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List of Italian American business people

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To be included in this list of Italian-American business people, individuals must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian-American business people, or must have other published references showing they are Italian-American business people and are notable.

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Senior executives

  • Gil Amelio, former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple
  • William Amelio, president and CEO of Lenovo Group Limited
  • Richard Belluzzo, computer industry executive at HP, SGI, Microsoft, Quantum
  • Samuel DiPiazza, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Nick Donofrio, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation
  • 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
  • Robert Nardelli, former chairman and CEO of Home Depot and Chrysler
  • 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
  • Patricia Russo (1952– ), CEO of Lucent Technologies
  • Peter F. Secchia, former chairman and CEO of Universal Forest Products

    • Entrepreneurs

  • Robert Benedetto, founder of Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
  • Steve Bisciotti (1960– ), billionaire founder of the Allegis Group, owner of the Baltimore Ravens
  • Domenico Canale (1843–1919), founder of D. Canale & Co., major distributor of food and beverages
  • Pat Croce (1954– ), former owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team
  • Nicholas D'Agostino, Sr. (1910–1996), co-founder of D'Agostino Supermarkets
  • Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr. (1946– ), billionaire, former owner of the San Francisco 49ers
  • Chris Deering (1947– ), executive and marketer for Sony PlayStation and other video games
  • Fred DeLuca, founder of Subway Sandwich
  • Giorgio DeLuca, founder of Dean & DeLuca
  • Domingo Ghirardelli (1817–1894), founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
  • Joseph E. Giammarino (1916–1992), founder of Aurora Plastics Corporation, a U.S. toy and hobby manufacturing company.
  • Tom Golisano (1941– ), billionaire founder of Paychex, former owner of the Buffalo Sabres, three-time candidate for Governor of New York
  • Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr. (1925–), businessman from New Jersey, founder and president of NY Waterway ferry service
  • Donald Lamberti, founder of Casey's General Stores
  • Kenneth Langone (1935– ), billionaire founder of The Home Depot
  • Gennaro Lombardi, opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, Lombardi's
  • Salvatore Lucchese (1869–1929), Italian immigrant founder of Lucchese Boot Company
  • Lelio Marino (1935–2004), co-founder of construction company Modern Continental
  • Roger Marino, founder of EMC Corporation
  • Vincent Marotta, founder of Jarden Corporation
  • Robert Mondavi (1913–2008), leading vineyard operator in California's Napa Valley
  • Amedeo Obici (1877–1947), founder of the Planters Peanut Company in 1906
  • Bonfiglio Perini, founder of Tutor Perini Corporation
  • Almerindo Portfolio (1877–1966), President of Bank of Sicily (USA), and Treasurer of New York City
  • Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993), Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products
  • Henry Salvatori (1901 – 1997), Italian immigrant geophysicist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist who founded Western Geophysical.
  • Jay Sarno (1922–1984), Las Vegas business entrepreneur who owned several high-profile hotels
  • Andrew Viterbi (1935– ), Italian immigrant founder of Qualcomm

    • Finance

  • Mario Gabelli (1942– ), stock investor, investment adviser and financial analyst
  • Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949), founder of Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States
  • Frank Quattrone (1955– ), investment banker who led dozens of major IPOs during the 1990s tech boom
  • Lewis Ranieri (1947– ), pioneer of mortgage-backed securities

    • Publishing

  • George T. Delacorte, Jr. (1894–1991), founder of Dell Publishing
  • Bob Guccione (1930–2010), founder and former publisher of Penthouse Magazine
  • Leonard Riggio (1941–), owner of Barnes & Noble
  • Louis Rossetto (1949– ), founder and former publisher of Wired Magazine

    • References

    List of Italian-American business people Wikipedia
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