The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Poland
This page contains a list of the greatest Polish Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 847 Businesspeople, 3 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 29th most number of Businesspeople behind Belarus, and Hungary.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Polish Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Polish Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Helena Rubinstein (1872 - 1965)
With an HPI of 65.65, Helena Rubinstein is the most famous Polish Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 30 different languages on wikipedia.
Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1872 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company, which made her one of the world's richest women.
2. Max Factor (1877 - 1938)
With an HPI of 56.08, Max Factor is the 2nd most famous Polish Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Max Factor Sr. (September 15, 1877 – August 30, 1938), born Maksymilian Faktorowicz, was a Polish-American businessman, beautician, entrepreneur and inventor. As a founder of the cosmetics giant Max Factor & Company, he largely developed the modern cosmetics industry in the United States and popularized the term "make-up" in noun form based on the verb. He is also known for doing makeovers for starlets and giving them their signature looks; his most iconic works include Jean Harlow's platinum hair, Clara Bow's bob, Lucille Ball's false lashes and red curls, and Joan Crawford's "Hunter's Bow", or overdrawn lips.
3. Jack Tramiel (1928 - 2012)
With an HPI of 55.25, Jack Tramiel is the 3rd most famous Polish Businessperson. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Jack Tramiel ( trə-MEL; born Idek Trzmiel; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was a Polish-American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International. The Commodore PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 are some home computers produced while he was running the company. Tramiel later formed Atari Corporation after he purchased the remnants of the original Atari, Inc. from its parent company. He was one of six people spotlighted when the computer was denoted "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982.
4. Joanna Hoffman (b. 1955)
With an HPI of 43.26, Joanna Hoffman is the 4th most famous Polish Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Joanna Karine Hoffman (born July 27, 1955) is a Polish-American marketing executive. She was one of the original members of both the Apple Macintosh team and the NeXT team. At the time she began at Apple Computer, the Mac was "still a research project". Her position "constituted the entire Macintosh marketing team for the first year and a half of the project", which included Product Marketing collaboration on the Mac product design itself. She also wrote the "first draft of the Macintosh User Interface Guidelines". Hoffman would eventually run the International Marketing Team which brought the Mac to Europe and Asia.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Polish businesspeople born between 1872 and 1955. Of these 4, 1 (25.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Polish businesspeople include Joanna Hoffman. The most famous deceased Polish businesspeople include Helena Rubinstein, Max Factor, and Jack Tramiel. As of April 2024, 1 new Polish businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Joanna Hoffman.
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Helena Rubinstein
1872 - 1965
HPI: 65.65
Max Factor
1877 - 1938
HPI: 56.08
Jack Tramiel
1928 - 2012
HPI: 55.25
Newly Added Polish Businesspeople (2024)
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Which Businesspeople were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Businesspeople since 1700.
