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 Barnett1857–1958101American founder of Barnett Bank
Charles D. Barney1844–1945101American stockbroker and financier
Isabel Benham1909–2013103American railroad finance expert[1]
Curtis Blake1917–101American co-founder (with S. Prestley Blake) of Friendly's[2]
S. Prestley Blake1914–103American co-founder (with Curtis Blake) of Friendly's[3]
Rose Blumkin1893–1998104Russian-American founder of Nebraska Furniture Mart[4]
Mikelis Brizga1911–2012101Australian businessman[5]
Andrew George Burry1873–1975101Swiss-American businessman, manufacturer and philanthropist
Godfrey Lowell Cabot1861–1962101American businessman
Daniel Carasso1905–2009103Greek-born French businessman[6]
Philip L. Carret1896–1998101American investor[7]
J. Harwood Cochrane1912–2016103American businessman and philanthropist[8]
William Coors1916–2018102American executive of Adolph Coors Company
William F. Cotton1897–2006108American businessman
James Coyne1910–2012102Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[9]
Frederick C. Crawford1891–1994103American industrialist and philanthropist
Maxwell Cummings1898–2001103Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist
Wally Denny1906–2008101Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[10]
D. Howard Doane1883–1984100American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services
Carl Falck1907–2016109Norwegian businessman[11]
Eduard von Falz-Fein1912–106Liechtenstein businessman and art patron[12]
Günter Fronius1907–2015107Austrian entrepreneur[13]
Jolie Gabor1896–1997100Hungarian-American businesswoman and socialite[14]
A. G. Gaston1892–1996103American businessman
Archibald Glenn1911–2012100Australian industrialist[15]
Albert Hamilton Gordon1901–2009107American businessman
Cecil Howard Green1900–2003102British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments
Mary Guiney1901–2004103Irish business executive (Clerys)
Walter Haefner1910–2012101Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[16]
Ebby Halliday1911–2015104American realtor[17]
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet1906–2009103British-born New Zealand businessman[18]
Leopold Hawelka1911–2011100Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka[19]
Kilian Hennessy1907–2010103Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[20]
Jacob H. Horwitz1892–1992100American fashion businessman and philanthropist[21]
Alf Ihlen1900–2006105Norwegian factory manager[22]
Isaac Charles Johnson1811–1911100British cement manufacturer
Joseph M. Juran1904–2008103Romanian-American quality management guru[23]
Irving Kahn1905–2015109American financial analyst[24]
Harry Kartz1913–2016102British football chairman and investor[25]
Yutaka Katayama1909–2015105Japanese automotive executive[26]
Steve Kordek1911–2012100American businessman and pinball machine designer[27]
Hans List1896–1996100Austrian businessman
Leonard Litwin1914–2017102Austrian-born American real estate developer[28]
Garnet Hercules Mackley1883–1986102New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department
Denis Mahon1910–2011100British art collector and historian[29]
Ronald Mansbridge1905–2006100British publisher
Arthur Marshall1903–2007103British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace
Samuel McLaughlin1871–1972100Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada
Dave McCoy1915–103American skiing businessman[30]
Peter Mondavi1914–2016101American winemaker[31]
Sir Moses Montefiore, 1st Baronet1784–1885100Italian-born British banker and philanthropist[32]
Walter L. Morgan1898–1998100American businessman and investor; founder of the Wellington Fund.
Roy Neuberger1903–2010107American financier[33]
Louise Nippert1911–2012100American businesswoman[34]
Herbert Nootbaar1908–2016108American businessman and philanthropist[35]
Mohan Singh Oberoi1898–2002103Indian hotelier
Werner Otto1909–2011102German entrepreneur[36]
Frits Philips1905–2005100Dutch chairman of Philips
William John Quinn1911–2015104American railroad executive[37]
Günter Reimann1904–2005100German economist
David Rockefeller1915–2017101American banker[38]
Hagbarth Schjøtt Sr.1894–1994100Norwegian businessman[39]
Morris Schwartz1901–2004103Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman
Carl J. Shapiro1913–105American businessman[40]
Sir Run Run Shaw1907–2014106Hong Kong media mogul[41]
Hermann von Siemens1885–1986101German industrialist
Robert E. Simon1914–2015101American real estate entrepreneur[42]
Bill Sinkin1913–2014100American banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist[43]
Michael Sobell1892–1993100British business leader and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Sopwith1888–1989101English aircraft pioneer
W. Clement Stone1902–2002100American insurance leader
Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet1858–1958100British electrical engineer and manufacturer
Charles E. Toberman1880–1981101American real estate developer[44]
Eiji Toyoda1913–2013100Japanese industrialist[45]
Bull Verweij1909–2010100Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[46]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr.1906–2007100American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company
Hans Jørgen Walle-Hansen1912–2012100Norwegian partner in Brødrene Hansen[47]
Jack Weil1901–2008107American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[48]
Frank H. Wheaton Sr.1881–1983102American who chaired Wheaton Industries until his death
Chuck Williams1915–2015100American author and founder of Williams-Sonoma[49]
Emory Williams1911–2014102American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[50]
Abdul Majid Zabuli1896–1998102Afghan banker, founder of the national banking system

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