These are leaders whose businesses are national in scope and whose decisions affect tens of thousands of employees and millions of customers on a national scale throughout the USA

Here we highlight leaders who have started, or currently manage, local businesses that encompass a large section of a state or even several states. Leaders who have made a difference in people's lives on a local or a regional level.

These are a listing of 1,000 of American business leaders that was compiled by the Harvard Business School (HBS). Here is how HBS described this listing:

It is a collection of the 20th Century greatest leaders, from unsung heroes to legends like Sam Walton and Bill Gates. Published with special permission from HBS.