Business Leaders with Companies Based in New Jersey

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth

1. 1Josh HarrisNewark · American investor and sports team owner (born 1964)$12.8B
2. 2David TepperShort Hills · American businessman$11.6B
3. 3Mikhail ProkhorovNewark · Russian entrepreneur and politician (born 1965)$9.8B
4. 4Thai LeeSomerset · Korean American billionaire businesswoman$7.5B
5. 5Peter CancroManasquan · American business executive$4.9B
6. 6Marc LoreHoboken · entrepreneur and co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and chairman of Jet.com$4B
7. 7Donald TrumpHard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City · President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)$2.5B
8. 8Jay-ZSecaucus · American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur$1B
9. 9Mark AngeloTech founderPresident and Partner of Yorkville AdvisorsUndisclosed
10. 10David CraneTech founderJamesburg · American video game designer and programmerUndisclosed
11. 11George MerckPublic company founderRahway · German entrepreneur (1867–1926)Undisclosed
12. 12Thomas Caldecot ChubbPublic company founderWarren · American businesspersonUndisclosed
13. 13Dinesh MendheTech founderBranchburg · Founder and chairman of The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc., Computer and Information Research Scientist, IFHUndisclosed
14. 14Yermek IbrayevTech founderAmerican software engineer and entrepreneur, founder of SalemWise Solutions and NxivoUndisclosed
15. 15Stan ChenTech founderAmerican entrepreneur, founder of SinansysUndisclosed
16. 16Garry KitchenTech founderUpper Saddle River · American programmerUndisclosed
17. 17Narendra PatniTech founderBridgewater Township · Indian businessmanUndisclosed
18. 18Robert Wood Johnson IPublic company founderNew Brunswick · American businessman (1845–1910)Undisclosed
19. 19Richard BransonPublic company founderWarren · British business magnateUndisclosed
20. 20Frederick RentschlerPublic company founderAmerican aerospace engineer and executive (1887–1956)Undisclosed
21. 21Alexander Graham BellTech founderFlorham Park · Canadian-American scientist inventor of telephone (1847–1922)Undisclosed
22. 22Zev WolfsonTech founderAmerican businessman and philanthropist (1928–2012)Undisclosed
23. 23Clarence H. GeistPublic company founderFolsom · golfer (1866-1938)Undisclosed
24. 24Charles WileyPublic company founderHoboken · New York City printer, bookseller, publisherUndisclosed
25. 25Edward Mead JohnsonPublic company founderNew Brunswick · American businessman (1852-1934)Undisclosed
26. 26Francisco D'SouzaPublic company founderTeaneck · Businessperson, Former Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant Technology SolutionsUndisclosed
27. 27Henry SilvermanPublic company founderParsippany-Troy Hills · American businessmanUndisclosed
28. 28Henry TaubPublic company founderRoseland · American businessman and philanthropist (1927–2011)Undisclosed
29. 29Howard JonasPublic company founderNewark · American businessmanUndisclosed
30. 30James Wood JohnsonPublic company founderNew Brunswick · American businessman (1856–1932)Undisclosed
31. 31Jordan WeismanTech founderAmerican game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur (1960-)Undisclosed
32. 32Joseph A. CampbellPublic company founderCamden · American businessman (1817-1900)Undisclosed
33. 33Kumar MahadevaPublic company founderTeaneck · Sri Lankan businessmanUndisclosed
34. 34Lakshmi NarayananPublic company founderTeaneck · Indian businessmanUndisclosed
35. 35Paul A. BrownPublic company founderMadison · American businessmanUndisclosed
36. 36Trammell CrowPublic company founderParsippany-Troy Hills · American real estate developer (1914-2009)Undisclosed
37. 37William H. MoorePublic company founderEast Hanover · American judge (1848–1923)Undisclosed
38. 38Thomas EdisonPublic company founderSparta · American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)Undisclosed