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November 1:
- 1950 - Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 2
November 2:
- 1983 - Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founder of the Pininfarina Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 3
November 3:
- 1983 - Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founder of Adidas, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 4
November 4:
- 1986 - Suhas Gopinath, founder, CEO and Chairman of Global INC., recipient of the Rajyotsava award, Young Achiever and Young Global Leader award, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 5
November 5:
- 1980 - Andrei Korobeinik, an Estonian computer programmer and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Rate Solutions, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 6
November 6:
- 1968 - Jerry Yang, a Taiwanese-born American internet entrepreneur, the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc., was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 7
November 7:
- 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, third president of Nintendo, credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card-making company in Japan to a multi-billion dollar video game company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 8
November 8:
- 1836 - Milton Bradley, American businessman, founder of the Milton Bradley Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 9
November 9:
- 1880 - Edwin Drake, an American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United States, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 10
November 10:
- 1895 - Jack Northrop, an American businessman, founder of the Northrop Corporation, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 11
November 11:
- 1931 - Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism", who founded the first modern bank based on joint stock ownership in Japan, spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration, introduced many economic reforms including use of double entry accounting, joint stock corporations and modern note-issuing banks, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 12
November 12:
- 1952 - Ronald Burkle, American businessman, co-founder the Yucaipa Companies, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 13
November 13:
- 1954 - Scott McNealy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 14
November 14:
- 1927 - Lawrie Barratt, founder of Barratt Developments, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 15
November 15:
- 1832 - Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 16
November 16:
- 1929 - Peter Boizot, an entrepreneur, restaurateur, politician, art collector and philanthropist, the founder of PizzaExpress, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 17
November 17:
- 1906 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founder of the Honda Motor Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 18
November 18:
- 1980 - Conn Smythe, a Canadian businessman, soldier, sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing, principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, builder of Maple Leaf Gardens, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 19
November 19:
- 1938 - Ted Turner, an American media mogul and philanthropist, founder of the cable news network CNN, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 20
November 20:
- 2003 - Eugene Kleiner, an Austrian-born American engineer and venture capitalist. He was one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm which later became Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 21
November 21:
- 1948 - George Zimmer, founder of Men's Wearhouse, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 22
November 22:
- 1980 - Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 23
November 23:
- 1961 - John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's Pizza, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 24
November 24:
- 2013 - Matthew Bucksbaum, co-founder of General Growth Properties, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 25
November 25:
- 2010 - Bernard Matthews, founder of Bernard Matthews Farms, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 26
November 26:
- 1902 - Maurice McDonald, established, with his brother, the first McDonald's restaurant, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 27
November 27:
- 1894 - Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Panasonic, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 28
November 28:
- 1994 - Jerry Rubin, an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon, and founder of Business Networking Salons, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/November 29
November 29:
- 1993 - J. R. D. Tata, a French-Indian pilot and businessman, founder of Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages, died on this day
Portal:Business/On this day/November 30
November 30:
- 1810 - Oliver Winchester, founder of Winchester Repeating Arms Company, was born on this day