Roger Babsonstatistician, business forecaster, writerBorn: 1875Birthplace: Gloucester, Mass. Though not a particularly good student, he studied bookkeeping and engineering and in 1904 founded…
Karl BaedekerpublisherBorn: 11/3/1801Birthplace: Essen, Germany Began his own publishing business in Koblenz in 1827 specializing in guidebooks known for their historic information. The…
Robert Joseph BarroeconomistBorn: 1944Birthplace: New York City As a professor of economics at the University of Rochester since 1975, he espoused “new classical macroeconomics” which focus…
Tomas BataindustrialistBorn: 1876Birthplace: Zlin, Czech Republic Bata began his career making shoes and grew his business to become the largest leather factory in Europe. By 1928, it was…
Charles Frambach Berlitzeducator, publisherBorn: 1914Birthplace: New York City A gifted linguist, he graduated from Yale in 1936 and began running his grandfather's intensive language-…
Conrad Moffat BlackfinancierBorn: 8/25/1944Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada After studying at Carleton, Laval, and McGill universities, he went into business, ultimately gaining control…
Sir Basil Blackwell(Henry Blackwell)publisher, booksellerBorn: 1889Birthplace: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England After studying at Oxford, he entered the family bookselling business. He expanded…
William Edward Boeingaircraft manufacturerBorn: 1881Birthplace: Detroit, Mich. Having begun his career working in the lumber industry, in 1916 he formed the Pacific Aero Products Company. He…
Erskine BowlesU.S. public official Born: 1945 After studying at the University of North Carolina and Columbia, he worked as an investment banker before becoming administrator of the Small…
Richard Bransonentrepreneur, adventurerBorn: 1950Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England With little formal education, he began a mail-order business for discount records in 1969, then…
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