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Barbara Scheitz
Barbara Scheitz (born 1965) is a German dairy entrepreneur who has led the family-owned organic dairy Andechser Molkerei Scheitz in Andechs, Bavaria, since 2003, winning EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018.
Bauhaus AG
Bauhaus AG is a family-owned German DIY and home-improvement retailer founded in Mannheim in 1960 by Heinz Georg Baus, running over 290 stores in 19 European countries.
Bejam
Bejam was a British chain of frozen food shops, the first dedicated freezer center retailer, founded by John Apthorp in 1968 and taken over by rival Iceland in 1988–89.
Ben Dunne (Irish businessman)
Ben Dunne (1949–2023) was an Irish retail executive, chairman of the family-owned Dunnes Stores until his removal in 1993, who later founded the Ben Dunne Gyms chain.
Benetton Group
Benetton Group, also known as United Colors of Benetton, is an Italian apparel company based near Treviso, founded by the four Benetton siblings in 1965.
Benjamin Guinness
Benjamin Guinness, also known as Benjamin Lee Guinness, was a Dublin brewer who built the Guinness export trade and funded the £150,000 restoration of St Patrick's Cathedral.
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault, born in 1949 in Roubaix, France, is a French businessman who took control of LVMH in 1989 and built it into the world's largest luxury group.
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Bernard Fitzpatrick was a Dublin shop owner and businessman who, with Czech crystal maker Charles Bacik, formed the Waterford Glass partnership that revived crystal-making in Waterford, Ireland, in 1947.
Bettina Würth
Bettina Würth is a German businesswoman, daughter of Reinhold Würth, who chaired the Advisory Board of the Würth Group fastening company from 2006 to 2024.
Billy Butlin
Sir Billy Butlin (1899–1980) was a South African-born British showman and entrepreneur who founded the Butlin's holiday camps, opening his first camp at Skegness in 1936.
Binderholz GmbH
Binderholz GmbH is an Austrian family-owned timber processing and mass timber construction group headquartered in Fügen, Tyrol, founded in 1950 and described as Europe's largest sawmilling group.
Blickle family
The Blickle family is the owner family of SEW-EURODRIVE, a Bruchsal, Germany drive-technology maker whose gearmotors hold a 36% global market share; Jürgen Blickle has led it since 1987.
Bob Bull
Bob Bull, born Robert Lee Jack Bull in 1977, is a British property entrepreneur who built the RoyaleLife bungalow business and was declared bankrupt in 2023.
Brembo
Brembo is an Italian manufacturer of braking systems for cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, and racing, founded in 1961 near Bergamo and listed in Milan since 1995.
Brenda McLeish
Brenda McLeish OBE DL is a British business executive who joined Learning Curve Group in 2008, led it as chief executive from 2015, and stepped down in December 2025.
Brunello Cucinelli
Brunello Cucinelli is an Italian entrepreneur who founded the luxury cashmere house Brunello Cucinelli in Solomeo, Umbria, in 1978 and leads it under his philosophy of humanistic capitalism.
Brunello Cucinelli (brand)
Brunello Cucinelli is an Italian luxury house founded by its namesake in 1978 with a €500 loan, known for logo-free cashmere and ready-to-wear made entirely in Italy.
Bruno Costa (businessman)
Bruno Costa is an Italian-born businessman who co-founded Costa Coffee with his older brother Sergio, setting up a London roastery in 1971 and creating the Mocha Italia blend.
C. F. Tietgen
Carl Frederik Tietgen (1829–1901) was a Danish banker and industrial financier, managing director of Privatbanken from 1857 and co-founder of the Tuborg brewery, who founded DFDS and the Great Northern Telegraph Company.
Cadila Laboratories
Cadila Laboratories was a pharmaceutical company founded in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in the early 1950s by Ramanbhai Patel and Indravadan A. Modi; it split in 1994-95 into Cadila Healthcare and Cadila Pharmaceuticals.
Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss is a German optics company founded in Jena in 1846 and headquartered in Oberkochen, making microscopes, medical technology, and lithography optics for microchips.
Carlo De Benedetti
Carlo De Benedetti is an Italian industrialist, born in Turin in 1934, who was chief executive and chairman of Olivetti from 1978 to 1996 and built the holding company CIR.
Carlos Brito (businessman)
Carlos Brito, full name Carlos de Alves Brito, is a Brazilian executive who led AB InBev, the world's largest brewer, as chief executive from 2008 to 2021.
Carmen Riu Güell
Carmen Riu Güell (born 1955) is a Spanish hotel executive who was co-CEO of the Mallorca-based family chain RIU Hotels & Resorts from 1998 to 2024.
Carulla family
The Carulla family is a Barcelona business dynasty that owns Agrolimen, the unlisted Spanish food group founded in 1937, home of Gallina Blanca and Affinity Petcare.
Castore
Castore is a British premium sportswear brand founded in Liverpool in 2016 by brothers Tom and Phil Beahon, headquartered in Manchester and challenging Nike, Adidas, and Puma.
Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann
Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, born 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American businesswoman and widow of Peter Dussmann who chairs the governance of the Berlin-based Dussmann Group.
Chanel
Chanel is a privately held French luxury house founded by Coco Chanel in 1909, owned by the Wertheimer family and selling fashion, fragrances, and jewelry.
Charles Antoine de Pesters
Jonkheer Charles Antoine de Pesters (1842–1915) was a Dutch nobleman who co-founded the Amstel Brewery in Amsterdam in 1870 with his brother-in-law Jan van Marwijk Kooy.
Charles Bacik
Charles Bacik, born Karel Bačík in 1910, was a Czech glass factory owner who fled the Communist takeover and co-founded Waterford Crystal in Ireland in 1947.