Business Leaders with Companies Based in Illinois

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth

1. 1Peter ThielChampaign County · German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)$23.9B
2. 2Lukas WaltonChicago · grandson of Sam Walton$15.2B
3. 3Stefano PessinaDeerfield · Italian businessman and CEO of Walgreens$12.4B
4. 4Joe RickettsChicago · American businessman (born 1941)$8.4B
5. 5Ty WarnerOak Brook · American businessman$6.5B
6. 6Eric LefkofskyChicago · American entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist$6B
7. 7Joe MansuetoChicago · American entrepreneur$6B
8. 8Penny PritzkerChicago · American billionaire businesswoman (born 1959)$4.2B
9. 9Zhang YongPublic company founderChicago · Chinese businessman$1.84B ^est.
10. 10舒萍Hong Kong shareholderChicago$1.77B ^est.
11. 11Luke NosekChampaign County · American businessman$1.2B
12. 12李海燕Hong Kong shareholderChicago$678.73M ^est.
13. 13施永宏Hong Kong shareholderChicago$678.73M ^est.
14. 14Sam ZellPublic company founderChicago · American billionaire investor (1941–2023)$5.3
15. 15亚历克斯·托马斯·沃尔夫Tech founderForsyth · Russian-American writer and journalist (b.2005)Undisclosed
16. 16Leo HirschfieldPublic company founderChicago · Austrian-American candy maker (1868-1922)Undisclosed
17. 17Richard Robert DonnelleyPublic company founderChicago · American printer and publisher (1836-1899)Undisclosed
18. 18Scott HostTech founderChicagoUndisclosed
19. 19Ed BoonTech founderChicago · American videogame producerUndisclosed
20. 20Todd SchwartzPublic company founderChicago · American entrepreneur, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Chairman of OppFi Inc., Partner at Schwartz Capital Group and Strand Equity PartnersUndisclosed
21. 21LeRoy T. CarlsonPublic company founderChicagoUndisclosed
22. 22William W. GraingerPublic company founderLake Forest · American entrepreneur and philanthropist (1895–1982)Undisclosed
23. 23Lindsay BarnettTech founderChicago · American businesswoman, producer, voice actor, and former teacher (born 1992)Undisclosed
24. 24Marc AvilaTech founderChicago · American real estate entrepreneur and AI strategistUndisclosed
25. 25Branden ThomasTech founderChicago · cofounder of Towering Media Co.Undisclosed
26. 26Matt WamplerTech founderChicago · American business executive, co-founder and CEO of ClearCOGSUndisclosed
27. 27Osa OsarenkhoeTech founderChicago · co-founder and chief technology officer of ClearCOGSUndisclosed
28. 28Chakri MagantiTech founderHoffman Estates · American technology executive, enterprise architect, and founder of QuNetraUndisclosed
29. 29Nancy A. BlaneTech founderWheaton · American businesswoman, founder of Blane CanadaUndisclosed
30. 30Eric P. CanadaTech founderWheaton · American businessman, co-founder of Blane CanadaUndisclosed
31. 31Joshua AlbaneseTech founderChicago · American entrepreneur and search engine optimization specialistUndisclosed
32. 32J. M. BrunswickPublic company founderChicago · Swiss-American businessman (1819-1886)Undisclosed
33. 33James L. KraftPublic company founderNorthfield · Canadian-American businessmanUndisclosed
34. 34John DeerePublic company founderDixon · American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886)Undisclosed
35. 35L. Ross Babcock IIITech founderChicago · game designerUndisclosed
36. 36William BoeingPublic company founderChicago · American aviation pioneerUndisclosed
37. 37Andrew MasonTech founderChicago · businessmanUndisclosed
38. 38Ray KrocPublic company founderChicago · American businessmanUndisclosed
39. 39Richard Warren SearsPublic company founderHoffman Estates · American businessman (1863–1914)Undisclosed
40. 40Mark PelczarskiTech founderGeneva · Co-creator of Doom the video gameUndisclosed
41. 41Alvah Curtis RoebuckPublic company founderHoffman Estates · American businessmanUndisclosed
42. 42Morry TaylorPublic company founderQuincy · President and Chief executive officer of Titan InternationalUndisclosed
43. 43Andrew McNallyTech founderChicago · American map publisher (1836–1904)Undisclosed
44. 44Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Sr.Public company founderDeerfield · American businessmanUndisclosed
45. 45Edward Mead JohnsonPublic company founderGlenview · American businessman (1852-1934)Undisclosed
46. 46Franklin W. OlinPublic company founderEast Alton · American industrialist and baseball playerUndisclosed
47. 47George A. ArcherPublic company founder77 West Wacker Drive · American businessman specializing in linseedUndisclosed
48. 48George A. StephenPublic company founderPalatine · American businessman (1921-1993)Undisclosed
49. 49Jack D. CrouchPublic company founderChicago · American businessmanUndisclosed
50. 50William R. Goodheart, Jr.Public company founderChicago · American businessmanUndisclosed
51. 51Jordan WeismanTech founderChicago · American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur (1960-)Undisclosed
52. 52Jules C. SteinPublic company founderChicago · American physician and businessman; co-founder of Music Corporation of America (1896-1981)Undisclosed
53. 53Steve SarowitzPublic company founderSchaumburg · American billionaire businessmanUndisclosed
54. 54John TobiasTech founderChicago · American artist and video game designerUndisclosed
55. 55Lynn TiltonTech founderChicago · American entrepreneurUndisclosed
56. 56Michael KrasnyPublic company founderVernon Hills · American businessmanUndisclosed
57. 57Neville Roy SinghamTech founderChicago · American businessman and socialist activistUndisclosed
58. 58Arthur NielsenPublic company founderChicago · American market research entrepreneur (1897-1980)Undisclosed
59. 59Walter VarneyPublic company founderChicago · aviation pioneer and businessman from California, United States of AmericaUndisclosed
60. 60Max LevchinPublic company founderChampaign County · American businessmanUndisclosed
61. 61William RandTech founderChicago · American map publisher (1828-1915)Undisclosed