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 This is a partial list of notable Jewish American business executives. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
See also: Jewish American businesspeople in finance, media, real estate, and retail

Advertising and public relations

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Advertising and public relations

Aerospace

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Jesse Itzler
Al Schwimmer

Cosmetics

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Cosmetics

Energy and mining

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Guma Aguiar
Meyer Guggenheim
Armand Hammer

Financial services

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in finance

Food

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Food

Manufacturing and distribution

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail § Manufacturing and distribution

Miscellaneous

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Orit Gadiesh
Ami James
Casey Wasserman (right)
Mark Weinberger

Music industry

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Music industry

Newspapers and publishing

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Newspapers and publishing

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

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See also: Biologists and physicians and chemists
Jeremy Levin
Al Mann
Cheryl Shuman

Real estate

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in real estate

Retail

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in retail

Technology and software

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See also: Computer scientists and mathematicians
Kobi Alexander
Steve Ballmer
Safra Catz
Larry Ellison
Paul E. Jacobs
Joseph Lubin
Brian L. Roberts
Andy Rubin (center)

New media

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Sam Altman
Sergey Brin
Eric Lefkofsky
Yuri Milner
Adam Neumann
Jeremy Stoppelman
Aaron Swartz
Mark Zuckerberg

Trip Hawkins - EA sports

Television, film and video

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Main article: List of Jewish American businesspeople in media § Television, film and video

Tourism and hotels

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See also: Architects
Sheldon Adelson
Alan Faena
Sam Nazarian

Restaurants

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Danny Meyer
Howard Schultz

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References

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