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
Bion Barnett	1857–1958	101	American co-founder of the Barnett Bank
Charles D. Barney	1844–1945	101	American stockbroker and financier[1]
Isabel Benham	1909–2013	103	American railroad finance expert[2]
Curtis Livingston Blake	1917–2019	102	American co-founder (with his brother, Stewart Prestley Blake) of Friendly's[3]
Stewart Prestley Blake	1914–	106	American co-founder (with his brother, Curtis Livingston Blake) of Friendly's[4]
Rose Blumkin	1893–1998	104	Russian-American founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart[5]
Mikelis Brizga	1911–2012	101	Australian businessman[6]
Andrew George Burry	1873–1975	101	Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist
Godfrey Lowell Cabot	1861–1962	101	American businessman
Daniel Carasso	1905–2009	103	Greek-born French businessman[7]
Philip L. Carret	1896–1998	101	American investor[8]
James Harwood Cochrane	1912–2016	103	American businessman and philanthropist[9]
William Coors	1916–2018	102	American brewer and business executive (Coors Brewing Company)[10]
James Coyne	1910–2012	102	Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[11]
Frederick C. Crawford	1891–1994	103	American industrialist and philanthropist[12]
Maxwell Cummings	1898–2001	103	Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist[13]
Wally Denny	1906–2008	101	Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[14]
Duane Howard Doane	1883–1984	100	American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services[15]
Hilda Eisen	1917–2017	100	Polish-American businessperson, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor[16]
Carl Falck	1907–2016	109	Norwegian businessman[17]
Eduard von Falz-Fein	1912–2018	106	Russian-born Liechtensteiner businessman and art patron[18]
Günter Fronius	1907–2015	107	Austrian entrepreneur[19]
Jolie Gabor, Countess de Szigethy (born Janka Tilleman)	1896–1997	100	Hungarian-American businesswoman and socialite; mother of Eva, Magda and Zsa Zsa Gabor[20]
Arthur George Gaston	1892–1996	103	American businessman[21]
Archibald Glenn	1911–2012	100	Australian industrialist[22]
Albert Hamilton Gordon	1901–2009	107	American businessman[23]
Cecil Howard Green	1900–2003	102	British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments[24]
Mary Guiney	1901–2004	103	Irish business executive (Clerys)[25]
Walter Haefner	1910–2012	101	Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[26]
Ebby Halliday	1911–2015	104	American realtor[27]
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet	1906–2009	103	British-born New Zealand businessman[28]
Leopold Hawelka	1911–2011	100	Austrian founder of the Café Hawelka[29]
Kilian Hennessy	1907–2010	103	Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[30]
Jacob H. Horwitz	1892–1992	100	American fashion businessman and philanthropist[31]
Alf Ihlen	1900–2006	105	Norwegian factory manager[32]
Isaac Charles Johnson	1811–1911	100	British cement manufacturer[33]
Joseph M. Juran	1904–2008	103	Romanian-American quality management guru[34]
Irving Kahn	1905–2015	109	American financial analyst[35]
Harry Kartz	1913–2016	102	British football chairman and investor[36]
Yutaka Katayama	1909–2015	105	Japanese automotive executive of Nissan[37]
Steve Kordek	1911–2012	100	American businessman and pinball machine designer[38]
Hans List	1896–1996	100	Austrian businessman[39]
Leonard Litwin	1914–2017	102	Austrian-born American real estate developer[40]
Garnet Mackley	1883–1986	102	New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department[41]
Ronald Mansbridge	1905–2006	100	British publisher[42]
Sir Arthur Marshall	1903–2007	103	British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace[43]
Samuel McLaughlin	1871–1972	100	Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada[44]
Dave McCoy	1915–2020	104	American skiing businessman[45]
Peter Mondavi	1914–2016	101	American winemaker[46]
Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet	1784–1885	100	Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[47]
Walter L. Morgan	1898–1998	100	American businessman and investor; founder of the Wellington Fund[48]
Roy Neuberger	1903–2010	107	American financier[49]
Louise Nippert	1911–2012	100	American businesswoman[50]
Herbert Nootbaar	1908–2016	108	American businessman and philanthropist[51]
Mohan Singh Oberoi	1898–2002	103	Indian hotelier[52]
Werner Otto	1909–2011	102	German entrepreneur[53]
Raymond G. Perelman	1917–2019	101	American businessman and philanthropist[54]
Víctor Pey	1915–2018	103	Spanish-born Chilean engineer and businessman[55]
Frits Philips	1905–2005	100	Dutch chairman of Philips[56]
William John Quinn	1911–2015	104	American railroad executive[57]
Günter Reimann	1904–2005	100	German economist[58]
David Rockefeller	1915–2017	101	American banker[59]
Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr.	1894–1994	100	Norwegian businessman[60]
Morris Schwartz	1901–2004	103	Russian-American photographer, inventor and businessman[61]
Carl J. Shapiro	1913–	107	American businessman and philanthropist[62]
Sir Run Run Shaw	1907–2014	106	Hong Kong media mogul[63]
Hermann von Siemens	1885–1986	101	German industrialist[64]
Robert E. Simon	1914–2015	101	American real estate entrepreneur[65]
Bill Sinkin	1913–2014	100	American banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist[66]
James F. Sirmons	1917–2018	100	American broadcasting executive[67]
Sir Michael Sobell	1892–1993	100	British business leader and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Sopwith	1888–1989	101	English aircraft pioneer[68]
Clarence W. Spangenberger	1905–2008	102	American businessman[69]
William Clement Stone	1902–2002	100	American insurance leader[70]
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet	1858–1958	100	British electrical engineer and manufacturer[71]
Doris Thompson	1903–2004	101	British businesswoman, Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach[72]
Charles E. Toberman	1880–1981	101	American real estate developer[73]
Eiji Toyoda	1913–2013	100	Japanese industrialist, Managing Director of Toyota[74]
Bull Verweij	1909–2010	100	Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[75]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr.	1906–2007	100	American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company[76]
Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen	1912–2012	100	Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[77]
Max Webb	1917–2018	101	Polish-born American real estate developer and philanthropist[78]
Jack Weil	1901–2008	107	American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[79]
Frank H. Wheaton Sr.	1881–1983	102	American chairman of Wheaton Industries[80]
Chuck Williams	1915–2015	100	American author and founder of Williams Sonoma[81]
Emory Williams	1911–2014	102	American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[82]
Abdul Majid Zabuli	1896–1998	102	Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system[83]

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