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Businesspeople (also businessmen or businesswomen ) are people involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, and physical capital. List of notable businesspeople Aerospace industry Thomas O Paine (1921-1992) USA Advertising Leo Burnett (1891 - 1971) Fairfax M. Cone (1903 - 1977) USA George Ho...
We all have a sweet-tooth, crave salt, a favorite comfort food, a drink that hits the spot, a family dish created for the holidays, or have used food to get to someone's heart because, "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Well, this project is a showcase of all the people on Geni who have won us over in some way, shape or form, through our stomachs...or our tastebuds. This project...
Notables in the Newspaper Business Famous Newspapers New York Times Owners Samira al-Fayed (Khashoggi) was a Saudi Arabian influential, progressive author of several books as well as the owner and editor-in chief of Alsharkiah magazine. Aatos Erkko (1932 –2012) was a Finnish newspaper editor, third generation newspaper publisher, and the main owner of the Sanoma Corporation ...
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The founders of American companies of world renown.
Notable Retailers The object of this project is to catalogue notable retailers or business magnates, founders of big chain stores etc., linking them to profiles and trees on GENi. These giants mostly started out as ordinary shopkeepers. The project is international. See also Shopkeepers where you can add profiles of those who were the backbone of society - ordinary shopkeepers. Related ...
An investment bank is typically a private company that provides various financial-related and other services to individuals, corporations, and governments such as raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities. An investment bank may also assist companies involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and provide ancillary services such as ma...
Robber Baron is a pejorative term used for a powerful 19th century businessman. By the 1890s, the term was typically applied to businessmen who were viewed as having used questionable practices to amass their wealth. It combines the sense of criminal ("robber") and illegitimate aristocracy ("baron"). U.S. political and economic commentator Matthew Josephson popularized the term during the Great...
"Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see, this is the chief. ... You do not know what beauty is if you have not been here." -- Mark Twain on Hartford, 1868 In his 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today , Hartford resident Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) coined the term for the late 19th C. period of incredible wealth associated with the rise of white-collar employment...
The Asper School of Business is located on the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus in South Winnipeg, Manitoba. The school began in 1937 as the University of Manitoba Faculty of Management. The school was renamed in 2000 in honour of Izzy Asper, noted for his many contributions to the City of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba over the span of his life. There are currently 1,600 B.Co...
The College of Business and Economics (or Guelph Business) at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario was formed on May 1, 2006. The current dean of CBE is Julia Christensen Hughes, who was appointed in April 2009 for a 5-year term beginning on May 11, 2009. David Prescott and founding dean of the CME, Chris McKenna, precedes Julia Christensen Hughes. Currently the College of Business and ...
A whistleblower ( whistle-blower or whistle blower ) is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public. The information of alleged wrongdoing can be classified in many ways: violation of company policy/rules, law, regulation, or threat to public interest/national security, as well...
England Potatoes Ltd. This is a project to add all members of The England Family who worked as potato merchants for the company England Potatoes Ltd, which was founded by family patriarch John Humphrey England Jr. in 1842. History England Potatoes ltd. was founded by John Humphrey England in the 1842 with the express intention of supplying potatoes the business grew as rapidly as the popu...
The Joseph L. Rotman School of Management commonly known as the Rotman School of Management , the Rotman School or just Rotman , is the University of Toronto's graduate business school, located in Downtown Toronto. The University of Toronto has been offering undergraduate courses in commerce and management since 1901, but the school was formally established in 1950 as the Institute of Business ...
The Sobey School of Business is the top-ranked, AACSB-Accredited business school of Saint Mary's University (SMU), located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Originally established in 1934 as the Saint Mary's University Faculty of Commerce, the program was one of the first business programs in Canada. The school is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools in Canada. Currently it ran...
The Schulich School of Business is York University's business school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Schulich offers undergraduate and graduate degree and diploma programs in business administration, finance, accounting, business analytics, public administration and international business as well as a number of PhD and executive programs. Originally known as the Faculty of Administrative S...
The Sauder School of Business is a faculty at the University of British Columbia. The faculty is located in Vancouver on UBC’s Point Grey campus and has a secondary teaching facility at UBC Robson Square downtown.Sauder is accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS.The Dean of Sauder is Robert Helsley.=History=First established in 1956, the UBC Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration was rename...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at Dalhousie University 's Rowe School of Business .
The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business or the Smith School of Business (formerly the Queen's School of Business ) is a business school located at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs as a part of Queen's University, but is managed separately with its own dean and budget. The school of business became its own faculty in 1963 wi...
The Telfer School of Management is a business school located at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is named in honour of one university alumnus, Ian Telfer (MBA 1976), who made a significant donation to the University of Ottawa. The donation of $25 million to the school's business program was the largest donation in Canadian history to be given to a business school,...
The Ted Rogers School of Management ( TRSM ) is a business school accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Located on Bay Street near Toronto's financial district, the TRSM offers various programs in a variety of business disciplines. The school houses Canada's largest undergraduate management program, along with several graduate programs. The school's un...
The Sprott School of Business is a faculty of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. It was named in 2001 for Eric Sprott, a well-known philanthropist, alumnus of the school, and base-metals investor. The school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS).Business studies have a long history at Carle...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who worked at or attended the Université de Moncton Faculté de l'administration .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who either worked at or attended the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Business Administration .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at the Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies as part of a Mount Allison University's Commerce Program .
The Odette School of Business (OSB) is located at the University of Windsor. The school offers various programs with focus in Accounting, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Finance, and Strategy. Located in the City of Windsor, Ontario, they are strategically placed in a border city which was recently listed among the top 7 innovative communities of 2011 by the Intelligent Community Forum....
The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business is a business school at the University of Victoria located in the municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia. There are currently 4,700 alumni in Canada and around the world.Originally named the UVic Faculty of Business, on October 22, 2010 the school was renamed to the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, coinciding with the donation of a $10 million ...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business .
The Paul J. Hill School of Business is the business school at the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan. Previously known as the Faculty of Business Administration, it was renamed for local benefactor Paul J. Hill who donated $10 million to the school. It is associated with the Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business.=History=Paul J. Hill School of Business unveiled.A $10 million gift...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who either worked at or attended the University of Prince Edward Island School of Business .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who either worked at or attended the University of Ontario Institute of Technology 's Faculty of Business and Information Technology .
The University of Waterloo School of Accounting and Finance ( SAF ) at University of Waterloo is a professional school within the Faculty of Arts. The School was established in 1985 under the name 'School of Accountancy'. Its name was changed in 2008 to better reflect its program offering. The School has made important contributions to the development of the accounting profession in Canada. The...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who either went to or worked at the University of Winnipeg Faculty of Business and Economics .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to Faculté des sciences de l'administration de l'Université Laval (English website: Université Laval's Faculty of Business Administration )
The Gerald Schwartz School of Business and Information Systems is located on the campus of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. It was named after businessman Gerald Schwartz in recognition of his donations to the university and opened on November 1, 2010. The school hosts 15 streams of Bachelor of Business Administration studies as well as a Bachelor of Information Systems...
The Goodman School of Business ( Goodman ) is the business school of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The business school offers programs at both the undergraduate and graduate level of study.The Goodman School of Business is among the top five per cent of business schools worldwide to attain accreditation by the AACSB as well as membership in Beta Gamma Sigma.On October 12,...
The Haskayne School of Business is the University of Calgary's business school, located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is named after Richard F. Haskayne, who gave one of the largest endowments to a business school in Canada. The school offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degrees, as well as executive education programs. In 2009 Corporate Knights Magazine ranked the school 2nd in Canada for...
HEC Montréal (École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal) is a French-language business school located in Montréal, Canada. Since its founding in 1907, the School has trained more than 78,000 students in all fields of management. HEC is the business school of the University of Montreal and is considered one of the most prominent business schools in the world.=History=HEC Montréal was foun...
Ivey Business School ( Ivey ) is a business school of the University of Western Ontario, a research-intensive university located in London, Ontario, Canada. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Ivey has the best full-time MBA program outside of the United States.Ivey offers full-time undergraduate (HBA), MBA, MSc, and PhD programs and also maintains two teaching facilities in Toronto and Hong K...
The John Molson School of Business ( JMSB ) is a business school located in Montreal, Canada. JMSB was established in 1974 by Concordia University and is considered one of the most prominent business schools in the world.=Name origin=The John Molson School of Business is named after businessman John Molson who was an entrepreneur in Canada during the late 18th century and early 19th century aft...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at Lakehead University Faculty of Business Administration .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at the Laurentian University Faculty of Management .
The Lazaridis School of Business and Economics is a business school of Wilfrid Laurier University located in Waterloo, Ontario. Originally the Laurier School of Business and Economics , it was renamed in September 2015 to recognize Mike Lazaridis, co-founder of Research In Motion. The re-branding followed a 2014 announcement of his pledge of $20-million for a new technology-focused management i...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at the MacEwan University School of Business .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at the Memorial University of Newfoundland 's Faculty of Business Administration .
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at Nipissing University School of Business .
The Desautels Faculty of Management is a faculty of McGill University. The faculty offers a range of undergraduate and graduate-level business programs including the Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in management degrees and maintains teaching facilities in Montreal, Canada and Tokyo, Japan. The Faculty of Management also offers a joint MD/MBA pr...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles that either worked or graduated from the school. The English name of this Sxchool is School of Management Sciences.
The N. Murray Edwards School of Business , also known as the Edwards School of Business , or simply Edwards , is located on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Formerly the College of Commerce, the school was renamed in 2007 to honor N. Murray Edwards, an alumnus and entrepreneur. In a report published by the reputed British company(QS), Since 2011 Edwards School o...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at F.C. Manning School of Business at Acadia University .
The DeGroote School of Business is one of six faculties at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The School of Business was founded in 1952 but was renamed in 1992 in honour of successful Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael G. DeGroote. The DeGroote school offers (Hon) B.Commerce, MBA and Ph.D. degrees.The current dean is Dr. Leonard Waverman.The business school is accr...
The Bissett School of Business - named after philanthropist David Bissett who gifted the School of Business $12 million – occupies a state of the art purpose built building that was opened in 2003 on the Lincoln Park Campus of Mount Royal University. In Fall 2010, there were over 2,100 full and part-time Bissett students enrolled at Mount Royal. The Bissett School of Business includes the natio...
The Beedie School of Business is the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1965, SFU is currently the largest business school in Western Canada[citation needed]. Beedie School's Executive MBA (EMBA) program, founded in 1968, is claimed to be the first of its kind in Canada. By 1982, the business discipline had grow...
The purpose of this project is to collect all of the Geni profiles of those who went to or worked at the Athabasca University Faculty of Business.
The Alberta School of Business , University of Alberta is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1916, it is a research-intensive publicly funded institution, and is consistently ranked in the top 50 publicly funded universities for research by the Financial Times of London.The Alberta School of Business was the first business school in Canada to be accredited by the Association to Ad...