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Central Bank of Costa Rica | [
"Central banks",
"Banks of Costa Rica",
"1950 establishments in Costa Rica",
"Banks established in 1950"
] | 854 | 7,293 | The Central Bank of Costa Rica () or Banco Central de Costa Rica, is the central bank and primary monetary authority of Costa Rica. Its functions include maintaining inflation, supporting the government to make economic decisions, and implement the policies enacted by the government. The Central Bank of Costa Rica al... |
Gao Peng | [
"1972 births",
"Living people",
"People from Dandong",
"Dongbei University of Finance and Economics alumni",
"Southwestern University of Finance and Economics alumni",
"Chinese economists",
"People's Republic of China politicians from Liaoning",
"Chinese Communist Party politicians from Liaoning",
"... | 676 | 5,869 | Gao Peng (; born July 1972) is a former Chinese economist and politician who his entire career in Beijing, capital of China. As of April 2024 he was under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Previously he served as vice mayor of Beijing. He has served as a representative of the National C... |
List of banks in Austria | [
"Banks of Austria",
"Lists of banks by country",
"Lists of companies of Austria by industry",
"Lists of banks in Europe"
] | 545 | 5,458 | The following is a list of banks in Austria (as of 14 November 2019), as well as those that are defunct:
Addiko Bank
Allianz Investmentbank
AlpenBank
American Express
Anglo Irish Bank
Austrian AAB Bank AG
Autobank AG
Banco do Brasil
Bank Austria Wohnbaubank AG
Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg
Bank Gutmann
Bank of China
Ba... |
MEPC plc | [
"Companies based in Oxfordshire",
"Real estate companies established in 1946",
"Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange",
"British companies established in 1946",
"Property companies of the United Kingdom",
"1946 establishments in England",
"2020 mergers and acquisitions"
] | 515 | 4,380 | MEPC is a British-based property investment and development business. It is headquartered in Milton Park, Oxfordshire. It used to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is however now owned by Federated Hermes.
History
The business was founded by Claude Moss Leigh in... |
Crown Sri Lanka | [
"Buildings and structures in Colombo",
"Casinos in Sri Lanka",
"Tourist attractions in Colombo",
"Unbuilt casinos",
"Casino hotels in Sri Lanka that never opened"
] | 320 | 2,893 | Crown Sri Lanka was a proposed casino and resort on the banks of the Beira Lake in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was expected to cost $450 million and consist of two 36 floor buildings
History
In the post-war period, the Sri Lankan government under Mahinda Rajapaksa actively pursued new ventures to attract tourism and boost t... |
Tim Calkins (professor) | [
"1965 births",
"Marketing people",
"American marketing people",
"Branding consultants",
"Business educators",
"Living people",
"Kellogg School of Management faculty",
"Yale University alumni",
"Harvard Business School alumni"
] | 1,301 | 9,416 | Tim Calkins (born July 27, 1965) is an author, consultant, and clinical professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management specializing in topics including Marketing Strategy, Biomedical Marketing, and branding.
Biography and education
Tim Calkins was born in Buffalo, New York in 1965 to f... |
Joe Mears | [
"1905 births",
"1966 deaths",
"Chelsea F.C. chairmen and investors",
"Chairmen of the Football Association",
"English football chairmen and investors",
"English men's footballers",
"People educated at Malvern College",
"Royal Marines personnel of World War II",
"Old Malvernians F.C. players",
"Men... | 473 | 3,772 | John "Joe" Mears (20 January 1905 – 30 June 1966) was chairman of Chelsea Football Club and the Football Association.
Mears was the son and nephew of Chelsea F.C. founders, Joseph and Gus Mears respectively. He was a goalkeeper for the Old Malvernians before joining the Chelsea board in 1931, in doing so becoming the y... |
Edward J. Barrett (politician) | [
"1900 births",
"1977 deaths",
"Politicians from Chicago",
"Businesspeople from Chicago",
"Military personnel from Illinois",
"Illinois Democrats",
"State treasurers of Illinois",
"Auditors of Public Accounts of Illinois",
"Secretaries of state of Illinois",
"Cook County Clerks",
"Illinois politi... | 808 | 6,758 | Edward J. Barrett (March 10, 1900 – April 4, 1977) was an American politician.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Barrett served in the United States Army during World War I in Europe from 1917 to 1920. He then went to Spaulding Institute and then received his bachelor's degree from Mayo College of Commerce. He worked in adver... |
Public housing estates on Tsing Yi Island | [
"Public housing estates in Hong Kong",
"Home Ownership Scheme",
"Private Sector Participation Scheme",
"Flat-for-Sale Scheme",
"Tenants Purchase Scheme",
"Sandwich Class Housing Scheme",
"Tsing Yi"
] | 4,302 | 30,995 | The following is an overview of public housing estates on Tsing Yi, Hong Kong including Home Ownership Scheme (HOS), Private Sector Participation Scheme (PSPS), Flat-for-Sale Scheme (FFSS), Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) and Subsidised Sale Flats Project (SSFP) estates.
History
At early 1970s, the residents of Tsing Yi I... |
Export–Import Bank of the United States | [
"American companies established in 1934",
"Banks based in Washington, D.C.",
"Banks established in 1934",
"Export credit agencies",
"Government agencies established in 1934",
"Government-owned banks of the United States",
"Independent agencies of the United States government"
] | 6,766 | 62,925 | The Export–Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the bank "assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services", particularly when private sector lenders... |
Timor-Leste centavo coins | [
"Circulating currencies",
"Currencies of Timor-Leste",
"Economy of Timor-Leste",
"Currencies introduced in 2003",
"2003 establishments in Timor-Leste",
"Currencies of Asia"
] | 659 | 5,883 | Timor-Leste centavo coins were introduced in Timor-Leste (East Timor) in 2003 for use alongside United States dollar banknotes and coins, which were introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah following the commencement of U.N. administration. One centavo is equal to one U.S. cent. Coins issued for general circ... |
Irwin Molasky | [
"1927 births",
"2020 deaths",
"Businesspeople from St. Louis",
"Military personnel from St. Louis",
"Businesspeople from the Las Vegas Valley",
"American businesspeople in real estate",
"American racehorse owners and breeders",
"University of Nevada, Las Vegas people",
"American philanthropists",
... | 1,102 | 10,954 | Irwin Molasky (February 22, 1927 – July 4, 2020) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist from Las Vegas, Nevada. He was the Chairman of The Molasky Group of Companies.
Early life
Irwin Molasky was born to a Jewish family on February 22, 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri. Molasky moved with his family to Dayt... |
Popular Library | [
"Book publishing companies based in New York (state)",
"American companies established in 1942",
"Publishing companies established in 1942",
"1942 establishments in New York (state)",
"1968 mergers and acquisitions",
"1970 mergers and acquisitions",
"1977 mergers and acquisitions",
"1982 mergers and a... | 722 | 6,439 | Popular Library is a New York paperback book company established in 1942 by Leo Margulies and Ned Pines, who at the time were major pulp magazine and newspaper publishers. The company's logo of a pine tree was a tribute to Pines, and another Popular Library signature visual was a reduced black-and-white copy of the fr... |
Dutch West India Company | [
"Dutch West India Company",
"Chartered companies",
"Defunct companies of the Netherlands",
"Dutch colonisation in Africa",
"Dutch colonization of the Americas",
"History of the Dutch Caribbean",
"Curaçao and Dependencies",
"Dutch Gold Coast",
"Dutch colonisation of the Guianas",
"New Netherland",
... | 4,824 | 37,523 | The Dutch West India Company () was a Dutch chartered company that was founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx (1567–1647), and Jessé de Forest (1576–1624). On 3 June 1621, it was granted a charter for a trade monopoly in the Dutch West Indies by the Republic of ... |
Glen L. Urban | [
"University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni",
"Kellogg School of Management alumni",
"Living people",
"MIT Sloan School of Management faculty",
"1940 births",
"Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences",
"Wisconsin School of Business alumni"
] | 492 | 4,189 | Glen L. Urban has been a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty since 1966 and dean at the school from 1993 to 1998. Urban is a leading educator, prize-winning researcher specializing in marketing and new product development, entrepreneur, and author. He is the Chairman of Sloan's MIT Center for Digital ... |
Matthew Moulding | [
"1972 births",
"20th-century English businesspeople",
"21st-century English businesspeople",
"21st-century British philanthropists",
"Living people",
"People from Burnley",
"Alumni of the University of Nottingham",
"British online retailer founders",
"English accountants",
"English billionaires",
... | 804 | 8,843 | Matthew John Moulding (born February 1972) is a British businessman, founder and CEO of THG plc. As of May 2022, he has an estimated net worth of £700 million, down from £1.4 billion in 2021.
Early life
Moulding was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School in C... |
Four Star Television | [
"Television production companies of the United States",
"Defunct film and television production companies of the United States",
"Entertainment companies based in California",
"Mass media companies established in 1952",
"Mass media companies disestablished in 1997",
"1952 establishments in California",
... | 3,098 | 26,362 | Four Star Television, also called Four Star International, was an American television production company. Founded in 1952 as Four Star Productions by prominent Hollywood actors Dick Powell, David Niven, Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea, it was inspired by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz founding Desilu Productions a year earl... |
IPR Microfinance Institution | [
"Microfinance companies of Asia",
"Privately held companies of Cambodia",
"Companies of Cambodia",
"Cambodian companies established in 2005",
"Companies based in Phnom Penh"
] | 498 | 5,858 | Intean Poalroath Rongroeurng (IPR) is a Cambodian microfinance institution focused on the domestic agricultural sector. IPR is headquartered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and operates six branch offices including several service post offices in five provinces: Kandal, Takéo, Pursat, Battambang, and Banteay Meanchey.
The Com... |
Bang Jun-hyuk | [
"1968 births",
"South Korean billionaires",
"Businesspeople from Seoul",
"Living people",
"20th-century South Korean businesspeople",
"21st-century South Korean businesspeople",
"South Korean chairpersons of corporations"
] | 669 | 5,468 | Bang Jun-hyuk (; born December 23, 1968) is a South Korean businessman. The founder and chairman of the largest mobile gaming company in the country, Netmarble, he is among the richest people in South Korea. When Netmarble acquired Coway in 2019, he also became the chairman of Coway. In April 2024, Forbes estimated his... |
Leo Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger | [
"1898 births",
"1978 deaths",
"20th-century English businesspeople",
"Bank presidents and chief executive officers",
"Bankers from London",
"British Airways people",
"British chairpersons of corporations",
"Military personnel from the City of Westminster",
"Graduates of the Royal Military College, S... | 1,866 | 16,686 | Leo Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (2 July 1898 – 25 October 1978) was an English merchant banker and air transport promoter, co-founder of British Airways, Chairman of the Erlanger Bank and of the Channel Tunnel Company.
Business
Baron Leo Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger was a merchant banker and a promoter of the Britis... |
Charles Henry de Soysa | [
"1836 births",
"1890 deaths",
"Deaths from rabies",
"19th-century philanthropists",
"Alumni of Royal College, Colombo",
"Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia",
"Burgher people",
"Ceylonese Knights Bachelor",
"De Soysa family",
"Businesspeople from Colombo",
"People from Moratuwa",
"Plan... | 5,652 | 52,492 | Charles Henry de Soysa Dharmagunawardana Vipula Jayasuriya Karunaratna Disanayaka popularly known as Charles Henry de Soysa, JP (3 March 1836 – 29 September 1890) was a Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was a pioneering planter, industrialist and the wealthiest Ceylonese of the 19th century. He was instrume... |
DNB Bank | [
"DNB ASA",
"Banks of Norway",
"Banks established in 1822",
"Companies based in Oslo",
"Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange",
"Norwegian brands",
"Norwegian companies established in 1822"
] | 778 | 7,016 | DNB Bank ASA (formerly DnB NOR ASA) is Norway's largest financial services group, with total combined assets of more than NOK 3.6 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 400 billion as of 2024. DNB's head office is located in Oslo.
The two largest owners of DNB are the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and F... |
Usher (musician) | [
"Usher (musician)",
"1978 births",
"Living people",
"20th-century African-American male singers",
"20th-century American male singers",
"20th-century American singers",
"20th-century African-American male actors",
"20th-century American male actors",
"21st-century African-American male singers",
"... | 24,612 | 276,480 | Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. With some publications referring to him as the King of R&B, he is recognized as an influential figure in contemporary R&B and pop music. In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album at the age of 15. He rose to fame wi... |
Gigamon | [
"Companies based in Santa Clara, California",
"Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange",
"Computer security companies",
"Network management",
"American companies established in 2004",
"2004 establishments in California",
"2018 mergers and acquisitions",
"Private equity portfolio compa... | 2,041 | 22,227 | Gigamon is a privately held computer security company with products that delivers network-derived intelligence and insights to cloud, security, observability, and network management tools. It is one of the main parts in the deep observability market. Formerly traded publicly, it is now owned by Elliott Management and h... |
Eliza Haycraft | [
"American brothel owners and madams",
"American female prostitutes",
"People from Missouri",
"1820 births",
"1871 deaths",
"Women in the American Civil War",
"19th-century American philanthropists",
"19th-century American businesspeople",
"19th-century American businesswomen"
] | 977 | 7,305 | Eliza Haycraft ( February 14, 1820 – December 5, 1871) was a wealthy brothel madam and philanthropist, who donated money to the widows and orphans of the American Civil War.
Biography
Haycraft was born on February 14, 1820. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, from Callaway County, Missouri, in 1840, reportedly arriving i... |
Sasfin Bank | [
"Banks of South Africa",
"Financial services companies of South Africa",
"Companies based in Johannesburg",
"Companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange"
] | 424 | 3,701 | is a South African based bank-controlling company that listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in 1987. Sasfin and its subsidiaries, notably Sasfin Bank Limited, provide financial products and services for business and wealth clients. Sasfin is currently led by CEO Michael Sassoon, and is headquartered in Johan... |
State Bank of New South Wales | [
"Defunct banks of Australia",
"State Bank of New South Wales",
"Australian companies established in 1933",
"Banks established in 1933",
"Australian companies disestablished in 1994",
"Banks disestablished in 1994",
"Former government-owned companies of New South Wales"
] | 4,833 | 48,866 | The State Bank of New South Wales, from 1933 until 1981 known as the Rural Bank of New South Wales, was a bank that was owned by the Government of New South Wales. In 1994, it was taken over by Colonial Mutual and became the Colonial State Bank and then sold to the Commonwealth Bank in 2000.
History of operations
Found... |
Stability and Growth Pact | [
"European Union economic policy",
"Fiscal policy",
"1997 in economic history",
"1997 in the European Union"
] | 38,562 | 367,297 | The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) is an agreement, among all the 27 member states of the European Union (EU), to facilitate and maintain the stability of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Based primarily on Articles 121 and 126 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it consists of fiscal monitor... |
Rizalino Navarro | [
"1938 births",
"2011 deaths",
"20th-century Filipino businesspeople",
"Harvard Business School alumni",
"Secretaries of trade and industry of the Philippines",
"University of the East alumni",
"Ramos administration cabinet members"
] | 348 | 3,196 | Rizalino S. Navarro (December 30, 1938 – July 7, 2011) was a Filipino businessman, business executive and politician. Navarro served as the Secretary of Trade and Industry from 1992 to 1996 within the Cabinet of former Philippines President Fidel Ramos.
Navarro earned a bachelor's degree in business administration cum ... |
Granite scam in Tamil Nadu | [
"Illegal mining in India",
"Political corruption in India",
"Economy of Tamil Nadu",
"Mining in Tamil Nadu",
"Corruption in Tamil Nadu"
] | 890 | 9,332 | The granite scam was a corruption scandal that occurred in Tamil Nadu, India. It gained notoriety after former civil servant of Madurai Ubagarampillai Sagayam wrote a letter to the chief secretary of the State Industries Department on 19 May 2012, reporting major violations by many granite quarries in the Madurai distr... |
Samantha Cameron | [
"English philanthropists",
"British baronesses by marriage",
"Spouses of prime ministers of the United Kingdom",
"1971 births",
"Living people",
"English businesspeople in fashion",
"21st-century English businesswomen",
"21st-century English businesspeople",
"English Anglicans",
"Sheffield family"... | 1,923 | 21,562 | Samantha Gwendoline Cameron, Baroness Cameron of Chipping Norton (; born 18 April 1971), is an English businesswoman. Until 2010, she was the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street. She is married to David Cameron, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Foreign Secretary from 202... |
Larry Kestelman | [
"Living people",
"People from Odesa",
"Ukrainian emigrants to Australia",
"Australian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent",
"Australian businesspeople in real estate",
"Australian sports businesspeople",
"National Basketball League (Australia)",
"1966 births",
"Australian company founders",
"Busine... | 1,594 | 17,513 | Valarie "Larry" Kestelman (born 1966) is an Australian billionaire property developer and businessman. He co-founded internet service provider Dodo in 2001, which was bought out in 2013, and has interests in various other industries via his holding company LK Group. He is also known for his involvement in Australian ba... |
David X. Li | [
"1960s births",
"Living people",
"Barclays people",
"Canadian actuaries",
"Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce people",
"Canadian statisticians",
"Chinese emigrants to Canada",
"Citigroup employees",
"JPMorgan Chase employees",
"Nankai University alumni",
"Université Laval alumni",
"University ... | 1,065 | 9,650 | David X. Li ( born Nanjing, China in the 1960s) is a Chinese-born Canadian quantitative analyst and actuary who pioneered the use of Gaussian copula models for the pricing of collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) in the early 2000s. The Financial Times has called him "the world's most influential actuary", while afte... |
C.E. Unterberg, Towbin | [
"Banks based in New York City",
"Defunct financial services companies of the United States",
"Former investment banks of the United States",
"Financial services companies established in 1932",
"Banks established in 1932",
"Financial services companies disestablished in 2007",
"Banks disestablished in 20... | 495 | 4,534 | C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, was a United States investment bank. Founded as C.E. Unterberg & Co. in 1932 by Clarence E. Unterberg, the firm changed its name to C.E Unterberg, Towbin & Co., in 1953.
History
The firm began as a niche over-the-counter trading firm. Following World War II, the firm made a name for itself as ... |
Armin S. | [
"German investors",
"Rogue traders",
"German stock traders"
] | 1,593 | 13,749 | Armin S. (complete name unknown, born ) is a German independent securities trader. He achieved international recognition in 2017 when he filed a lawsuit against BNP Paribas for its continued refusal to deliver €163 million in securities he had purchased in December 2015, one of the largest civil cases brought by a priv... |
Anne Muraya | [
"Living people",
"1970 births",
"Kenyan accountants",
"Kenyan women accountants",
"21st-century Kenyan businesswomen",
"21st-century Kenyan businesspeople",
"Kenyan chief executives",
"Kikuyu people"
] | 565 | 4,998 | Anne Muraya is a Kenyan accountant, businesswoman, and corporate executive who was appointed as the chief executive officer of Deloitte East Africa, effective 1 June 2022. Up until then, she served as the Africa Managing Partner for Responsible Business and Public Policy at Deloitte. She concurrently worked as the audi... |
List of countries by past military expenditure | [
"Military comparisons lists of countries",
"Government budgets",
"Military economics",
"Military budgets"
] | 1,913 | 15,512 | This is a list of countries by past military expenditure, starting 1987.
Methodology
Figures for the tables below are provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) database. They are presented in millions of United States dollars in current prices, converted at the exchange rate for the given... |
Airport improvement fee | [
"Civil aviation",
"Transfer tax",
"Aviation taxes",
"Fees"
] | 483 | 3,502 | An airport improvement fee or embarkation fee or airport tax or service charge or service fee is an additional fee charged to departing and connecting passengers at an airport. It is levied by government or an airport management corporation and the proceeds are usually intended for funding of major airport improvements... |
Narendra Jadhav | [
"1953 births",
"Living people",
"20th-century Indian economists",
"20th-century Indian educational theorists",
"20th-century Buddhists",
"21st-century Buddhists",
"21st-century Indian economists",
"University of Mumbai alumni",
"Indiana University Bloomington alumni",
"Indian civil servants",
"M... | 1,541 | 14,342 | Narendra Damodar Jadhav (born 28 May 1953) is an Indian economist, educationist, public policy expert, professor and writer in English, Marathi and Hindi.
Jadhav has been a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament. He previously served as member of the Planning Commission of India and the Nationa... |
Dorothea Puente | [
"1929 births",
"20th-century American murderers",
"2011 deaths",
"American confidence tricksters",
"American female serial killers",
"American people convicted of fraud",
"American people convicted of murder",
"American people convicted of theft",
"American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment",... | 4,702 | 38,403 | Dorothea Helen Puente (; January 9, 1929 – March 27, 2011) was an American convicted serial killer. In the 1980s, she ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, and murdered various elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks. Puente's total count reached nine murders; she wa... |
Christine Magee | [
"1959 births",
"Living people",
"Businesspeople from Toronto",
"Canadian corporate directors",
"Canadian women chief executives",
"Canadian women company founders",
"Canadian women philanthropists",
"University of Western Ontario alumni"
] | 630 | 4,977 | Christine Magee (born November 7, 1959) is the co-founder and president of Sleep Country Canada. In October 1994, she co-founded the company with Stephen K. Gunn and Gordon Lownds. By 2004, the company had expanded to 89 stores, with over 600 employees and operations in three provinces. Magee is on the board of directo... |
Harmonized sales tax | [
"Taxation in Canada",
"Value added taxes",
"Sales taxes in Canada"
] | 3,720 | 30,908 | The harmonized sales tax (HST) is a consumption tax in Canada. It is used in provinces where both the federal goods and services tax (GST) and the regional provincial sales tax (PST) have been combined into a single value-added tax.
The HST is in effect in five of the ten Canadian provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland... |
Ritu Menon | [
"Indian feminist writers",
"Living people",
"Indian women publishers",
"Indian publishers (people)",
"English-language writers from India",
"20th-century Indian journalists",
"Women writers from Delhi",
"Indian women journalists",
"20th-century Indian women writers",
"20th-century Indian businessw... | 626 | 7,228 | Ritu Menon is an Indian feminist, writer and publisher.
Career
In 1984, Menon co-founded Kali for Women, India's first exclusively feminist publishing house, along with Urvashi Butalia, her longtime collaborator. In 2003, Kali for Women shut shop due to lack of commercial viability compounded by irreconcilable personal... |
M4 corridor | [
"Economy of England",
"Economy of Wales",
"High-technology business districts in the United Kingdom",
"Information technology places",
"M4 motorway",
"Regions of England",
"Regions of Wales",
"Science and technology in Berkshire",
"South East England"
] | 1,170 | 14,621 | The M4 corridor is an area in the United Kingdom adjacent to the M4 motorway, which runs from London to South Wales. It is a major hi-tech hub. Important cities and towns linked by the M4 include (from east to west) London, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Reading, Newbury, Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff, Port ... |
Minneapolis Grain Exchange | [
"Financial services companies established in 1881",
"Art Nouveau architecture in Minnesota",
"Art Nouveau commercial buildings",
"Commercial buildings completed in 1900",
"Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota",
"Commodity exchanges in the United States",
"Futures... | 832 | 7,291 | The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) is a commodities and futures exchange of grain products. It was formed in 1881 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States as a regional cash marketplace to promote fair trade and to prevent trade abuses in wheat, oats and corn. MGEX became a subsidiary of Miami International Holdings... |
Richemont | [
"Richemont",
"Luxury brand holding companies",
"Companies based in Geneva",
"Holding companies established in 1988",
"Watchmaking conglomerates",
"Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland",
"Multinational companies headquartered in Switzerland",
"Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange",
"Com... | 2,987 | 30,853 | Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., commonly known as Richemont, is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. Through its various subsidiaries, Richemont produces and sells jewellery, watches, leather goods, pens, firearms, clothing, and accessories. R... |
Uninsured motorist clause | [
"Insurance law",
"Vehicle insurance",
"Auto insurance in the United States"
] | 888 | 5,920 | An uninsured motorist clause is a provision commonly found in United States automobile insurance policies that provides for a driver to receive damages for any injury he or she receives from an uninsured, negligent driver. The owner of the policy pays a premium to the insurance company to include this clause. Although ... |
Richard Tol | [
"1969 births",
"Living people",
"Academics of the University of Sussex",
"Economic and Social Research Institute",
"Energy economists",
"Environmental economists",
"Climate economists",
"21st-century Dutch economists",
"Dutch expatriates in the United Kingdom",
"Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... | 1,986 | 17,215 | Richard S. J. Tol (born 2 December 1969, Hoorn, the Netherlands) is a professor of economics at the University of Sussex. He is also professor of the economics of climate change at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is a member of the Academia Europaea and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society.
Academic career
Tol o... |
VarageSale | [
"2012 software",
"Retail companies established in 2012",
"Internet properties established in 2012",
"Online marketplaces of Canada",
"Online marketplaces of the United States",
"2017 mergers and acquisitions",
"Virtual economies"
] | 558 | 5,932 | VarageSale is a virtual garage sale app that lets users buy and sell items in their communities. It currently has users across the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK. The company is based in Toronto and funded by investors including Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture... |
Andrew Maguire (whistleblower) | [
"British commodities traders",
"British whistleblowers",
"Businesspeople from London",
"HSBC people",
"JPMorgan Chase people",
"Living people",
"Year of birth missing (living people)"
] | 1,017 | 8,522 | Andrew Maguire is a British commodities trader and whistleblower. He presented evidence to United States regulators alleging that fraud had been committed, and that prices in the international gold and silver markets had been manipulated. No regulatory or legal action has been taken as a result of his accusations.
Bac... |
High Speed vendor Feed | [
"Financial markets",
"Electronic trading systems",
"Futures markets",
"Derivatives (finance)"
] | 440 | 5,406 | High Speed Vendor Feed (HSVF) is the market data vendor protocol of the electronic Sola Trading platform that is used for the dissemination of market data for options, futures, forwards and other exchange-listed derivative securities for five major derivative exchanges globally.
History
, the exchanges using the protoc... |
Financial market infrastructure | [
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"Financial technology",
"Payment clearing systems",
"Securities clearing and depository institutions",
"Central securities depositories",
"Payment systems organizations",
"Systemic risk",
"Systemically important financial institutions",
"International finance"
] | 824 | 7,888 | Financial market infrastructure refers to systems and entities involved in clearing, settlement, and the recording of payments, securities, derivatives, and other financial transactions. Depending on context, financial market infrastructure may refer to the category in general, or to individual companies or entities (t... |
BookRenter | [
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"Education companies established in 2006",
"Retail companies established in 2006",
"Internet properties established in 2006",
"Online retailers of the United States",
... | 561 | 6,455 | BookRenter was an American online textbook rental company based in San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2006 and was acquired by eCampus.com in 2016.
History
BookRenter was founded as an online textbook rental service in 2006. Colin Barceloux founded the company as a startup in Silicon Valley. Barceloux worked with... |
BayWa | [
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"Companies based in Munich",
"German companies established in 1923",
"Home improvement companies",
"Oil compani... | 2,973 | 31,360 | BayWa AG (until 1972: Bayerische Warenvermittlung landwirtschaftlicher Genossenschaften AG) is an internationally active group headquartered in Munich, Germany. Originally founded to support domestic agriculture, the company expanded its activities to the construction and energy sectors. BayWa is represented in more th... |
Clement Griscom | [
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"People from Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania",
"Members of the Philadelphia Club",
"Central High School (Philadelphia) alumni",
"19th-century American businesspeople"
] | 829 | 7,591 | Clement Acton Griscom (March 15, 1841 – November 10, 1912) was an American shipping magnate and financier.
Griscom was "without question, the key figure in American transatlantic shipping" by 1900.
Biography
Griscom was born in 1841 to a long-established and prominent Philadelphia family. His father was Dr John D Grisc... |
Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. | [
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"2004 deaths",
"Businesspeople from Racine, Wisconsin",
"Military personnel from Wisconsin",
"American billionaires",
"20th-century American businesspeople",
"Asheville School alumni",
"Cornell University alumni",
"Harvard Business School alumni",
"Family of Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr... | 3,999 | 27,782 | Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. (March 2, 1928 – May 22, 2004) was an American businessman. He was the fourth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., a consumer products company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. The son of Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., he turned a relatively small wax company into a multi... |
William H. Remick | [
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"1922 deaths",
"People from Boston",
"Businesspeople from New York City",
"People from Manhattan",
"Presidents of the New York Stock Exchange",
"American bankers"
] | 1,308 | 10,630 | William Hammond Remick (October 14, 1866 – March 9, 1922) was an American banker who served as president of the New York Stock Exchange.
Early life
Remick was born on East Boston, Massachusetts on October 14, 1866. He was a son of Joseph Remick and Mary Ann Pickering (née Hammond) Remick. Among his siblings was Josep... |
Lindsell Train | [
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"Companies based in London",
"Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange",
"Companies in the FTSE SmallCap Index",
"Financial services companies established in 2000",
"Investment companies of the United Kingdom",
"Asset management companies"
] | 1,191 | 12,468 | Lindsell Train Limited (LTL) is a British investment management company that focuses on managing equity portfolios. The Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI) which currently owns 24% of LTL is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. As of May 2025, the company has £12.8 billion in assets under management.
History... |
Petro Hermanchuk | [
"1952 births",
"2012 deaths",
"People from Kyiv Oblast",
"Finance ministers of Ukraine",
"Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada",
"20th-century Ukrainian economists",
"Kyiv National Economic University alumni",
"Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class",
"Recipients of the Or... | 1,161 | 9,898 | Petro Kuzmovich Hermanchuk (; 14 March 1952 – 29 June 2012) was a Ukrainian economist and politician who was formerly the Minister of Finance from 1994 to 1996.
Early life and education
Hermanchuk was born on 14 March 1952 in the village of Andriivka, Ukraine SSR, and educated from the Kyiv Institute of National Econo... |
Cords Cable Industries Limited | [
"Wire and cable manufacturers",
"Multinational companies",
"Manufacturing companies based in Delhi",
"Indian brands",
"Indian companies established in 1987",
"Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India",
"Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange"
] | 470 | 5,419 | Cords Cable Industries Limited (BSE: 532941, NSE: CORDSCABLE, ISIN: INE792I01017) is the largest instrumentation cable maker in India.
With its headquarters in New Delhi, it manufactures instrumentation cables, control cables, thermocouple cables, power cables and special cables for signaling and electrical connectivi... |
Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima | [
"Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange",
"Companies listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange",
"Real estate companies of Argentina",
"Companies based in Buenos Aires",
"Real estate companies established in 1943",
"Argentine companies established in 1943",
"Multinational companies headquartere... | 906 | 7,848 | Inversiones y Representaciones Sociedad Anónima (mostly known for its acronym IRSA) is the leading real estate development firm in Argentina. Its controlled by Cresud S.A. (NASDAQ:) in a 64%.
Overview
IRSA (Investments and Brokerage, Inc.) was founded in 1943. The small independent realty, based in Buenos Aires, grew s... |
Railroad Pass Casino | [
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"Buildings and structures in Henderson, Nevada",
"Casinos in the Las Vegas Valley",
"Hotels in the Las Vegas Valley",
"Mandalay Resort Group",
"Casino hotels in the Las Vegas Valley"
] | 846 | 9,698 | Railroad Pass Hotel & Casino, named after nearby Railroad Pass, is a hotel and casino located in Henderson, Nevada.
The casino has of gaming space, with 323 slot machines and six table games, and a William Hill sports and race book.
Location
The property is sited in the far southeast corner of the city of Henderson, w... |
Robert Uihlein Jr. | [
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"1976 deaths",
"American people of German descent",
"Businesspeople from Milwaukee",
"Phillips Academy alumni",
"Harvard University alumni",
"University of Wisconsin Law School alumni",
"American polo players",
"20th-century American businesspeople",
"Uihlein family",
"Burials at ... | 661 | 6,108 | Robert Uihlein Jr. (1916–1976) was a German-American heir, businessman, polo player, and philanthropist.
Early life
Robert Uihlein Jr. was born on March 26, 1916, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was Robert Uihlein Sr., and his grandfather August Uihlein. His great-great uncle, August Krug, was the founder of the Jo... |
Economic Stimulus Appropriations Act of 1977 | [
"1977 in economic history",
"Economic stimulus programs",
"Fiscal policy",
"1977 in American law"
] | 2,923 | 24,718 | The Economic Stimulus Appropriations Act of 1977 was a stimulus package enacted by the 95th Congress and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on 13 May 1977. Developed in response to the longest and deepest economic recession post World War II, the primary objective of the stimulus package was to provide the econo... |
Banco Macro | [
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"Companies listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange",
"Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange",
"Banks of Argentina",
"Banks established in 1976",
"1976 establishments in Argentina",
"Argentine brands",
"Companies in the MERVAL"
] | 814 | 7,581 | Banco Macro is the second largest domestically-owned private bank in Argentina, and the sixth-largest by deposits and lending. It began operating in 1988 as a bank and has a wide network of branches and ATMs throughout the country, which allows it to provide banking services to a broad customer base.
Grupo Macro has 7,... |
SquareTrade | [
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"Financial services companies established in 1999",
"Companies based in San Francisco",
"2016 mergers and acquisitions",
"1999 establishments in California",
"Allstate",
"Financial services companies based in California",
"American corporate subsidiaries",
"... | 497 | 5,530 | SquareTrade Inc. is an American-based extended warranty service provider for consumer electronics and appliances headquartered in Brisbane, California.
Dispute resolution services
Founded by Ahmed Khaishgi in 1999, SquareTrade launched as the first online service for resolving e-commerce disputes. SquareTrade worked wi... |
Manchukuo yuan | [
"Currencies of China",
"Modern obsolete currencies",
"Currencies introduced in 1932",
"1945 disestablishments in China",
"Economy of Manchukuo",
"Chinese numismatics"
] | 2,687 | 18,797 | The Manchukuo yuan (, Mǎnzhōuguóyuán) was the official unit of currency of the Empire of Manchuria, from June 1932 to August 1945.
The monetary unit was based on one basic pure silver patron of 23.91 grams. It replaced the Chinese Haikwan tael, the local monetary system in common and regular use in Manchuria before the... |
Marc J. Lane | [
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"American lawyers",
"Financial advisors",
"American activists",
"American investors",
"American financial businesspeople",
"Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni",
"University of Illinois alumni",
"Businesspeople from Chicago",
"Lawyers from Chicago"... | 1,344 | 11,417 | Marc J. Lane (born 1946) is an American attorney and businessman. He is also a founding partner of the Chicago chapter of the Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA), a network of philanthropy-minded investors. In 2020, Lane and other members of SEA - Chicago moved on to establish Social Enterprise Chicago in place of SEA - C... |
Balanced Commercial Property Trust | [
"Real estate companies established in 2005",
"Financial services companies established in 2005",
"Investment trusts of the United Kingdom",
"Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange"
] | 370 | 4,050 | Balanced Commercial Property Trust, formerly BMO Commercial Property Trust, is a large British investment trust dedicated to investments in commercial properties. Established in 2005, the company, which was formerly known as F&C Commercial Property Trust, was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by... |
Patience Mutesi | [
"Living people",
"21st-century Rwandan businesswomen",
"21st-century Rwandan businesspeople",
"Rwandan bankers",
"Makerere University alumni",
"Maastricht University alumni",
"Year of birth missing (living people)",
"People from Kigali",
"20th-century Rwandan businesswomen",
"20th-century Rwandan ... | 540 | 4,714 | Patience Mutesi is a Rwandan businesswoman and corporate executive. She is the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of BPR Bank Rwanda Plc, a commercial bank in Rwanda and a subsidiary of the KCB Group, a financial services conglomerate, based in Kenya. She took her present position on 1 February 2023.
B... |
Ed Levinson | [
"1898 births",
"1981 deaths",
"20th-century American criminals",
"20th-century American businesspeople",
"20th-century American Jews",
"American male criminals",
"Jewish American gangsters",
"Gangsters from Chicago",
"Gangsters from Detroit",
"Businesspeople from Chicago",
"Businesspeople from L... | 3,245 | 28,944 | Edward Levinson (March 2, 1898, to December 26, 1981) was an American criminal and gambling operator.
He was raised in Chicago, Illinois, then joined the underworld in Detroit, Michigan, in the 1920s and became an associate of Meyer Lansky.
Levinson and his brothers moved to Newport, Kentucky, in the 1930s, where they ... |
Cecil Parkinson | [
"1931 births",
"2016 deaths",
"Military personnel from Lancashire",
"Royal Air Force airmen",
"20th-century Royal Air Force personnel",
"Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge",
"British accountants",
"Chairmen of the Conservative Party (UK)",
"Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster",
"Conservative ... | 2,788 | 23,172 | Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979. He successfully m... |
Orrin Thompson (real estate developer) | [
"1913 births",
"1995 deaths",
"People from Grant County, Minnesota",
"American businesspeople in real estate",
"Businesspeople from Minnesota",
"American city founders",
"20th-century American businesspeople"
] | 1,234 | 9,611 | Orrin Thompson (August 26, 1913March 7, 1995) was one of the largest real-estate developers in the United States. In the 1950s, a time when the post World War II population was exploding and in need of housing, he built and sold thousands of one-family homes, primarily in Minnesota. He contributed significantly to the... |
L3 Technologies | [
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"Avionics companies",
"Electronics companies established in 1997",
"Electronics companies disestablished in 2019",
"American companies established in 1997",
"American companies disestablished in 2019",
"Former defense companies of the United St... | 2,641 | 29,616 | L3 Technologies, formerly L-3 Communications Holdings, was an American company that supplied command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation, aerospace, and navigation products. Its ... |
Fundamental theorem of asset pricing | [
"Financial economics",
"Mathematical finance",
"Corporate development"
] | 609 | 5,338 | The fundamental theorems of asset pricing (also: of arbitrage, of finance), in both financial economics and mathematical finance, provide necessary and sufficient conditions for a market to be arbitrage-free, and for a market to be complete. An arbitrage opportunity is a way of making money with no initial investment w... |
New manufacturing economy | [
"Manufacturing",
"Industry (economics)",
"Economies",
"Knowledge economy"
] | 626 | 6,930 | The new manufacturing economy (NME) describes the role of advanced manufacturing in the rise of the New Economy. The term describes manufacturing enabled by digital technologies, advanced systems and processes and a highly trained and knowledgeable workforce. The new manufacturing economy integrates networks, 3D printe... |
TRG Pakistan | [
"Companies based in Karachi",
"Pakistani companies established in 2003",
"Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange",
"Companies in the KSE 100 Index",
"2003 initial public offerings"
] | 550 | 6,886 | The Resource Group Pakistan, commonly known as TRG Pakistan, is a Pakistani venture capital firm specializing in investments in business process outsourcing companies. It is based in Karachi.
History
Founded in 2003 by Zia Chishti, TRG originated from back-office operations he had established for Align Technology in La... |
Minister for Public Finance (Scotland) | [
"Ministerial posts of the Scottish Government",
"Economy of Scotland",
"Finance ministers of Scotland",
"Economy ministers",
"Public finance of Scotland"
] | 652 | 5,691 | The Minister for Public Finance is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.
The post was created in June 2018 as the Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, with Kate Forbes its first holder. The incumbent Minister, Ivan McKee support... |
Alexander Brody (businessman) | [
"1933 births",
"2022 deaths",
"Hungarian businesspeople",
"American businesspeople",
"Hungarian writers",
"Hungarian emigrants to the United States",
"Businesspeople from Budapest",
"Princeton University alumni"
] | 575 | 5,471 | Alexander Brody (born Sándor Bródy, January 28, 1933 – February 12, 2022) was a Hungarian-American businessman, author, and marketing executive. He was the grandson of Hungarian writer Sándor Bródy.
Life and career
Brody was born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 28, 1933. His father, János Bródy, raced horses and trade... |
Russian National Reinsurance Company | [
"2016 establishments in Russia",
"Reinsurance companies",
"Insurance companies of Russia",
"Financial services companies established in 2016",
"Companies based in Moscow",
"Government-owned insurance companies"
] | 1,960 | 16,327 | Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNRC) is the largest Russian reinsurance company. The Central Bank of Russia is a full shareholder of RNRC. The state-owned reinsurance company was established in 2016. RNRC is the largest in terms of the authorized share capital (RUB 71 billion) and second-largest in terms of paid... |
Joyes (department store) | [
"Defunct department stores of the United Kingdom",
"Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom",
"Retail companies established in 1900",
"Retail companies disestablished in 1975",
"1900 establishments in England",
"1975 disestablishments in England",
"British companies disestablished in 1975",
"Br... | 451 | 3,598 | Joyes were a small department store that existed for 75 years in Grays, Essex.
Arthur Edgar Joyes was born in Storrington in 1876 and attended grammar school. After completing his schooling, Arthur learnt the drapery trade as an assistant in a shop in Dorking. He later moved to Essex where he met his wife Mary Ann, who... |
DeSoto Square Mall | [
"Buildings and structures in Bradenton, Florida",
"Defunct shopping malls in the United States",
"Shopping malls in Florida",
"Shopping malls established in 1973",
"Shopping malls disestablished in 2021",
"Tourist attractions in Manatee County, Florida",
"1973 establishments in Florida",
"2021 disesta... | 1,819 | 19,692 | DeSoto Square Mall was an enclosed shopping mall serving Bradenton, Florida, United States. It was built in 1973 and permanently closed on April 30, 2021.
History
In November 1971, Bradenton Mall Corporation bought along US 301 and Cortez Road for $1.6 million from 32 property owners. Bradenton's mayor, A.K. Leach, wa... |
Diesel & Motor Engineering | [
"1939 establishments in Ceylon",
"Conglomerate companies established in 1939",
"Companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange",
"Conglomerate companies of Sri Lanka",
"Retail companies of Sri Lanka",
"Retail companies established in 1939"
] | 1,009 | 8,925 | Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC, commonly abbreviated as DIMO, is a Sri Lankan conglomerate company. The company engaged in vehicle sales, after-sales services, retail, construction and logistics solutions and agriculture sectors. The company was founded in 1939 and was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1964. DIMO... |
Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–2004 | [
"2003 labor disputes and strikes",
"2004 labor disputes and strikes",
"Labor disputes in California",
"Labor disputes led by UNITE HERE",
"Labor disputes led by the United Food and Commercial Workers",
"2003 in California",
"2004 in California"
] | 710 | 6,292 | The Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–2004 was a strike by the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) against four supermarket chains in Southern California. Management and the unions arrived at a contract after twenty weeks, with both sides claiming victory.
On the labor side, the primary party w... |
IRS e-file | [
"Internal Revenue Service",
"United States federal income tax",
"Tax software of the United States"
] | 861 | 7,368 | E-file is a system for submitting tax documents to the US Internal Revenue Service through the Internet or direct connection, usually without the need to submit any paper documents. Tax preparation software with e-filing capabilities includes stand-alone programs or websites. Tax professionals use tax preparation softw... |
Glovo | [
"2022 mergers and acquisitions",
"Spanish brands",
"Retail companies established in 2015",
"Transport companies established in 2015",
"Internet properties established in 2015",
"Online food ordering",
"Multinational companies headquartered in Spain",
"2015 establishments in Catalonia",
"Companies ba... | 1,699 | 16,440 | Glovo is a Spain-based, delivery app founded in 2014 by Oscar Pierre. He launched operations in 2015 with Sacha Michaud following an initial round of funding. Since mid-2022, Glovo has been a part of the Delivery Hero Group, a publicly traded German company.
History
In 2014, after returning from his studies at Georgia ... |
Francisco Oller Simón | [
"Argentine newspaper editors",
"Spanish anti-communist propagandists",
"19th-century Argentine businesspeople",
"20th-century Argentine businesspeople",
"20th-century Argentine historians",
"19th-century Argentine journalists",
"20th-century Argentine journalists",
"20th-century Argentine lawyers",
... | 5,303 | 40,318 | Francisco de Paula Oller Simón (1860–1940) was a Spanish and Argentinean publisher. Politically he supported the Carlist cause. He is known mostly as owner, manager and the moving spirit behind numerous Traditionalist periodicals, mostly El Legitimista Español (1898–1912) and España (1915–1929), both published in Bueno... |
Al Flood | [
"1935 births",
"Canadian bankers",
"Canadian bank presidents",
"Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce",
"Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce people",
"Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce presidents",
"Living people"
] | 844 | 5,793 | Alvin Lloyd "Al" Flood (born 22 August 1935) is a Canadian retired banker who served from 1992 to 1999 as chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Flood joined the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1951 in his hometown as a teller. He worked at various branches in Ontario until 1974, when he received his first ex... |
Mikael Aramyants | [
"Armenian businesspeople",
"Georgian people of Armenian descent",
"Businesspeople in the oil industry",
"Armenian businesspeople in the oil industry",
"Ethnic Armenian businesspeople",
"Ethnic Armenian philanthropists",
"People from Fuzuli (city)",
"1843 births",
"1923 deaths",
"Industrialists fro... | 533 | 4,256 | Mikael Aramyants (, May 4, 1843, Kyatuk, Varanda, Artsakh – 1923, Tiflis) was an Armenian oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and a philanthropist, and a founder and board member of the Tiflis National Charitable Society. He operated in the Russian Empire.
He was a close friend of Alexander Mantashyants and his cha... |
Rye Barcott | [
"1979 births",
"Living people",
"American male non-fiction writers",
"American memoirists",
"American expatriates in Kenya",
"United States Marine Corps personnel of the Iraq War",
"Harvard Business School alumni",
"American social entrepreneurs",
"21st-century American businesspeople",
"United St... | 1,895 | 20,890 | Rye Barcott is a social entrepreneur, investor, author and former U.S. Marine Corps. He is known for his work in youth development and public health.
He co-founded CFK Africa (formerly Carolina for Kibera), With Honor, and Double Time Capital.
Early life and education
He was born to Donna Schwartz-Barcott, a nursing pr... |
Carlos Ghosn | [
"1954 births",
"Brazilian chairpersons of corporations",
"Brazilian chief executives",
"Brazilian Maronites",
"Brazilian people of Lebanese descent",
"Chief executives in the automobile industry",
"Chief operating officers",
"Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour alumni",
"Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni"... | 7,229 | 75,804 | Carlos Ghosn (; ; ; , born 9 March 1954) is a businessman and former automotive executive. He was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Michelin North America, chairman and CEO of Renault, chairman of AvtoVAZ, chairman and CEO of Nissan, and chairman of Mitsubishi Motors.
Ghosn began his professional career in 1978 at M... |
Alfred Herbert | [
"1866 births",
"1957 deaths",
"English businesspeople",
"English philanthropists",
"Businesspeople from Coventry",
"Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire",
"Officers of the Legion of Honour",
"Herbert Art Gallery and Museum",
"Businesspeople from Leicester"
] | 934 | 7,854 | Sir Alfred Edward Herbert KBE (5 September 1866 – 26 May 1957) was an English industrialist and museum benefactor. He moved to Coventry in 1887 to manage a small engineering business which grew to become Alfred Herbert Limited, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of machine tools.
Career
Born in L... |
Sri City | [
"Towns in Tirupati district",
"Industrial parks in India",
"Special economic zones",
"Tax resistance",
"Special Economic Zones of India"
] | 1,179 | 12,250 | Sri City or Satyavedu Reserve Infracity Pvt. Ltd. is an integrated business city (township) and special economic zone located in Tirupati district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Founded by Ravindra Sannareddy, who is currently the Managing Director and a member of its Board of Governors, Sri City was inaugurate... |
NxStage | [
"American companies established in 1998",
"Health care companies established in 1998",
"Health care companies based in Massachusetts",
"1998 establishments in Massachusetts",
"2005 initial public offerings",
"2019 mergers and acquisitions",
"Companies based in Lawrence, Massachusetts",
"Companies form... | 579 | 5,985 | NxStage Medical, Inc. ( ) is an American company that develops, manufactures, and markets systems for the treatment of chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and hypervolemia. It is a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care. System One, a portable hemodialysis system, is the company's primary product.
History
The co... |
Economy of Austria | [
"Economy of Austria",
"European Union member economies",
"OECD member economies",
"Economies of Europe by country"
] | 4,379 | 43,754 | The economy of Austria is a highly developed social market economy, with the country being one of the fourteen richest in the world in terms of GDP (gross domestic product) per capita. Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised. In recent years, privatisation has reduced state holdings ... |
Carl Oscar Collett | [
"Norwegian people of English descent",
"1922 births",
"2008 deaths",
"Businesspeople from Oslo",
"People from Namsos",
"Harvard Business School alumni",
"Norwegian expatriates in the United States",
"20th-century Norwegian businesspeople",
"Conservative Party (Norway) politicians",
"Politicians fr... | 410 | 3,463 | Carl Oscar Collett (2 February 1922 – 21 May 2008) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of forester Oscar Collett (1877–1950) and Maria Iversen. He was a grandson of Albert Collett and nephew of Arthur, Emil, Johan and Axel Collett.
He finished Osl... |
Chia Teck Leng | [
"1959 births",
"Living people",
"Commercial crimes",
"2004 crimes in Singapore",
"People convicted of fraud",
"Singaporean white-collar criminals",
"Singaporeans convicted of fraud",
"Singaporean fraudsters",
"National University of Singapore alumni",
"Victoria School, Singapore alumni",
"Prison... | 3,889 | 31,210 | Chia Teck Leng (谢德龙 Xìe Délóng; born 11 October 1959) is a convicted white-collar criminal from Singapore, who was known for his four-year commercial fraud which involved the swindling of $117 million from four foreign major banks to feed his gambling addiction during his time as a financial manager at Asia Pacific Bre... |
Victor Kassir | [
"20th-century Lebanese businesspeople",
"1910 births",
"1997 deaths",
"Businesspeople from Beirut",
"Economy and Trade ministers of Lebanon",
"Industry ministers of Lebanon",
"Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon",
"Deputy prime ministers of Lebanon",
"Saint Joseph University alumni",
"People of... | 519 | 4,911 | Victor Kassir (; 1910–1997) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who was the deputy prime minister and minister of industry and economy between 1984 and 1988.
Early life and education
Kassir was born in Beirut in 1910. He descended from a Greek Orthodox family. He received a bachelor's degree in commercial science... |
Papa Don Schroeder | [
"1940 births",
"2019 deaths",
"American music industry executives",
"Record producers from Florida",
"People from Pensacola, Florida",
"Businesspeople from Florida",
"University of Tennessee alumni",
"20th-century American businesspeople"
] | 910 | 7,710 | Gerald Don Schroeder (December 29, 1940 – November 15, 2019), known professionally as Papa Don Schroeder, was an American radio station owner and former record producer, radio personality, and singer-songwriter, who was responsible for producing hit singles in the 1960s and 1970s by James & Bobby Purify, Carl Carlton, ... |
Russian Assignation Bank | [
"Defunct banks of Russia",
"Banks established in 1769",
"Former central banks and banks of issue"
] | 893 | 7,175 | The Russian Assignation Bank or State Assignation Bank (), sometimes referred to as Assignat Bank, was a bank of issue in the Russian Empire, established in early 1769 by Catherine the Great. In terms of volume of issuance, it was the largest of its time, well ahead of the Bank of England in the late 18th and early 19t... |
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