Business Leaders in New York City

The atlas holds 7 people and 13 moments here, from 1869 to 2001. The most recorded lives are Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Steve Jobs.

Thomas Edison
from 1869 to 1886
4 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Henry Ford
from 1915 to 1916
3 moments here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Steve Jobs
from 1998 to 1999
2 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Michael Jackson
in 2001
1 moment here
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1976
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
George H. W. Bush
in 1971
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1989
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…