Business Leaders | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/business-leaders/RSS feed for Business LeadersenFri, 25 Apr 2025 17:06:34 +0000Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandinhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-this-years-winners-of-the-portrait-of-a-nation-award-including-steven-spielberg-and-temple-grandin-180986502/Portraits of the honorees, who have made "transformative contributions to the United States," will be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait GalleryFri, 25 Apr 2025 17:06:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-this-years-winners-of-the-portrait-of-a-nation-award-including-steven-spielberg-and-temple-grandin-180986502/Quincy Jones Was a ‘Musician’s Musician’ Who Was Uniquely Beloved in the Cutthroat Music Industryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-made-quincy-jones-such-a-beloved-figure-in-the-cutthroat-music-industry-180985393/A Smithsonian curator reflects back on the artistic legend, a "Renaissance man" with 28 Grammys to his name, who died Sunday at 91 years oldMon, 04 Nov 2024 20:30:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-made-quincy-jones-such-a-beloved-figure-in-the-cutthroat-music-industry-180985393/The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rushhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/enterprising-woman-belinda-mulrooney-built-booming-empire-klondike-gold-rush-180985221/With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontierWed, 23 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/enterprising-woman-belinda-mulrooney-built-booming-empire-klondike-gold-rush-180985221/How Black Americans in the South Boldly Defied Jim Crow to Build Business Empires of Their Ownhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-black-americans-south-boldly-defied-jim-crow-build-business-empires-their-own-180984901/The Great Migration transformed the nation—but millions of African Americans never left their Southern communities. Their unlikely success makes their stories all the more remarkableWed, 04 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-black-americans-south-boldly-defied-jim-crow-build-business-empires-their-own-180984901/To Make Tiffany & Co. a Household Name, the Luxury Brand's Founder Cashed in on the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Crazehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-make-tiffany-co-a-household-name-the-luxury-brands-founder-cashed-in-on-the-trans-atlantic-telegraph-craze-180983782/Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the surplus cable from the 1858 venture, turning it into souvenirs that forever linked his name to the short-lived telecommunications milestoneThu, 15 Feb 2024 12:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/to-make-tiffany-co-a-household-name-the-luxury-brands-founder-cashed-in-on-the-trans-atlantic-telegraph-craze-180983782/Can Psychopathic Tendencies Help You Achieve Success?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-psychopathic-tendencies-help-you-find-success-180982643/New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twistsThu, 03 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-psychopathic-tendencies-help-you-find-success-180982643/The Trailblazing Black Entrepreneurs Who Shaped a 19th-Century California Boomtownhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-entrepreneurs-who-shaped-a-19th-century-california-boomtown-180979981/Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the Civil WarThu, 28 Apr 2022 13:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-trailblazing-black-entrepreneurs-who-shaped-a-19th-century-california-boomtown-180979981/Rea Ann Silva Invented the 'Beautyblender' and Changed Makeup Foreverhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/16/beautyblender/Silva’s work as a makeup artist on "Girlfriends" unexpectedly thrust her into the beauty products industry as an innovator and entrepreneurTue, 17 Aug 2021 19:31:36 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/16/beautyblender/How Rebecca Lukens Became the Nation's First Woman Industrialisthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/06/rebecca-lukens/A sudden tragedy thrust this pioneer into the family business and into history, making her the first woman to run an iron mill in the United StatesMon, 09 Aug 2021 15:33:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-history/2021/08/06/rebecca-lukens/Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem's 'Numbers Queen,' Dominated the Gambling Underground and Made Millionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-stephanie-st-clair-immigrant-turned-millionaire-who-dominated-harlems-gambling-underground-180977759/In the 1930s, the enigmatic figure ran an illegal lottery while championing New York City's Black communityFri, 21 May 2021 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-stephanie-st-clair-immigrant-turned-millionaire-who-dominated-harlems-gambling-underground-180977759/