Home›Founder and Executive›All Founder and ExecutiveBrowse ByAll Founder and ExecutiveReference and ClassificationDevelopingFounders, chief executives and other senior operating leaders of the companies this atlas carries, individuals whose primary significance is building or running a specific enterprise rather than developing a general theory of management, including company founders such as Henry Ford and Andrew Carnegie and chief executives who led an existing company through a defining era. Belongs here: any figure whose primary claim to inclusion is founding, owning or running a named company. Does not belong here: figures whose primary contribution is a general management or organizational theory taught and applied across companies rather than the running of one company in particular, grouped under Management Theorist.FactsAll Founder and ExecutiveSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1782 1All Founder and ExecutiveFilter Results409 entriesRoleAllChief Executives and Senior Executives (74)Company Founders and Co-founders (221)Industrialists and Business Magnates (41)Inventor-Entrepreneurs (13)Investors and Financiers (16)Companies FoundedAll9 Story Media Group (1)A.P. Moller-Maersk (1)Acorn Computers (3)Adidas AG (1)Adobe Inc. (2)Akamai Technologies, Inc. (1)Alexa Internet (1)Amazon (1)America Movil (1)American Radio Systems (1)Amstrad (1)Amway Corp (2)Anglo American plc (1)Apollo Computer (1)Apple Inc. (2)Astrobotic Technology (1)Asylum Records (1)Atari Corporation (1)Atari, Inc. (2)Atomic Cartoons (1)AutoNation (1)Baidu, Inc. (1)Bath Iron Works (1)Bayer (1)BBN Technologies (2)Be Inc. (1)Beechcraft (3)Bendix Corporation (1)Berkeley Software Design (5)Billa (1)BlackBerry Limited (2)Blue Origin (1)Borsig (1)Boston Properties, Inc. (1)Brink's (1)Bristol Commercial Vehicles (1)British Leyland (2)Brown Bag Films (2)Budd Company (1)Bugatti (1)Burroughs Corporation (1)Canonical (1)Carnegie Steel Company (1)Cessna (2)Chanel (1)Christian Dior SE (1)Christie's (1)Chrysler Corporation (1)Cirrus Aircraft (1)Cisco Systems, Inc. (1)Claris (2)CoMix Wave Films (1)Commodore International (2)Computer Associates (2)Convergent Technologies (1)Cosworth (2)Cray (1)Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (2)Dangote Group (1)Dassault Aviation S.A. (1)DGC Records (1)Digital Equipment Corporation (2)Digital Research (2)Dodge (2)Dornier Flugzeugwerke (1)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)DreamWorks Pictures (1)DreamWorks Records (1)Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (2)Elastic (1)Elsevier (1)Embraer (1)Engineering Research Associates (1)Enron Corporation (1)Ericsson (1)Europa-Park (1)Faber & Faber (1)Fairey Aviation Company (1)Fenton, Murray and Jackson (1)Ferranti (1)Ford Motor Company (1)Fortiche (3)Gap Inc. (1)Garmin Ltd. (2)Geely Holding Group (1)Geffen Film Company (1)Geffen Records (1)General Electric (1)General Magic (3)Givenchy (1)Google (2)Grameen Bank (1)Handley Page (1)Hanna-Barbera (2)HarperCollins (1)HealthSouth (1)Heckler & Koch (1)Heinkel (1)Hewlett-Packard (2)Hispano-Suiza (1)Holden (2)Hugo Boss (1)id Software (1)IKEA (1)Ilmor (2)Inmos (1)Internet Archive (1)Intuitive Machines (1)JetBrains (1)JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1)JSX (airline) (1)Krupp (1)KX Systems (1)Kyoto Animation (1)Latécoère (1)Laura Ashley (company) (1)Lidl (1)Lotus Cars (1)Martinsyde (1)MathWorks (2)McDonald's Corporation (3)Megaupload (1)Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (2)Microsoft (2)Miller Brewing Company (1)MIPS Technologies (2)Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (1)National Instruments (1)Netscape Communications Corporation (1)Newmont Corporation (1)NeXT (1)Nieuport (1)Nissan Motor Company (3)O'Reilly Media (1)Oldsmobile (1)Olivetti (1)Osborne Computer Corporation (1)Otto Group (1)Palantir Technologies Inc. (1)Palm, Inc. (1)Pan American World Airways (1)Panasonic (1)PayPal Holdings, Inc. (2)Petco (1)Peterbilt (1)PetSmart (1)Peugeot (1)Piper Aircraft (2)PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (2)Pratt & Whitney (3)ProQuest (1)Rainberry (2)RCA Corporation (1)RealNetworks (1)Relativity Space (2)Reliance Industries (1)Robert Stephenson and Company (4)Robinhood Markets (2)Robinson Helicopter Company (1)Rocket Lab (1)RWE AG (1)Röhm Gesellschaft (1)Sanyo (1)SAP SE (1)SAS Institute (3)Satyam Computer Services (1)Saurer (1)Scaled Composites (1)Seven Seas Entertainment (1)Siemens (1)Silicon Graphics (1)Simon Property Group, Inc. (1)Sinclair Research (1)Sky UK (1)Skydance Media (1)Sony (2)Soros Fund Management (1)Southwest Airlines (1)Spar Aerospace (1)Sperry Corporation (1)St. John (restaurant) (1)Standard Oil (1)Studebaker (2)Studio Ponoc (1)Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (1)Sun Microsystems (4)Swarovski (1)Symbolics (1)Tata Group (1)Taylor & Francis (1)The Charles Schwab Corporation (1)The Gillette Company (2)Thinking Machines Corporation (2)ThyssenKrupp (1)TIBCO Software (1)Triple Canopy (2)TVR (1)U.S. Steel (1)Victoria's Secret (1)Vivienne Westwood Ltd (1)Walt Disney Animation Studios (1)Walter Lantz Productions (1)Warner Bros. Pictures (1)Weyerhaeuser Company (1)Wolfram Research (2)WorldCom (1)Yasuda zaibatsu (1)Zend (2)Zilog (2)Companies LedAll21st Century Fox (1)9 Story Media Group (1)A.P. Moller-Maersk (2)Adidas AG (3)Adobe Inc. (2)Air Liquide S.A. (1)Amazon (1)Amazon Air (1)America Movil (1)American Radio Systems (1)Amway Corp (2)Anglo American plc (1)Apple Inc. (1)Astrobotic Technology (1)Asylum Records (1)Atomic Cartoons (1)Audi AG (1)AutoNation (1)Baidu, Inc. (1)Bath Iron Works (1)Bayer (2)Beechcraft (2)Beiersdorf (1)Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (1)Bertelsmann (1)Billa (1)BlackBerry Limited (1)Blue Origin (1)BMW Group (2)Borsig (1)Boston Properties, Inc. (1)Brink's (1)British Leyland (1)Brown Bag Films (2)Bugatti Automobiles (1)Canonical (1)Carnegie Steel Company (2)Cessna (1)Chanel (1)Christie's (1)Chrysler Corporation (2)Cirrus Aircraft (1)Claris (1)CoMix Wave Films (1)Commodore International (2)Continental AG (1)Cosworth (2)Cray (1)Dangote Group (1)Dassault Aviation S.A. (1)De Beers (1)Deutsche Bahn AG (1)Deutsche Bank (1)Deutsche Post (1)Digital Equipment Corporation (1)Douglas Aircraft Company (1)DreamWorks Animation (1)Elastic (1)Elsevier (2)Embraer (1)Emirates (1)Enron Corporation (1)Ericsson (1)Europa-Park (1)Ford Motor Company (1)Fortiche (3)Fox Corporation (1)Fresenius SE (1)G4S (1)Gap Inc. (1)Garmin Ltd. (2)Geely Holding Group (1)Geffen Records (1)General Electric (1)Givenchy (1)Google (1)Grameen Bank (1)Handley Page (1)Hanna-Barbera (2)HarperCollins (1)HealthSouth (1)Heinkel (1)Holden (1)Hugo Boss (2)IBM (1)IKEA (1)Internet Archive (1)JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2)JSX (airline) (1)Juventus FC (1)KUKA (1)Kyoto Animation (1)L'Oreal (1)Lidl (1)Los Angeles Lakers (1)Lufthansa (1)MathWorks (1)McDonald's Corporation (1)Megaupload (1)Mercedes-Benz Group AG (1)Messerschmitt (1)Microsoft (1)Miller Brewing Company (1)Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (1)Mozilla Corporation (1)National Instruments (1)Nestle (2)News Corp (1)Northern Pacific Railway (1)Novartis (1)Novell (3)O'Reilly Media (1)Olivetti (2)Oracle Corporation (1)Otto Group (2)PACCAR (1)Pan American World Airways (1)Panasonic (1)PayPal Holdings, Inc. (1)Pernod Ricard SA (1)Petco (1)Petrobras (1)PetSmart (1)Piper Aircraft (1)Pirelli (1)PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (2)PolyGram N.V. (1)Porsche AG (3)Porsche SE (1)Rainberry (1)RCA Corporation (1)RealNetworks (1)Relativity Space (2)Reliance Industries (1)Robert Stephenson and Company (1)Robinhood Markets (2)Robinson Helicopter Company (1)Rocket Lab (1)Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (1)Röhm Gesellschaft (1)Sabanci Holding (1)Sanyo (1)SAP SE (1)SAS Institute (1)Satyam Computer Services (1)Seven Seas Entertainment (1)Siemens (5)Silicon Graphics (1)Sino Land Company Limited (1)Skydance Media (1)SNCF (1)Sonangol E.P. (1)Sony (3)Sony Pictures Animation (1)Soros Fund Management (1)Southwest Airlines (1)Spar Aerospace (1)Springer Nature (1)Standard Oil (1)Studebaker (2)Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (1)Sun Microsystems (1)Tata Group (1)Taylor & Francis (1)Telecom Italia S.p.A. 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PiperFounder and ExecutiveWilly MesserschmittFounder and ExecutiveWolfgang PorscheFounder and ExecutiveYasuda ZenjirōFounder and ExecutiveYoshiaki NishimuraFounder and ExecutiveYoshisuke AikawaFounder and ExecutiveZeev SuraskiFounder and ExecutiveZhang RuiminFounder and Executive← Previous1…789Sources1. Wikipedia: Chief executive officertier 2WikipediaChief executive officer, Etymology sectionQuote, Chief executive officer, Etymology sectionThe term 'chief executive officer' is attested as early as 1782, when an ordinance of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States used the term to refer to governors and other leaders of the executive branchesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.