User:Kingsif/List of businesspeople depicted in The American Library (2018)
People notable for business and management whose names are depicted on books of, and lives are profiled as part of, Yinka Shonibare's The American Library installation art.[1] The artwork features 3,200 people who are immigrants, or descendants of recent immigrants, to the United States, or migrants of the Great Migration, and who have significantly contributed to American culture. Many of these people have overcome discrimination, and/or have worked with a focus on the topic of immigration. Some have anti-immigration views.
| Name | Image | Country of birth | Country/ies of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Aaron (Comcast) | .jpg)
|
Germany | |
| Alvin Achenbaum | United States | Russia | |
| Noubar Afeyan | Lebanon | ||
| Guma Aguiar | 
|
Brazil | |
| John O. Agwunobi | 
|
United Kingdom | Nigeria |
| William Joseph Akers | United Kingdom | ||
| Harold Alfond | United States | Russia | |
| Sophia Amoruso | 
|
United States | Greece |
| Anousheh Ansari | 
|
Iran | |
| Hiroaki Aoki | Japan | ||
| Elizabeth Arden | 
|
Canada | |
| Patty Arvielo | United States | Mexico | |
| Charles Avnet | Russia | ||
| Burt Baskin | United States | Russia | |
| Mercedes Bass | Iran | ||
| Arthur Belfer | Poland | ||
| Bob Benmosche | United States | Lithuania | |
| Bruce R. Berkowitz | United States | Russia | |
| Yogi Bhajan | present-day Pakistan | ||
| Sabeer Bhatia | India | ||
| Len Blavatnik | Ukraine | ||
| Michael Bloomberg | United States | Russia Belarus | |
| Joseph B. Bloomingdale | United States | Germany | |
| Lyman Bloomingdale | United States | Germany | |
| Laszlo Bock | Romania | ||
| Ivan Boesky | United States | Russia | |
| Sam Born | present-day Russia | ||
| Walter Bowes | United Kingdom | ||
| Gert Boyle | Germany | ||
| Donald Bren | United States | Ireland | |
| Sergey Brin | Russia | ||
| Eli Broad | United States | Lithuania | |
| John F. Brock | United States | ||
| Edgar Bronfman Jr. | United States | Canada | |
| Emanuel Bronner | Germany | ||
| J. M. Brunswick | Switzerland | ||
| Jack Buncher | United States | Russia | |
| Ursula Burns | United States | Panama | |
| Adolphus Busch | Germany | ||
| Albert Butz | Switzerland | ||
| Mei Xu | 
|
China |
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References[edit]
- ^ "The American Library: Names". The American Library. Retrieved 2021-08-21.