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  • Helena Rubinstein 
    Alpern, Sara (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02)
    Born in 1870 in Crakow, Poland, Helena Rubinstein was the oldest of seven girls. The girls were strongly encouraged by their mother to seek "power and influence through beauty and love." She developed her business sense ...
  • Ben & Jerry's Radical Ice Cream Dreams 
    Marchese, David (The New York Times, 2020-07-27)
    This article is an interview with Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream. Cohen and Greenfield, childhood friends, founded Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream in 1978. It became a ...
  • Mark Zuckerberg: advertisers' boycott of Facebook will end 'soon enough' 
    Rushe, Dominic; Associated Press (The Guardian, 2020-07-02)
    This article concerns advertisers' boycott of Facebook in an attempt to pressure the company to adopt a stronger position on hate speech appearing on Facebook. According to this article, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and ...
  • Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Music Head, Faces Down A Doubtful Music Business 
    Carmichael, Rodney (The Record: Music News From NPR, 2018-05-07)
    "The former rap mogul and current head of music at YouTube on #MeToo (sort of), Migos and his mortality." Click on the link above to access this article.
  • The Story of Lyor Cohen: Little Lan$ky and the Big Check 
    Cohen, Rich (Rolling Stone, 2001-06-21)
    "How the Israeli-raised president of Island Def Jam Records became one of the most important men in hip-hop, and why he may now become one of the most important men in rock & roll." Click on the link above to access the article.
  • 'Dripping with poison of antisemitism': the demonization of George Soros 
    Wilson, Jason (The Guaridan, 2018-10-25)
    Written when Soros was one of the targets of mail bombs that were sent to a number of Democrats and progressives, this article looks at the mainstreaming of antisemitism. The author describes how antisemitism and antisemitic ...
  • Samuel Goldwyn | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie 
    Eder, Bruce (biography) (AllMovie, 2019)
    A biography of the Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn. Available from this page is a link to a filmography of the movies he produced. Click on the link above to access the biography.
  • Ralph Lauren: The patriarch of fashion's rise from rag-trader to American royalty 
    Fury, Alexander (Independent, 2015-09-30)
    Born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrants under the name of Ralph Lifshitz, Ralph Lauren rose to become one of the world's most successful fashion designers. This article, which descries Lauren's fashion design, was written ...
  • Michael Bloomberg Biography 
    Editors, TheFamousPeople.com (TheFamousPeople.com, 2017-11-26)
    "This biography of Michael Bloomberg provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline." Click on the link above to access the bioraphy.
  • Excerpt ‘Mike Bloomberg’ 
    Purnick, Joyce (New York Times (from book published by PublicAffairs), 2009-10-08)
    An excerpt from "Mike Bloomberg: Money, Politics, Power" by Joyce Purnick. The excerpt focuses on Bloomberg's early life before he became a successful businessman and political figure. Click on the link above to access ...
  • Marcus Goldman (1821-1904) 
    Caplan, Sheri (German Historical Institute, 2015-05-07)
    A biography of a Marcus Goldman, the founder of "what would eventually become Goldman, Sachs & Co. From the Web site "Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present."
  • Levi Strauss 
    Jewish Virtual Library (Jewish Virtual Library, 2017)
    A short biography of Levi Strauss who is known for his company's most popular product: "Levis." Click on the link above to access the article.o
  • Reichman 
    Jewish Virtual Library (Jewish Virtual Library, 2017)
    A short biography of the Reichman family, a highly successful Canadian business family. Click on the link above to access.
  • George Soros: American Financier 
    Kellner, Paul (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2017-04-17)
    Click on the link above to access this biography of George Soros in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
  • Adolph Ochs (1858-1935) 
    Lukesh, Susan S. (German Historical Institute, 2012-06-19)
    A biography of Adolph S. Ochs, who "was the foremost newspaper publisher of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. He resurrected the New York Times after purchasing it in 1896, and brought his own rigorous ...
  • Mark Zuckerberg - Person of the Year 2010 
    Grossman, Lev (Time Magazine, 2010-12-15)
    A biographical essay about Mark Zuckerberg on the occasion of his being named 2010 person of the Year by Time Magazine. Click on the link above to access the article.
  • Bronfman Family 
    Curtis, Christopher G.; Raymond, Katrin (The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2011-10-11)
    A short biographical sketch of the Bronfman family in the Canadian Encyclopedia. Click on the link above to access the article.