List of centenarians (businessmen)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as businessmen – known for reasons other than their longevity. Living individuals are listed bolded and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Bion Barnett 1857–1958 101 American founder of Barnett Bank
Charles D. Barney 1844–1945 101 American stock broker and financier
Edward Bernays 1891–1995 103 Austrian-American publicist
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[1]
Philip L. Carret 1896–1998 101 American investor[2]
William F. Cotton 1897–2006 108 American businessman
James Coyne 1910 – 101 Canadian Governor of the Bank of Canada[3]
Frederick C. Crawford 1891–1994 103 American industrialist and philanthropist
Maxwell Cummings 1898–2001 103 Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist
A. Wallace Denny 1906–2008 101 Canadian Deputy Chief Scout of Scouts Canada and vice-president of Goodyear Canada[4]
D. Howard Doane 1883–1984 100 American founder and Chairman of Doane Agricultural Services
Günter Fronius 1907 – 104 Transylvanian Saxon entrepreneur[5]
A. G. Gaston 1892–1996 103 African American businessman
Albert Hamilton Gordon 1901–2009 107 American businessman
Cecil Howard Green 1900–2003 102 British-American co-founder of Texas Instruments
Mary Guiney 1901–2004 103 Irish chairperson of Clerys
Walter Haefner 1910 – 101 Swiss businessman and racehorse breeder[6]
Ebby Halliday 1911 – 101 American realtor[7]
Sir Jack Harris, 2nd Baronet 1906–2009 103 British-born New Zealand businessman[8]
Leopold Hawelka 1911-2011 100 Austrian cafetier, founder of the Café Hawelka[9]
Kilian Hennessy 1907–2010 103 Irish businessman (Hennessy cognac)[10]
Alf Ihlen 1900–2006 105 Norwegian factory manager[11]
Isaac Charles Johnson 1811–1911 100 British cement manufacturer
Joseph M. Juran 1904–2008 103 Romanian-American quality management guru[12]
Irving Kahn 1905 – 106 American financial analyst
Yutaka Katayama 1909 – 102 Japanese automotive executive[13]
Hans List 1896–1996 100 Austrian businessman
Garnet Hercules Mackley 1883–1986 102 New Zealand head of the New Zealand Railways Department
Denis Mahon 1910–2011 100 British art collector and historian[14]
Ronald Mansbridge 1905–2006 100 British publisher
Arthur Marshall 1903–2007 103 British aviator and founder of Marshall Aerospace
Samuel McLaughlin 1871–1972 100 Canadian businessman, 1st president of General Motors Canada
Walter L. Morgan 1898–1998 100 American founder of Wellington Fund
Roy Neuberger 1903–2010 107 American financier[15]
Mohan Singh Oberoi 1898–2002 103 Indian hotelier
Werner Otto 1909–2011 102 German entrepreneur[16]
Frits Philips 1905–2005 100 Dutch chairman of Philips
Herbert V. Prochnow 1897–1998 101 American banking executive and author
Günter Reimann 1904–2005 100 German economist
Hagbarth Schjøtt, Sr. 1894–? 100+ Norwegian businessman[17]
Morris Schwartz 1901–2004 103 Russian-American photographer, inventor, and businessman
Run Run Shaw 1907 – 104 Hong Kong media mogul
Hermann von Siemens 1885–1986 101 German industrialist
Michael Sobell 1892–1993 100 British business leader and philanthropist
Sir Thomas Sopwith 1888–1989 101 English aircraft pioneer
W. Clement Stone 1902–2002 100 American insurance leader
Sir James Swinburne 1858–1958 100 British electrical engineer and manufacturer
Bull Verweij 1909–2010 100 Dutch founder and former president of Radio Veronica[18]
Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr. 1906–2007 100 American former president and chairman of Walgreen Drug Company
Jack Weil 1901–2008 107 American founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear[19]
Frank H. Wheaton, Sr. 1881–1983 102 American who chaired Wheaton Industries until his death
Emory Williams 1911 – 100 American businessman, former chief executive of Sears[20]
Abdul Majid Zabuli 1896–1998 102 Afghan founder of Afghanistan's banking system

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