Entrepreneur biography wikipedia

This is a list of entrepreneurs by century. An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.^[1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

<18th-century entrepreneurs

• Regina Basilier (1572–1631), Swedish-German banker, trader and investor
• Birgitta Durell (1619–1683), Dutch-Swedish manufacturer-industrialist
• Louis De Geer (1587–1652), Walloon-born Dutch-Swedish businessman and industrialist; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
• Isaac Le Maire (c.1558–1624), Walloon-born Dutch businessman and investor; active mainly in the Dutch Republic
• Johan Palmstruch (1611–1671), Latvian-born Dutch-Swedish businessman, investor, and financial innovator; active mainly in the Dutch Republic and Sweden
• Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609–16