List of Italian American business people

For other Italian Americans, see List of Italian Americans.

A List of Italian American business people.

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Gil Amelio - former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple
William Amelio - president and CEO of Lenovo Group Limited
Richard Belluzzo - businessman who worked as an executive at HP (executive vice president), SGI (as CEO), and Microsoft (as president and COO at one point) before becoming CEO of Quantum Corp. in 2002
Bibiana Boerio - Managing Director of Jaguar (car)
Samuel DiPiazza - CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nick Donofrio - Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation
Carly Fiorina (1954 - ) business executive, known as former CEO (1999–2005) and Chairman of the Board (2000–2005) of Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Richard Grasso (1946 - ) former chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
Lee Iacocca (1924 - ) former chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
Angelo Mozilo - founder and CEO of Countrywide Financial
Frank Nuovo - head of design at Vertu
Paul Otellini (1950 - ) Intel Corporation's fifth Chief Executive Officer
Samuel J. Palmisano (1951 - ) chairman and CEO of IBM
Neil Pappalardo - founder and CEO of Meditech
Patricia Russo (1953 - ) CEO of Lucent Technologies
Peter F. Secchia - former chairman and CEO of Universal Forest Products
Joseph Tucci - CEO of EMC Corp

Robert Benedetto - founder of Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
Jerry Colangelo (1939 - ) Arizona businessman and former sports mogul
Pat Croce (1954 - ) entrepreneur, once owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team
Edward J. DeBartolo (1946 - ) billionaire, former owner of the five-time Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers
Fred De Luca - founder of Subway Sandwich
Giorgio DeLuca - founder of Dean & DeLuca
Vincent Fasano (1969 -) New Jersey business entrepreneur who created several Web technologies and founded global Logistics company
Domingo Ghirardelli (1817 - 1894) founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Tom Golisano (1942 - ) billionaire founder of Paychex, owner of the Buffalo Sabres, ran for Governor of New York in 1994, 1998 and 2002
Joseph Kresivich - founder of the Stella D'Oro in 1930
Gennaro Lombardi - opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, Lombardi's
Lelio Marino (1935 - 2004) entrepreneur
Robert Mondavi (1913 - ) leading vineyard operator whose technical improvements and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California
Tommy Mottola (1949 - ) head of Sony Music Entertainment until 2003
Gene Mottola (1969 - ) head of Mottola Entertainment Corp
Amedeo Obici (1877 - 1947) founder of the Planters Peanut Company in 1906
Anthony T. Rossi (1900 - 1993) Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products
Jay Sarno (1922 - 1984) Las Vegas business entrepreneur who owned several high-profile hotels

Mario Gabelli (1942 - ) stock investor, investment advisor and financial analyst.
Amadeo Giannini (1870 - 1949) founder in 1904 of Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States
Frank Quattrone (1956 - ) former investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston who was prosecuted for interfering with a government probe into Credit Suisse First Boston's behavior in allocating "hot" IPOs