List of Italian-American business people

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.

Senior executives[]

• Frank Abagnale Jr., founder of Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company.
• Gil Amelio, former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple
• William Amelio, president and CEO of Lenovo Group Limited
• Mark Attanasio, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers
• Richard Belluzzo, computer industry executive at HP, SGI, Microsoft, Quantum
• John Brunetti, CEO of Hialeah Park Race Track
• Bob Castellini, owner of the Cincinnati Reds
• 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 (1924–2019), 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 (1950–2017), Intel Corporation's fifth Chief Executive Officer
• Samuel J. Palmisano (1951–), chairman and CEO of IBM
• Frank P. Pellegrino (1901–1975), chairman and CEO of the International Hat Company
• Jerry Perenchio, former Chairman and CEO of Univision
• Aaron Russo, film producer
• Patricia Russo (1952–), CEO of Lucent Technologies
• Peter F. Secchia, former chairman and CEO of Universal Forest Products
• Joseph Trino, former chairman and CEO of SynQuest Inc
• Barbara Turf (1943–2014), CEO of Crate & Barrel
• Meggan Scavio, President and CEO of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS)

Entrepreneurs[]

• Robert Benedetto, founder of Benedetto Guitars, Inc.
• Steve Bisciotti (1960–), billionaire founder of the Allegis Group, owner of the Baltimore Ravens
• Hector Boyardee, famous for his Chef Boyardee brand of food products
• 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
• Remo Belli (1927–2016), jazz drummer who developed and marketed the first successful synthetic drumheads and founded the Remo company.
• Chris Deering (1947–), executive and marketer for Sony PlayStation and other video games^[1]
• Fred DeLuca, founder of Subway Sandwich
• Giorgio DeLuca, founder of Dean & DeLuca
• Dante DiCicco (1988–), executive and head of international expansion for Snapchat
• Frank Fertitta III, American casino executive and sports promoter, Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Lorenzo Fertitta, American casino executive and sports promoter, Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Bill Gallo, founder of Columbia Grain Trading Inc. which he developed into the No. 1 supplier of soybeans to China
• Joe Gebbia (1981–), co-founder of Airbnb
• Domingo Ghirardelli (1817–1894), founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate 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. (1925–2020), businessman from New Jersey, founder and president of NY Waterway ferry service
• Kenneth Langone (1935–), billionaire founder of The Home Depot
• Gennaro Lombardi, opened the first US pizzeria in 1905, Lombardi's
• Giacomo Marini (born 1951), founder of Noventi, a technology venture capital firm, based in Silicon Valley. From 2013 to 2017 he was Chairman and CEO of Neato Robotics, a home robot company until its acquisition by Vorwerk
• 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
• Don Panoz (1935–2018), founder of various pharmaceutical companies
• Antonio Pasin (1897–1990), was the founder of the Radio Flyer company in 1917
• Mario Peruzzi (1875–1955), co-founder of Planters Peanut Company in 1906
• Almerindo Portfolio (1877–1966), President of Bank of Sicily (USA), and Treasurer of New York City
• Leandro Rizzuto (1938–2017), chairman and co-founder of Conair Corporation
• 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.
• Donald Valle(1908–1977), founder and President of Valle's Steak House
• Joey Vento(1939–2011), founder of Geno's Steaks
• Andrew Viterbi (1935–), Italian immigrant founder of Qualcomm
• Pierluigi Zappacosta (1950–), Italian immigrant founder of Logitech
• Marco Zappacosta (1985–), founder of Thumbtack
• Rocco B. Commisso (1949–), billionaire founder of Mediacom and current owner of New York Cosmos and ACF Fiorentina

Finance[]

• Robert Agostinelli (1953–), chairman and co-founder of private equity firm Rhône Group
• 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
• Vincent Viola (1956–), founder of Virtu Financial, one of the largest providers of financial services, trading products and market making services

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[]

External links[]

• List of famous Italian-Americans