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Édouard Michelin (French industrialist)
Édouard Michelin (1859–1940) was a French industrialist who, working with his brother André, ran Michelin from 1889 and patented the detachable pneumatic tire in 1891.
Eduardo Añaños
Eduardo Añaños was a Peruvian businessman who founded Grupo AJE, the beverage company behind Kola Real and Big Cola, in Ayacucho, Peru, in 1988 and built it into a company in more than 20 countries.
Eduardo Eurnekian
Eduardo Eurnekian, born 1932 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine businessman of Armenian descent who owns Corporación América, whose airports division operates 52 airports in six countries.
Eduardo F. Costantini
Eduardo F. Costantini, born in Buenos Aires in 1946, is an Argentine economist and real-estate developer who founded Consultatio and created the Nordelta gated community.
Eduardo Gras
Eduardo Gras Díaz is a Chilean businessman who founded the construction firm Socoviga in Temuco in 1965, which became Empresas Socovesa, a leading Chilean residential developer.
Eduardo Kafie
Eduardo Kafie, born in Tegucigalpa in 1953, is a Honduran businessman and philanthropist who leads the dairy company Lacthosa and its cereals division, and serves as Honorary Consul of Jamaica in Honduras.
EID Parry
EID Parry is a Chennai-headquartered sugar, biofuel, and consumer products company founded by Thomas Parry in 1788, which set up India's first sugar plant and operates as part of the Murugappa Group.
Eka Tjipta Widjaja
Eka Tjipta Widjaja (黄奕聪), born Oei Ek Tjhong, was a Chinese-Indonesian businessman who founded Sinar Mas Group, a conglomerate in palm oil, pulp and paper, real estate, and finance.
Ela Bhatt
Ela Bhatt (1933–2022) was an Indian labor lawyer who founded SEWA, a trade union of poor self-employed women, in Ahmedabad in 1972 and led it until 1996.
Elba Ranch
Elba Ranch is a private, family-run livestock breeding company in Cameroon, founded in 1976 by businessman Baba Ahmadou Danpullo, with ranches at Ndawara, Esu, and Batcham holding over 20,000 cattle.
Elie Horn
Elie Horn is a Brazilian real estate developer, born in Syria in 1944, who founded and chairs Cyrela Brazil Realty, one of Brazil's largest residential developers.
Eliodoro Matte Ossa
Eliodoro Matte Ossa (died 2000) was a Chilean stockbroker and businessman who took control of CMPC, a paper company founded by relatives in 1920, and built the Matte business group.
Emanuel Lehman
Emanuel Lehman (1827–1907) was a Bavarian-born businessman who co-founded Lehman Brothers with his brothers in Montgomery, Alabama in 1850, opening the firm's New York office in 1858.
Emilio Botín
Emilio Botín was a Spanish banker who served as executive chairman of Banco Santander from 1986 to 2014, building it into the largest bank in the eurozone.
Emmanuel Besnier
Emmanuel Besnier (born 1970) is a French businessman who has led Lactalis, the world's largest dairy company, since 2000, controlling it with his siblings Jean-Michel and Marie.
Empresas Penta
Empresas Penta, also known as Penta Group, is a Chilean holding company founded in the mid-1980s by Carlos Délano and Carlos Lavín, known for the 2014 Penta Case corruption scandal.
Empresas Socovesa
Empresas Socovesa, or Socovesa Group, is a Chilean real estate developer founded by Eduardo Gras Díaz in Temuco in 1965 and listed on the Santiago stock exchange.
Engineering & Development Group
Edgo, formally the Engineering & Development Group, is an Amman-based energy-services group founded by Munib R. Masri in 1956, providing oilfield services across the Middle East and Africa.
Enrique Coppel Luken
Enrique Coppel Luken is a Mexican businessman who led the retail and banking group Grupo Coppel as chief executive and chairman for roughly 25 years.
Enrique K. Razon Jr.
Enrique K. Razon Jr. is a Filipino ports billionaire who has chaired International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) since 1995 and also leads Bloomberry Resorts and Manila Water.
Enrique María Barretto de Ycaza
Enrique María Barretto de Ycaza was a Manila businessman who obtained a Spanish royal license and opened the San Miguel brewery in 1890, later San Miguel Corporation.
Erai Maggi Scheffer
Eraí Maggi Scheffer is a Brazilian agribusiness entrepreneur who co-founded and leads Grupo Bom Futuro, one of Brazil's largest farm groups, and is known as the "Rei da Soja" (Soybean King).
Ernest Oppenheimer
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (1880–1957) was a German-born South African diamond and gold mining entrepreneur who founded Anglo American in 1917 and became chairman of De Beers in 1929.
Erol Sabancı
Erol Sabancı, born 1938 in Kayseri, is a Turkish businessman who served on Akbank's board for fifty-one years, chaired it from 1998 to 2008, and is Vice Chairman of Sabancı Holding.
Escotet family
The Escotet family is a Spanish-Venezuelan banking dynasty headed by Juan Carlos Escotet, born in 1959, who controls ABANCA and Banesco and ranks among Spain's richest families.
Essar Group
Essar Group is an Indian business house founded by the brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia in 1969, which sold its core oil, steel, and port assets between 2017 and 2022.
Eugène Schneider
Eugène Schneider, born Joseph-Eugène Schneider (1805–1875), was a French industrialist, banker, and politician who co-founded the Le Creusot steel works, supplying railways and armaments, and served as president of the Corps législatif.
Eugenio Baeza Fares
Eugenio Baeza Fares, born in 1960, is a Mexican businessman who founded Grupo Bafar in 1983, a Chihuahua-based meat and food group listed on the Mexican stock exchange since 1996.
Eusebio H. Tanco
Eusebio H. Tanco, known in Philippine business circles as Yosi, is a Filipino tycoon who chairs STI Education Systems Holdings and DigiPlus Interactive, the Philippines' largest online gaming operator.
Fahad Bin Abdulaziz AlAjlan
Fahad Bin Abdulaziz AlAjlan is a Saudi businessman who has led Ajlan & Bros Group as CEO since 2014, ranked 45th on Forbes Middle East's 2026 CEO list.