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Juan Molins Amat
Juan Molins Amat, also printed as Joan Molins Amat, is a Spanish businessman who led the cement group Cementos Molins, joining its board in 1967 and chairing it 2017 to 2025.
Juan Roig
Juan Roig, born in Valencia in 1949, is a Spanish businessman who has led Mercadona, Spain's largest supermarket chain, since 1981 and owns about 78% with his wife.
Julian Metcalfe
Julian Metcalfe is a British food retail entrepreneur who co-founded the Pret a Manger sandwich chain in 1986 and founded the Itsu fast-food chain in 1997.
Julius Blum GmbH
Julius Blum GmbH is an Austrian, family-owned manufacturer of furniture fittings and hardware, founded by blacksmith Julius Blum in 1952 in Höchst, Vorarlberg, and known for its BLUMOTION soft-close hinge.
Julius Maggi
Julius Maggi (1846–1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur who turned his family's flour mill into a branded convenience-food company, creating Maggi instant soups and the Maggi liquid seasoning sold worldwide today.
Karishma Vijay
Karishma Vijay is a British-Indian beauty entrepreneur from Ashford, Surrey, who founded the skincare-infused cosmetics brand Kishkin and won the twentieth series of The Apprentice in 2026, securing £250,000 from Lord Sugar.
Kids Planet Day Nurseries
Kids Planet Day Nurseries is a British nursery chain founded in 2008 by Clare Roberts and John Hoban, now the second-largest nursery group in the UK.
Knauf family
The Knauf family is a German entrepreneurial family that wholly owns Gebr. Knauf KG, parent of the building-materials group Knauf Gruppe, founded in 1932 in Iphofen, Bavaria.
Kristian Tapaninaho
Kristian Tapaninaho, born in 1981, is a Finnish-British entrepreneur who co-founded Ooni, the Edinburgh maker of portable pizza ovens sold in more than 90 countries, in 2012.
Lapo Elkann
Lapo Elkann is an Italian entrepreneur and heir of the Agnelli family, grandson of Gianni Agnelli, who founded the eyewear brand Italia Independent and the customization company Garage Italia.
László Szíjj
László Szíjj (Hungarian: Szíjj László) is a Hungarian billionaire businessman, cofounder and sole owner of Duna Aszfalt, one of Hungary's largest road and bridge construction companies, built largely on state contracts.
Lena Jüngst
Lena Jüngst is a German product designer who co-founded Air Up in Munich, inventing its scent-based bottle as a student project and winning EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022.
Léon Bel
Léon Bel was a French cheese industrialist from the Jura who registered the Laughing Cow trademark in 1921 and founded the Bel cheese company in 1922.
Léopold Louis-Dreyfus
Léopold Louis-Dreyfus, also known as Léopold Dreyfus, was an Alsatian grain merchant who founded Louis-Dreyfus & Cie in 1851, which grew into Louis Dreyfus Company.
Lindsay Owen-Jones
Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, born 1946 in England, is a British businessman who was chief executive of L'Oréal from 1988 to 2006 and chairman from 2006 to 2011, making it the world's leading cosmetics group.
Loacker
Loacker is a family-owned Italian wafer and biscuit manufacturer founded by pastry maker Alfons Loacker in Bolzano in 1925, now one of the world's largest wafer brands.
Loriano Bagnoli
Loriano Bagnoli (1939–2025) was an Italian businessman and honorary president who co-founded Sammontana in Empoli, building it into Italy's second largest industrial ice cream maker.
Luca Garavoglia
Luca Garavoglia is an Italian businessman, born in Milan in 1969, who has chaired the Campari Group since 1994, growing it into a global spirits maker.
Luciano Benetton
Luciano Benetton, born in 1935, is an Italian business executive who co-founded the Benetton Group with his siblings in 1965 and chaired it until 2012 and again from 2018 to 2024.
Lucy Goff
Lucy Goff is a British entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of LYMA, a London wellness company started in 2018 and known for the LYMA Supplement and the LYMA Laser.
Luigi Moretti
Luigi Moretti (1822–unknown) was an Italian wholesale merchant from Nespoledo di Lestizza near Udine who founded the Fabbrica di Birra e Ghiaccio brewery in Udine in 1859.
LYMA
LYMA is a London-based wellness technology company founded by Lucy Goff in 2018, selling a premium daily supplement, an FDA-cleared at-home cold laser, and a skincare line.
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher
Magdalena Martullo-Blocher (born 1969) is a Swiss business executive who has led the chemicals group EMS since 2004 and sits in the Swiss National Council for the SVP.
Manny Stul
Manny Stul is an Australian business executive, chairman of the Melbourne toy company Moose Toys, which he took over in 2000 and grew into a global player.
Manuel Müller
Manuel Müller is a German entrepreneur who co-founded and co-leads Emma – The Sleep Company, a Frankfurt mattress and sleep products seller, winning the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2021.
Manuel Puig Rocha
Manuel Puig Rocha is a Spanish businessman, third-generation member of the family behind Puig Brands, the Barcelona perfume and beauty group founded in 1914, where he is vice-chairman and largest individual shareholder.
Marc Prikazsky
Marc Prikazsky (born 1959) is a French veterinarian and executive who has led Ceva Santé Animale since 2007, building it into the world's fifth-largest animal health company.
Marc Roussel
Marc Roussel is a testing, inspection, and certification executive on Bureau Veritas's Group Executive Committee, leading Urbanization and Assurance since 2025 after earlier roles at Otis and GTM.
Marcus Prinz von Anhalt
Marcus Prinz von Anhalt, born Marcus Eberhardt in 1969, is a German brothel operator and reality-television personality who bought his aristocratic name through adoption in 2006.
Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis (Μάρεβα Γκραμπόφσκι-Μητσοτάκη)
Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis (Μάρεβα Γκραμπόφσκι-Μητσοτάκη), also known as Mareva Grabowski, is a Greek businesswoman and former investment banker who co-founded the luxury label Zeus+Dione, founded Endeavor Greece in 2012, and is married to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.