Clint Eastwood is an American actor, filmmaker, and former mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Rising to fame in Rawhide and western films, he later became an acclaimed director, winning Academy Awards for Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby.
John Van Eck was a pioneer in international mutual fund investing and founder of International Investors Incorporated in 1955, later known as Van Eck Global. A Williams College and Harvard MBA graduate, he helped popularize global equity and gold investing.
Derek Van Eck was an American investment manager and commodities trader who co-managed Van Eck Global with his brother Jan. A Williams College and Northwestern graduate, he helped guide the family investment firm before his death in 2010.
William B. Eerdmans, a Dutch immigrant arriving in 1902, founded the William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company in Grand Rapids. Beginning as a theological bookseller, he built a leading Calvinist publishing house known for influential biblical scholarship.
Wayne Huizenga (1937–2018) was an American entrepreneur who built several major corporations, including Waste Management, Inc., Blockbuster LLC, and AutoNation. Known for acquiring and expanding fragmented service industries, he became one of the most successful business builders in modern American corporate history.
Henry “Hank” Jansen (d. 2002) was a transportation entrepreneur who founded Lynden Transport and pioneered commercial trucking between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska after construction of the Alaska Highway, building Lynden into a major logistics company.
Peter Kiewit (1900–1979) was an American construction executive who transformed his family’s Omaha contracting firm into the global Kiewit Corporation. Under his leadership, the company built major infrastructure projects and became one of North America’s largest construction firms.
Charles G. Koch (born 1935) is an American businessman and chairman of Koch Industries. Under his leadership, the company grew into the world’s largest privately held corporation, expanding from oil refining into diverse global industrial operations.
David H. Koch (1940–2019) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and executive vice president of Koch Industries. A co-owner of the company, he became widely known for major charitable donations supporting medical research, education, and cultural institutions.
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who developed innovative oil refining processes and founded businesses that evolved into Koch Industries, which later became the largest privately held corporation in the United States.
