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.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
BarnettBion Barnett	1857–1958	101	American founder of Barnett Bank
BarneyCharles D. Barney	1844–1945	101	American stockbroker and financier
BlakeS. Prestley Blake	1914–	101	American co-founder of Friendly's[1]
BrizgaMikelis Brizga	1911–2012	101	Australian businessman[2]
BurryAndrew George Burry	1873–1975	101	Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist
CabotGodfrey Lowell Cabot	1861–1962	101	American businessman
CarassoDaniel Carasso	1905–2009	103	Greek-born French businessman[3]
CarretPhilip L. Carret	1896–1998	101	American investor[4]
CottonWilliam F. Cotton	1897–2006	108	American businessman
CoyneJames Coyne	1910–2012	102	Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[5]
CrawfordFrederick C. Crawford	1891–1994	103	American industrialist and philanthropist
CummingsMaxwell Cummings	1898–2001	103	Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist
DennyA. Wallace Denny	1906–2008	101	Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[6]
DoaneD. Howard Doane	1883–1984	100	American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services
FroniusGünter Fronius	1907–2015	107	Transylvanian Saxon entrepreneur[7]
GastonA. G. Gaston	1892–1996	103	African American businessman
GlennArchibald Glenn	1911–2012	100	Australian industrialist[8]
GordonAlbert Hamilton Gordon	1901–2009	107	American businessman
GreenCecil Howard Green	1900–2003	102	British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments
GuineyMary Guiney	1901–2004	103	Irish chairperson of Clerys
HaefnerWalter Haefner	1910–2012	101	Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[9]
HallidayEbby Halliday	1911–2015	104	American realtor[10]
HarrisSir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet	1906–2009	103	British-born New Zealand businessman[11]
HawelkaLeopold Hawelka	1911–2011	100	Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka[12]
HennessyKilian Hennessy	1907–2010	103	Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[13]
HorwitzJacob H. Horwitz	1892–1992	100	American fashion businessman and philanthropist[14]
IhlenAlf Ihlen	1900–2006	105	Norwegian factory manager[15]
JohnsonIsaac Charles Johnson	1811–1911	100	British cement manufacturer
JuranJoseph M. Juran	1904–2008	103	Romanian-American quality management guru[16]
KahnIrving Kahn	1905–2015	109	American financial analyst[17]
KatayamaYutaka Katayama	1909–2015	105	Japanese automotive executive[18]
KordekSteve Kordek	1911–2012	100	American businessman and pinball machine designer[19]
ListHans List	1896–1996	100	Austrian businessman
MackleyGarnet Hercules Mackley	1883–1986	102	New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department
MahonDenis Mahon	1910–2011	100	British art collector and historian[20]
MansbridgeRonald Mansbridge	1905–2006	100	British publisher
MarshallArthur Marshall	1903–2007	103	British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace
MaclaughlinSamuel McLaughlin	1871–1972	100	Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada
MontefioreSir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet	1784–1885	100	Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[21]
MorganWalter L. Morgan	1898–1998	100	American founder of Wellington Fund
NeubergerRoy Neuberger	1903–2010	107	American financier[22]
OberoiMohan Singh Oberoi	1898–2002	103	Indian hotelier
OttoWerner Otto	1909–2011	102	German entrepreneur[23]
PhilipsFrits Philips	1905–2005	100	Dutch chairman of Philips
ProchnowHerbert V. Prochnow	1897–1998	101	American banking executive and author
QuinnWilliam John Quinn	1911–2015	104	American railroad executive[24]
ReimannGünter Reimann	1904–2005	100	German economist
RockefellerDavid Rockefeller	1915–	100	American banker[25]
SchjottHagbarth Schjøtt, Sr.	1894–1994	100	Norwegian businessman[26]
SchwartzMorris Schwartz	1901–2004	103	Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman
ShawRun Run Shaw	1907–2014	106	Hong Kong media mogul[27]
SiemensHermann von Siemens	1885–1986	101	German industrialist
SinkinBill Sinkin	1913–2014	100	American banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist[28]
SobellMichael Sobell	1892–1993	100	British business leader and philanthropist
SopwithSir Thomas Sopwith	1888–1989	101	English aircraft pioneer
StoneW. Clement Stone	1902–2002	100	American insurance leader
SwinburneSir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet	1858–1958	100	British electrical engineer and manufacturer
TobermanCharles E. Toberman	1880–1981	101	American real estate developer[29]
ToyodaEiji Toyoda	1913–2013	100	Japanese industrialist[30]
VerweijBull Verweij	1909–2010	100	Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[31]
WalgreenCharles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr.	1906–2007	100	American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company
WalleHans Jørgen Walle-Hansen	1912–2012	100	Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[32]
WeilJack Weil	1901–2008	107	American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[33]
WheatonFrank H. Wheaton, Sr.	1881–1983	102	American who chaired Wheaton Industries until his death
Williams, ChuckChuck Williams	1915–2015	100	American author and founder of Williams-Sonoma[34]
Williams, EmoryEmory Williams	1911–2014	102	American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[35]
ZabuliAbdul Majid Zabuli	1896–1998	102	Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system

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