Here is a tribute to 74 immigrant entrepreneurs who founded some of today’s most influential brands, midsize businesses that are the engines of regional economies and not-for-profits that enhance the lives of many Americans.
Immigrant Entrepreneur Hall of Fame
Alexander Graham Bell
AT&T and Verizon
Ranked 13 and 23 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Sergey Brin
Alphabet (Google)
Ranked 8 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Albert Butz
Honeywell International
Ranked 105 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Andrew Carnegie
TIAA and United States Steel
Ranked 90 and 172 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Hugh Chisholm
International Paper and Veritiv
Ranked 164 and 477 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Francisco D’Souza
Cognizant
Ranked 194 in the 2022 Fortune 500
E. I. du Pont
DuPont de Nemours
Ranked 211 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Max & Morris Feldberg
TJX Companies, Inc.
Ranked 75 in the 2022 Fortune 500
James Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Ranked 47 in the 2022 Fortune 500
George N. Hatsopoulos
Thermo Fischer Scientific
Ranked 92 in 2022 Fortune 500
Jensen Huang
NVIDIA Corporation
Ranked 134 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Maxwell Kohl
Kohl’s
Ranked 183 in the 2022 Fortune 500
James L. (J.L.) Kraft
Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz International
Ranked 121 and 139 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Thomas Alexander Mellon
BNY Mellon
Ranked 229 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Alexander and Charles Meston
Emerson
Ranked 199 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Nigel Morris
Capital One Financial
Ranked 108 in the 2022 Fortune 500
John Pitcairn Jr.
PPG Industries
Ranked 218 in the 2022 Fortune 500
William Procter
Procter & Gamble
Ranked 47 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Ranked 47 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Ivor Royston
Biogen
Ranked 338 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Elihu Thomson
General Electric
Ranked 48 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Charles Weissmann
Biogen
Ranked 338 in the 2022 Fortune 500
Frederick Weyerhäuser
Weyerhaeuser
Ranked 354 in the 2022 Fortune 500