World Business People

Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-American businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator, and owner of the NBA's Miami Heat.

Michael W. Wynne (born September 4, 1944) is an American business executive and was the 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked for and received his resignation (and that of Chief of Staff...

Jeremy Michael Ward (May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003) was the sound technician and vocal operator for The Mars Volta and for the dub outfit De Facto. He created many of the soundscapes heard on The Mars Volta's album...

Michael Rasmussen (born 1 June 1974 in Tølløse) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who last rode for the Dutch team Rabobank. In the 2007 Tour de France, Rasmussen, while in the yellow jersey, had his contract terminated by...

Michael Hill is notable for having survived being stabbed in the brain with a 20 cm (8 in) survival knife on April 25, 1998.

Michael Ian Grade CBE (born 8 March 1943) is a British broadcast executive and businessman. He was BBC chairman and is currently Executive Chairman of ITV plc, but has announced he will step down from his executive role by the...

Michael Gordon is an American composer and co-founder of the Bang on a Can festival and ensemble. His music is associated with the genres of totalism and post-minimalism.

Masaaki Shirakawa (白川方明, Shirakawa Masaaki?, born September 27, 1949) is Governor of the Bank of Japan. His nomination to the post was approved on April 9, 2008. Masaaki ranks 6th on the world's most powerful by Newsweek along with economic...

Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) served as the United States Secretary of Transportation under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009. She is the second woman and first Arizonan to hold the position.[citation needed]

Martin Stuart "Marty" Feldstein (born November 25, 1939) is a conservative American economist. He is currently the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and the president emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He served...