A refugee from Nazi Germany and an orphan, Daniel Aaron helped Comcast become the largest cable company in the United States

Akradi’s personal philosophy of fitness and well-being has made Life Time Fitness unique and successful.

Busch was one of 22 children in his family.

In 1944, Time magazine named Nathan Cummings “Duke of Groceries.”

Rihanna is the world’s wealthiest female musician, primarily due to her income from Fenty.

DuPont was an early “transnational” business relying on knowledge, equipment and capital raised in France.

Tariq Farid started his first successful business at age 17.

Procter and Gamble were brothers-in-law married to a pair of sisters. They might never have met if fate had not intervened.

Helen Greiner’s love of robots started with R2D2 in Star Wars.

Menelaos Kaloyanides started his career at an automat in New York City.

Kraft Foods started as a one-man business selling cheese with a horse and wagon.

Levchin sought asylum in the United States from the Soviet-controlled Ukraine.

Emerson sold the first electric fans in America, invented by two orphans from Scotland.

Procter and Gamble were brothers-in-law married to a pair of sisters. They might never have met if fate had not intervened.

Levi’s 501 jeans were born in San Francisco at the hands of two immigrants.

Hamdi Ulukaya donates 10 percent of Chobani’s profits to charitable causes.

Goya Foods is the largest family-owned Hispanic food company in the United States.

Mei Xu created Chesapeake Bay Candle, one of the most popular brands in the country, and even worked with First Lady Michelle Obama to design a candle for the White House in 2009.