Portal:Business/On this day/August 1
August 1:
- 1940 - Henry Silverman, American businessman, founder of the Cendant Corporation was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 2
August 2:
- 1835 - Elisha Gray, an American electrical engineer and co-founder of Western Electric Manufacturing Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 3
August 3:
- 1792 - Sir Richard Arkwright, self-made man, inventor of the water frame and entrepreneur in the early Industrial Revolution died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 4
August 4:
- 1915 - Warren Avis, founder of Avis Rent a Car System was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 5
August 5:
- 1991 - Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 6
August 6:
- 1922 - Freddie Laker, founder of Laker Airways was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 7
August 7:
- 1966 - Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 8
August 8:
- 1940 - Dennis Tito, founder of Wilshire Associates, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 9
August 9:
- 1931 - Paula Kent Meehan, co-founder of Redken hair care and philanthropist was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 10
August 10:
- 1814 - Henri Nestlé, founder of Nestle was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 11
August 11:
- 1932 - Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founder of Canwest was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 12
August 12:
- 1861 - Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founder of Remington Arms died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 13
August 13:
- 2008 - Jack Weil, founder and CEO of the Denver-based Western clothing manufacturer Rockmount Ranch Wear died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 14
August 14:
- 1916 - Wellington Mara, co-owner of the NFL's New York Giants from 1959 until his death, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 15
August 15:
- 1824 - John Chisum, a wealthy cattle baron in the American West, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 16
August 16:
- 1971 - Spyros Skouras, a Greek American motion picture pioneer and movie executive who was the president of the 20th Century Fox, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 17
August 17:
- 1894 - William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, founder of Rootes Group, was born on this day?
Portal:Business/On this day/August 18
August 18:
- 1834 - Marshall Field, an American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 19
August 19:
- 1926 - Arthur Rock, an early investor in major firms including Intel, Apple Computer, Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne, was born on this day?
Portal:Business/On this day/August 20
August 20:
- 1946 - N. R. Narayana Murthy, an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys, was born on this day?
Portal:Business/On this day/August 21
August 21:
- 1973 - Sergey Brin, an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founder of Google, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 22
August 22:
- 1980 - James Smith McDonnell, an aviation pioneer and founder of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 23
August 23:
- 2013 - Richard J. Corman, the founder and owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 24
August 24:
- 1857 - The failure of Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company followed by the Panic of 1857.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 25
August 25:
- 1988 - Art Rooney, often referred to as "The Chief", the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers American football franchise died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 26
August 26:
- 2012 - Russ Alben, an American advertising executive and composer died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 27
August 27:
- 1931 - Francis Marion Smith, an American miner, business magnate and civic builder died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 28
August 28:
- 1913 - Jack Dreyfus, founder of the Dreyfus Funds was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 29
August 29:
- 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 30
August 30:
- 1930 - Warren Buffett, an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/August 31
August 31:
- 1947 - Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, an Italian businessman, presently Chairman of Ferrari, former Chairman of Fiat S.p.A., President of Confindustria and FIEG, was born on this day.