1. James Starley (1831)

British Businessman

Considered the founder of the bicycle industry, he was among the first and most successful producers, innovators, and sellers of the new vehicle.

2. Henry Royce (1863)

British Businessman

1st Baronet of Seaton and car designer who co-founded the Rolls-Royce automobile company.

3. Joseph Corré (1967)

British Businessman

British designer known for co-founding the luxury lingerie company Agent Provocateur.

4. Tom Farmer (1940)

British Businessman

Scottish entrepreneur who became founder and CEO of the automotive repair chain Kwik-Fit in 1971.

5. Howard Stringer (1942)

British Businessman

Businessman and CEO of the Sony corporation.

6. Charles Saatchi (1943)

British Businessman

Co-founder with his brother Maurice of the world's largest advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi.

7. Bill Kenwright (1945)

British Businessman

English film and theater producer known for Blood Brothers and Joseph and the Amazing Techinocolor Dreamcoat. He was also a judge on the reality series "Any Dream Will Do".

8. Alex Polizzi (1971)

British Businessman

Known best for hosting a United Kingdom Channel Five documentary series called The Hotel Inspector, she also had a lengthy career as a hotel manager (hotelier). In addition, she established...

9. Jim McColl (1951)

British Businessman

Scottish businessman and entrepreneur who is responsible for the development and success of the profitable engineering company Clyde Blowers plc. He won the OBE in 2001 and was the recipient...

10. Ron Dennis (1947)

British Businessman

Executive chairman of McLaren Automotive and McLaren Group. He was the team principal for McLaren Racing until 2009.

11. Ray Kelvin (1955)

British Businessman

Famous as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Glasgow and London-based Ted Baker clothing retailer, Kelvin was the 2011 recipient of the coveted Commander of the Order of...

12. Jim Reid-Anderson (1959)

British Businessman

Businessman who became the Chairman, President and CEO of Six Flags in 2010. Before taking on his role with Six Flags, he was a healthcare adviser to Apollo and Siemens.

13. Guy Hands (1959)

British Businessman

Founder and chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners who has also worked for Nomura Securities and Goldman Sachs. His official occupation is private equity investor.

14. Tony Hayward (1957)

British Businessman

Former executive of the oil and energy company BP, who was replaced by Bob Dudley.

15. Stelios Haji-Ioannou (1967)

British Businessman

British entrepreneur who founded the low-cost airline "easy" brand, which includes services like easyJet, easyCar and easyHotel. He is also the founder of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation.

16. Richard Jewels (1984)

British Businessman

Fashion designer known for designing the world's most expensive suit.

17. Brian Souter (1954)

British Businessman

Most well known for founding the successful railway and bus companies the Stagecoach Group and Megabus, he is also notable for his political and financial support of the Scottish National...

18. Tom Hunter (1961)

British Businessman

Scottish businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who was the first-ever homegrown billionaire in Scotland in 2007.

19. Greg Secker (1975)

British Businessman

Greg Secker is an English trader and entrepreneur best known for motivational speaking forex trading and his Knowledge to Action trading and training company was one of the fastest growing...

20. Alexander Nix (1975)

British Businessman

21. John Rishton (1958)

British Businessman

John Frederick Rishton is the CEO of Rolls-Royce which he joined as CEO in March 2011.

22. Nigel Howe (1958)

British Businessman

Nigel Howe is a British property developer and the chief executive of Reading Football Club who currently play in the SkyBet Championship in England. The majority of Howe's career was...

23. Tony Purnell (1958)

British Businessman

Tony Purnell is an English businessman and former principal of the Jaguar and Red Bull Formula One teams.

24. Peter Tom (1964)

British Businessman

Peter William Gregory Tom CBE is a British businessman. He is Chairman of the Board of Marwyn Materials Ltd. A former group chairman and chief executive of Aggregate Industries he...

25. Stanley Kalms Baron Kalms (1931)

British Businessman

Harold Stanley Kalms Baron Kalms Kt is the life president and former chairman of DSG International plc. DSG owns Dixons. com Currys The Link and PC World outlets. He spent...

26. Steve Shirley (1933)

British Businessman

Dame Stephanie Steve Shirley DBE FREng FRSA FBCS is a British businesswoman and philanthropist. She originally arrived in Britain as an unaccompanied Kindertransport child refugee. She was placed with foster...

27. Alec Reed (1934)

British Businessman

Sir Alec Reed CBE FCMA FCIPD is the founder of Reed Executive plc one of the UK's largest private businesses.

28. Trevor Hemmings (1935)

British Businessman

Trevor James Hemmings is a British businessman. Hemmings owns over 100 racehorses the most notable being Hedgehunter who won the 2005 Grand National at Aintree along with Ballabriggs in 2011....

29. George N. Gillett, Jr. (1938)

British Businessman

George Nield Gillett Jr. is an American businessman. Originally from Wisconsin he lives in Vail Colorado. He is married and has four children.

30. Samuel Touchet (Unknow)

British Businessman

Samuel Touchet was an English cotton merchant manufacturer and politician. Born in Manchester he was himself the son of a cotton trader and manufacturer and he started his career representing...

31. John Woolmore (Unknow)

British Businessman

Sir John Woolmore KCH FRS was an English mariner. He served as chairman of the East India Docks Company and was deputy master of Trinity House. He was also a...

32. William Lowthian Green (1819)

British Businessman

Lowthian Green was an English adventurer and merchant who later became cabinet minister in the Kingdom of Hawaii. As an amateur geologist he published a theory of the formation of...

33. Neville Wadia (1911)

British Businessman

Neville Ness Wadia was an Anglo-Indian businessman philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family an old Parsi family which by the 1840s was one of the leading forces in...

34. John Robert Porter (1953)

British Businessman

John Robert Porter is an English billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as the grandson of Sir Jack Cohen founder of Tesco and son of Dame Shirley Porter.

35. William Rastell (Unknow)

British Businessman

Rastell was an English printer and judge.

36. Clive Hollick Baron Hollick (1945)

British Businessman

Clive Richard Hollick Baron Hollick is a British businessman with media interests and a supporter of the Labour Party.

37. Mo Ibrahim (Unknow)

British Businessman

Dr Mohamed Mo Ibrahim is a Sudanese-British mobile communications entrepreneur and billionaire. He worked for several other telecommunications companies before founding Celtel which when sold had over 24 million mobile...

38. Arthur Price (1865)

British Businessman

Arthur Price & Co. is a British manufacturer and distributor of cutlery based in Sheffield.

39. Philip Hampton (1953)

British Businessman

Sir Philip Roy Hampton is a British businessman currently chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Originally he joined RBS as the deputy chairman on 19 January 2009 and was...

40. Philip Yea (1954)

British Businessman

Philip Edward Yea a British businessman and private equity investor who currently serves as Chairman of the British Heart Foundation. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of 3i Group...

41. Edward Stobart (1954)

British Businessman

Edward Stobart was a British haulage company owner who first became involved with his father's company aged 15 in 1969 and subsequently expanded it into one of the UK's most...

42. Keith Teare (1954)

British Businessman

Keith Teare is a British technology entrepreneur. He has founded or co-founded many successful companies since the early 1980s.

43. Gavin Wheeldon (1976)

British Businessman

Gavin Wheeldon is a British businessman and entrepreneur from the Manchester area who is best known for a controversial contract his former company Applied Language Solutions signed with the United...

44. Jon Moulton (1950)

British Businessman

Jon Moulton is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital and is the former managing partner of the private...

45. Peter Bamford (1954)

British Businessman

Peter Richard Bamford is a British businessman currently Chairman of SuperGroup plc the owner of the Superdry brand and rapidly growing youth fashion retailer. He is also Chairman of Six...

46. Theo Paphitis (1959)

British Businessman

Theo Paphitis is a British retail magnate and entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin. He is best known to the general public for his appearances on the BBC business programme...

47. Tim Smit (Unknow)

British Businessman

Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project both in Cornwall England United Kingdom....

48. Rory Tapner (1959)

British Businessman

Rory Tapner is a UK businessman who in September 2010 was appointed CEO of Coutts the Wealth Management division of Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Prior to this he was...

49. Steve Ridgway (1951)

British Businessman

Stephen Ridgway CBE was the chief executive officer of Virgin Atlantic Airways.

50. Xavier Rolet (1959)

British Businessman

Xavier R. Rolet is the CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group.