Advertising and public relations
Aerospace
Henry Crown (1896–1990), founder of the Material Service Corporation (merged with General Dynamics) Jesse Itzler (1968–), co-founder of Marquis Jet (now NetJets), a private jet card company, and co-owner of NBA's Atlanta Hawks Abraham Karem (1937–), Iraqi-born founder of Karem Aircraft, Inc., UAV (drone) technology pioneer Si Ramo (1913–2016), co-founder of TRW Inc. Bernard L. Schwartz (1925–), long-time CEO of Loral Space & Communications Inc. Al Schwimmer (1917–2011), American-Israeli founder of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI)
Cosmetics
Energy and mining
Guma Aguiar (1977–2015), Brazilian-born energy industrialist, co-founder of Leor Energy L.P.; disappeared in June 2012 Arthur Belfer (1906–1993), Polish-born founder of the Belco Petroleum Company, one of the precursor companies of Enron Corporation Louis Blaustein (1869–1937), Lithuanian-born co-founder (along with his son Jacob) of the American Oil Company (1922) Jacob Blaustein (1892–1970), American-born co-founder (along with his father Louis) of the American Oil Company (1922) Marvin Davis (1925–2004), chairman of the Davis Petroleum Corp., briefly owner of 20th Century Fox and the Beverly Hills Hotel; member of the Davis family Max Fisher (1908–2005), founder of the Aurora Gasoline Company, once one of the largest gas station chains in the Midwest Robert Friedland (1950–), American-Canadian co-founder of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. Avram Glazer (1960–), former chairman and CEO of Zapata Corp. (now HRG Group, Inc.), co-chairman of family-owned EPL's Manchester United F.C.; member of the Glazer family Joseph S. Gruss (1903–1993), Ukrainian-born founder of Gruss & Company Jack J. Grynberg (1932–), Polish-born oil and natural gas developer, founder of Oceanic Exploration Co. Meyer Guggenheim (1828–1905), Swiss-born mining magnate; member of the Guggenheim family Armand Hammer (1898–1990), long-time CEO and president of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, co-founder of Isramco Leon Hess (1914–1999), founder of Hess Corporation and former owner of NFL's New York Jets Ludwig Jesselson (1910–1993), German-born metal trader who served as president and CEO of Phibro Adolph (1849–1938) and Leonard Lewisohn (1847–1902), German-born mining magnates, founders of Lewisohn Bros. George Lindemann (1936–2018), chairman and CEO of the Southern Union Company Benedict I. Lubell (1909–1996), founder of the Lubell Oil Company Samuel Newhouse (1853–1930), mining magnate; developed Newhouse, Utah Andrew Perlman (1975–), co-founder of GreatPoint Energy Samuel Ruben (1900–1988), co-founder of Duracell Inc. Charles Schusterman (1935–2000), Russian-born founder of the Samson Investment Company