Business Leaders with Companies Based in Ohio

People are grouped by where their associated companies are headquartered.

RichGeo records 44 people for Ohio by company headquarters. 5 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.

44
People recorded
5
Net worth of $1B or more
$52.2B
Combined recorded net worth

Cities

Cuyahoga County 16Franklin County 10Hamilton County 9Lucas County 2Stark County 2Trumbull County 1Delaware County 1Lake County 1Summit County 1Wayne County 1
Locations without recorded people
Henry CountyGeauga CountyButler CountyPortage CountyLorain CountyMilanRoss CountySugar RidgeMontgomery CountyAshtabula CountyMahoning County

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth

  1. 1Dan GilbertCleveland · American businessman$26.7B
  2. 2Les WexnerReynoldsburg · American businessman (1937-present)$9.3B
  3. 3Jimmy HaslamCleveland · American businessman and sports team owner (born 1954)$8.7B
  4. 4Mike BrownCincinnati · owner of the Cincinnati Bengals$5B
  5. 5Wilbur L. Ross Jr.Cleveland · United States 39th Secretary of Commerce$2.5B
  6. 6Brian R. KahnPublic company founderDelaware · Chief executive officerUndisclosed
  7. 7W. Nicholas HowleyPublic company founderCleveland · Nick Howley is executive chairman of the board of directors of TransDigm Group IncUndisclosed
  8. 8Charles Baldwin SawyerPublic company founderMayfield Heights · 15 Jul 1894 - 24 Mar 1964Undisclosed
  9. 9Matt NeffTech founderCleveland · American video game developerUndisclosed
  10. 10Tony SolaryTech founderCleveland · American video game developerUndisclosed
  11. 11Pelatiah Webster HuntingtonPublic company founderColumbus · American bankerUndisclosed
  12. 12Ralph LiebertPublic company founderWesterville · Founder of Capitol Refrigeration Industries, which later became Liebert Corporation before being acquired by Emerson as part of Emerson Network Power, which later became Vertiv Holdings Co.Undisclosed
  13. 13J. M. BrunswickPublic company founderCincinnati · Swiss-American businessman (1819-1886)Undisclosed
  14. 14Robert D. WalterPublic company founderDublin · American businessmanUndisclosed
  15. 15Michael Joseph OwensPublic company founderToledo · American inventor (1859–1923)Undisclosed
  16. 16Charles A. CoffinPublic company founderEvendale · American businessman (1844-1926)Undisclosed
  17. 17Jeptha WadePublic company founderCleveland · American entrepreneur, daguerreotypist and portrait painter (1811-1890)Undisclosed
  18. 18Roy RaymondPublic company founderReynoldsburg · American businessman, founder of Victoria's Secret (1947-1993)Undisclosed
  19. 19Charles DieboldPublic company founderNorth Canton · American industrialist (1824–1894)Undisclosed
  20. 20Bert WolsteinPublic company founderBeachwood · businessman from the United StatesUndisclosed
  21. 21Arthur L. ParkerPublic company founderCleveland · American businessman and inventorUndisclosed
  22. 22Dave ThomasPublic company founderDublin · American restaurant owner and philanthropist (1932-2002)Undisclosed
  23. 23E. W. ScrippsPublic company founderCleveland · American newspaper publisher (1854-1926)Undisclosed
  24. 24Edwin J. HoustonPublic company founderEvendale · American businessman (1847-1914)Undisclosed
  25. 25Frank SeiberlingPublic company founderAkron · American inventor and businessman (1859-1955)Undisclosed
  26. 26John Cromwell LincolnPublic company founderEuclid · American inventor and businessman (1866–1959)Undisclosed
  27. 27Steve BurnsPublic company founderLordstown · American actor (born 1973)Undisclosed
  28. 28Bernard KrogerPublic company founderCincinnati · American businessman (1860–1938)Undisclosed
  29. 29Bob EvansPublic company founderColumbus · American restaurateurUndisclosed
  30. 30Clarence W. SpicerPublic company founderToledo · American automotive engineer (1875-1939)Undisclosed
  31. 31David T. AbercrombiePublic company founderNew Albany · Co Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch (1867-1931)Undisclosed
  32. 32Edward WilliamsPublic company founderCleveland · businessman, born 1843Undisclosed
  33. 33Ezra FitchPublic company founderNew Albany · American businessman (1865-1930)Undisclosed
  34. 34Fred KilgourTech founderDublin · American librarian (1914-2006)Undisclosed
  35. 35James GamblePublic company founderBritish co-founder of Procter & GambleUndisclosed
  36. 36William ProcterPublic company founderBritish co-founder of Procter & GambleUndisclosed
  37. 37Elihu ThomsonPublic company founderEvendale · American inventor (1853–1937)Undisclosed
  38. 38Joseph EatonPublic company founderCleveland · Welsh personUndisclosed
  39. 39Henry SherwinPublic company founderCleveland · American businessman (1842-1916)Undisclosed
  40. 40Henry TimkenPublic company founderNorth Canton · American inventor and businessman best known for his roller bearings (1831-1909)Undisclosed
  41. 41Jerome Monroe SmuckerPublic company founderOrrville · (1858-1948)Undisclosed
  42. 42Samuel MatherPublic company founderCleveland · American businessman and philanthropist 1851-1931Undisclosed
  43. 43Thomas EdisonPublic company founderEvendale · American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)Undisclosed
  44. 44Bert BeeckmanTech founderCincinnati · Belgian video game designerUndisclosed

Technology Sectors

Internet and Software 5Web 1.0 and the Early Internet 1Web 2.0 and Internet Platforms 4

Leading IndustriesBy associated people

industrial manufacturing8
aerospace industry5
retail4
clothing industry3
financial services3
video game industry3
fast-moving consumer goods2
automotive industry2
chemical industry2
iron and steel industry2
manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink a mastics2
pharmaceutical industry2

Companies Headquartered Here

  1. 1GE Aerospace4
  2. 2Procter & Gamble2
  3. 3Abercrombie & Fitch2
  4. 4Victoria’s Secret2
  5. 5Sherwin-Williams2
  6. 6Bath & Body Works, Inc.2
  7. 7Franchise Group1
  8. 8DDR Corp.1
  9. 9Diebold Nixdorf1
  10. 10Parker Hannifin1
  11. 11Kroger1
  12. 12Owens-Illinois1
  13. 13E. W. Scripps Company1
  14. 14Timken Company1
  15. 15Eaton Corporation1
  16. 16Bob Evans Restaurants1
  17. 17Materion1
  18. 18Cleveland-Cliffs1
  19. 19Dana Corporation1
  20. 20Vertiv1
  21. 21Wendy's1
  22. 22Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company1
  23. 23Lincoln Electric1
  24. 24The J.M. Smucker Company1
  25. 25TransDigm Group Inc.1
  26. 26Huntington Bancshares1
  27. 27Lordstown Motors1
  28. 28Cardinal Health1
  29. 29Flipline Studios2
  30. 30Owens Bottle Machine Company1

Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.