Businessmen by country

LaVar Ball is an American businessman and the CEO and co-founder of the sports apparel company Big Baller Brand (BBB).

He first gained significant national attention in the late 2010s for his outspoken, often controversial, and bombastic promotion of his three sons—Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo Ball—all of whom played basketball and have pursued professional careers. Lonzo and LaMelo are successful NBA players.

🏀 Career and Ventures

Big Baller Brand (BBB): LaVar launched BBB in 2016 primarily to market his sons, creating a way for them to bypass traditional shoe endorsement deals from major companies. The brand is known for its high-priced signature shoes and apparel.

Junior Basketball Association (JBA): He founded this now-defunct professional league in 2017 as an alternative path for high school graduates who wished to bypass playing college basketball in the NCAA.

Athletic Background: Before his career as a businessman and media personality, LaVar was an athlete himself. He played college basketball and had a brief professional football career as a tight end for the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football. He was also a practice squad member for the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers in 1995 but never played in an official regular-season NFL game.

Media Presence: The Ball family's life, including LaVar's business ventures and interactions with his sons, was documented on the reality television show "Ball in the Family." He frequently drew headlines for making bold claims, such as stating his belief that he could defeat Michael Jordan in a one-on-one basketball game and that his oldest son, Lonzo, was better than Stephen Curry before his NBA debut.

Monty Lopez is an American businessman, actor, and social media personality, born on November 24, 1975, in Carencro, Louisiana. He attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

He is known as the father of social media celebrity and actress Addison Rae. He has four children, including Addison Rae, with his ex-wife Sheri Nicole Easterling. They were married in 2004, divorced, remarried in 2017, and divorced again in 2022.

His occupations include running a real estate investment company named ML Sales, acting, and being an internet personality with a significant following on TikTok. He has been active in his career since 2018. His filmography includes a role as Detective Mitsu in the movie Spy Cat in 2018 and starring in the Snapchat series Addison Rae Goes Home. In January 2022, he signed with the William Morris Agency as an actor.

He recently married Kaitlyn Nicole Robins in a ceremony in Las Vegas. Following his divorce from Sheri Easterling, he released a song titled "Leftovers."

Gavin Newsom is an American politician and businessman who has served as the 40th Governor of California since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Prior to becoming Governor, he served as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of California from 2011 to 2019, and as the 42nd Mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.

Born in San Francisco in 1967, Newsom is also a successful businessman, having founded the PlumpJack Group, which includes wineries, restaurants, and hotels. As Mayor of San Francisco, he gained national attention for directing the city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004. As Governor, he has focused on issues like climate action, gun safety, universal health care, and addressing homelessness. He is often considered a prominent figure in the national Democratic Party.

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Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, inventor, and investor. He is the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, the CEO of Tesla, and the owner and CTO of X (formerly Twitter). He also leads the neurotechnology company Neuralink and the infrastructure and tunnel construction company The Boring Company.

Musk is known for his ambitions to revolutionize transportation both on Earth (electric cars via Tesla) and in space (rocket technology via SpaceX), as well as his goal of making humanity an interplanetary species by establishing a self-sustaining colony on Mars. He is a prominent and often controversial public figure whose work and opinions frequently drive global discussion in technology, business, and social media.

Jeff Bezos is the founder and former CEO of Amazon, a multinational technology company that started as an online bookstore and grew into one of the world's largest retailers and cloud computing providers (Amazon Web Services).

He is known for his pioneering role in e-commerce and his long-term, customer-focused business vision. Since stepping down as CEO in 2021, he has focused heavily on his space exploration company, Blue Origin, and his philanthropic initiatives. He is also the owner of The Washington Post newspaper. Bezos is considered one of the wealthiest people in the world.

Donald John Trump Jr., often nicknamed "Don Jr.," is an American businessman, activist, and author.

He is the eldest child of the 45th and current 47th U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his first wife, Ivana Trump. He serves as an executive vice president and trustee of The Trump Organization, the family's global real estate company, which he runs alongside his younger brother, Eric. He is involved in all aspects of the company's development, including deal evaluation, construction, and sales.

Trump Jr. holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Real Estate from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been a featured advisor on the reality TV shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice.

He has been very active in his father's political campaigns, including the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections, campaigning for Republicans and making frequent media appearances. He has also authored the books Triggered and Liberal Privilege. He has five children with his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump, and resides in Florida.

Dana White is an American businessman, best known as the President and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) organization.

Under his leadership, the UFC was transformed from a struggling, controversial discipline into a global, multi-billion dollar mainstream sports enterprise. He is recognized for his brash, outspoken, and hands-on management style, which has made him synonymous with the UFC brand.

He is also the founder of the slap fighting promotion, Power Slap.

Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. Rooted in East Coast hip-hop, he was named the greatest rapper of all time by Billboard and Vibe in 2023. Known for his complex lyrical ability—which often uses double entendres and word play—and braggadocio, his music is built upon a rags to riches narrative. He served as president and chief executive officer of Def Jam Recordings from 2004 to 2007, and founded the entertainment company Roc Nation the following year. He is the world's richest musical artist, worth $2.6 billion as of 2025.

Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1 December 1986) is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in the manosphere. His commentary has resulted in his expulsion from various social media platforms and concern that he promotes misogynistic views to his audience. A divisive influencer, Tate has amassed 10.7 million followers on Twitter as of June 2025 and was the third-most googled person in 2023, with most British adults aware of who he is. He has been dubbed the "king of toxic masculinity", has called himself a misogynist, and is politically described as both right-wing and far-right. As of March 2025, Tate is facing six legal investigations—four criminal and two civil—in Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Shaquille O'Neal is a legendary retired American professional basketball player who is widely considered one of the greatest and most dominant centers in NBA history.

🏀 Key Highlights

Dominance: Known for his immense size (7 ft 1 in, or 2.16 m) and physical power, which allowed him to dominate the paint (the area near the basket) throughout his career.

Career: He played for six teams over his 19-year NBA career, including the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat.

Championships & Awards: O'Neal won four NBA championships (three with the Lakers and one with the Heat), was named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2000, and was a 15-time All-Star.

Off-Court: Since retiring, he has become a successful sports analyst, businessman, and media personality, known for his charismatic and often humorous public persona. He is often simply referred to as "Shaq."

Businessmen by country

United States (14)

LaVar Ball

Monty Lopez

Gavin Newsom

Elon Musk

Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump Jr.

Dana White

Jay-Z

Andrew Tate

Shaquille O'Neal

China (1)

Jack Ma

Romania (1)

Serghei Mizil