Levi Strauss

Levi Strauss

male, deceased (1902)
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauss was the German-born American creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His namesake firm, Levi S...
Marius Kloppers

Marius Kloppers

male, 47 years old
Term of office: Director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc since January 2006. Mr Kloppers was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1...
Anil Agarwal

Anil Agarwal

male
Anil Agarwalb. 1954. is the founder director of UK-based Indian company Vedanta Resources corporation, that owns mining and metal resources in...

John Williamson

male
Dr. John Thornburn Williamson (1907-1958) was a Canadian geologist famous for establishing the Williamson diamond mine in present-day Tanzania....
George Hearst

George Hearst

male, deceased (1891)
George Hearst (September 3, 1820 - February 28, 1891) was a wealthy American businessman, United States Senator and father of newspaperman William...
Joseph Gutnick

Joseph Gutnick

male
Joseph Isaac Gutnick (sometimes referred to as Diamond Joe) is an Australian businessman and a well known Jewish philanthropist. He is well known...
Hazel Dickens

Hazel Dickens

female, 74 years old
Hazel Dickens (born June 1, 1935, Mercer County, West Virginia) is an American bluegrass singer. She was the eighth child of an eleven-child mining...
Robert Champion de Crespigny

Robert Champion de Crespigny

male
Robert Champion de Crespigny AC is a high-profile Australian businessman. Champion de Crespigny graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1972,...
Gina Rinehart

Gina Rinehart

female, 55 years old
Georgina "Gina" Rinehart (born 1954) is the Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, and the daughter of mining magnate Lang Hancock. She has been...
Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Newcomen

male, deceased (1729)
Thomas Newcomen (born 28 February 1663; died 5 August 1729) was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in...