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Historical Timeline

When each founder lived, in context.

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P.T. Barnum1810–1891

Andrew Carnegie1835–1919

J.P. Morgan1837–1913

John D. Rockefeller1839–1937

Thomas Edison1847–1931

Henry Ford1863–1947

Coco Chanel1883–1971

Enzo Ferrari1898–1988

Walt Disney1901–1966

Ray Kroc1902–1984

Howard Hughes1905–1976

Soichiro Honda1906–1991

Estée Lauder1908–2004

Edwin Land1909–1991

David Ogilvy1911–1999

Sam Walton1918–1992

Akio Morita1921–1999

Charlie Munger1924–2023

John Bogle1929–2019

Warren Buffett1930–

Phil Knight1938–

Larry Ellison1944–

James Dyson1947–

Richard Branson1950–

Bill Gates1955–

Steve Jobs1955–2011

Brad Jacobs1956–

Mark Cuban1958–

Jensen Huang1963–

Jeff Bezos1964–

Paul Graham1964–

Ben Horowitz1966–

Peter Thiel1967–

Elon Musk1971–

Marc Andreessen1971–

Brian Armstrong1983–