenging retailing industry. - Ann Walton Kroenke
Ann Walton Kroenke is, indirectly, an heir to part of the Wal-Mart fortune. Along with her sister, Nancy Walton Laurie, Kroenke inherited stock from father, Bud Walton (d. 1995), who was an early business partner and brother of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Her husband, Stan Kroenke, is a real estate developer and a billionaire in his own right; he is a part-owner of the St. Louis Rams (NFL) and majority owner of the Denver Nuggets (NBA) and Colorado Avalanche (NHL). - Sidney Myer
Sir Sidney Baerski Myer, KB, born Simcha Baevski was an Jewish-Australian businessman and philanthropist. Myer was born in Kritchev, Russian Poland (now Belarus), the son of a storekeeper of Jewish origin. He migrated to Melbourne in 1899 to join his brother, Elcon, with little money and poor English. Determined to succeed, Sidney Myer and brother Elcon established a shop in Bendigo. This not proving very successful, Sidney Myer took his goods, stockings, … - John Moores
Sir John Moores (25 January 1896 - 25 September 1993) was a British businessman and philanthropist. - Clarence Saunders
Clarence Saunders was a grocer who first developed the modern retail sales model of self service. His ideas have had a massive influence on the development of the modern supermarket. Clarence Saunders worked for most of his life trying to develop a truly automated store, developing Piggly Wiggly, Keedoozle, and Foodelectric store concepts. Born in Virginia,Saunders left school at 14 to clerk in a general store. - Sebastian S. Kresge
Sebastian Spering Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist, was the founder of the The S. S. Kresge Company (later Kmart), now known as the Sears Holdings Corporation. - Samuel H. Kress
Samuel Henry Kress (July 23, 1863-September 22, 1955) was a businessman and philanthropist, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. - John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838 - December 12, 1922) was a United States businessman, civic and political figure, considered the father of modern advertising. Wanamaker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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