- Robert Abboud, Former President of the First National Bank of Chicago.
- Ziad K. Abdelnour, Dealmaker, Financier, Venture Capitalist, Registered Lobbyist. Financed over 60 US private companies since 1986 raising over $2 billion in capital; sits on the Board of 15 of them. President & Founder of the U.S Committee for a Free Lebanon, Inc , Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America and Publisher of the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin Son of Lebanese MP Khalil Abdelnour
- Richard Abdoo, President & CEO of Wisconsin Energy Corporation and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Anthony Abraham, Miami's Chevrolet king, Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Sarkis Acopian, Businessman, Philanthropist, Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Waleed Ali & Malik Ali, Founded MPI, the world's largest home-video distributor of documentaries.
- Simon Assad, co-CEO of Heavy.com, a music site that was nominated for a Webby, the Internet's highest honor.
- Ronald Assaf, Founder, former CEO and current Chairman of Sensormatic Electronics Corporation, an international company with revenues of $1 billion, doing business in 80 countries and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Joseph Audi, President and CEO of Bank Audi (USA).
- George Barbar, Florida based real estate tycoon, Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Ghassan Bejjani, General Partner, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, one of the most prominent private equity groups on Wall Street.
- George Boutros, Known as "The Fiercest Tech Mergers and Aquisitions Banker In The World." Heads a 70-man Tech M&A team @ Credit Suisse First Boston in San Fransisco. Son of former Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Fouad Boutros.
- Fouad Chartouni, Owner and operator of the most famous hotel of the Stars, the Lowell Hotel.
- Camille Chebeir, President of SEDCO Services; investment arm of the Bin Mahfouz family of Saudi Arabia and Former President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America
- Raymond Debbane, President of the Invus Group, a multi-million dollar private equity firm specializing in buyouts and venture capital
- Derek E. Dewan, Chairman and CEO of Modis Incorporated, a $1 billion information technology services subsidiary of Modis Professional Services, Inc.(NYSE:MPS) and Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Nabil El Hage, President and CEO of Jeepers, Inc, and famous turnaround operator.
- Roger Farah, President, CEO and Director of Polo Ralph Lauren. Previously served as Chairman of the Board of Ventaor Group Inc., the parent company of Footlocker
- Nijad Fares, President of Wedge Group, USA and President of the American Task Force for Lebanon. Son of Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares.
- Michel T. Halbouty, Ellis Island Medal of Honor - Recognized as one of the world's foremost geologists and petroleum engineers and is acclaimed for his scientific expertise. Read American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation, and Ellis Island Medal of Honor
- George A. Hamid, Jr. - Businessman and circus owner. Besides owning circuses and state fairs, Hamid operated the Steel Pier, a large amusement park that featured live entertainers.
- Dr. Ray Irani, Former chemist with dozens of patents. Became Armand Hammer's successor as Chairman of the Board at Oxy; President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum. AUB Alumnus
- Tony Ismail, Entrepreneur who founded the largest retailer of flags store in Dallas The Alamo Flag Company
- Dr. Joseph Jacobs, Founder of an international, billion-dollar engineering group, "Jacobs Engineering Group" NYSE "JEC".
- Joseph D. Jamail, Texas lawyer who won the biggest settlement in U.S. history, on behalf of Pennzoil ($10 billion dollars). Listed #189 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
- George Joseph, #317 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
- Abdo Kadifa, President and CEO of Corio Inc, a leading Silicon Valley based Enterprise Application Service Provider.
- Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner of RHO Management, Inc., a multi-million dollar private equity firm specializing in venture capital
- John Mack, Investment banking legend. Ex-CEO of Morgan Stanley, now CEO of Credit Suisse First Boston.
- Bob Manikian and brothers, Personal brokers to the Prince of Brunei (richest man in the world ) - They are 90th richest on UK TOP 100.
- Ned Mansour, President of Mattel, Inc. in 1999, the maker of Barbie dolls.
- Sam Moore, Owner of Thomas Nelson Publishers
- The Naify Brothers, Founded cable television in the 50s. At one time both brothers owned 60% of United Artist theaters. Father Michael Naify was the former CEO for United Artist Communications.
- Yousef Nasr, CEO of HSBC Bank USA
- Jack Nasser, Former President of the Ford Motor Company.
- Paul Orfalea, Founder/CEO of Kinkos
- Richard Edward Rainwater, #127 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
- Khalil Rizk, Founder of the famous New York based Chinese Porcelain Company
- Charles Rozwat, Executive VP of Server Technologies - ORACLE CORPORATION
- Abdo Sabban, AUB Alumnus. Founder of multi-million dollar real estate co. Treasurer of the AANA
- Naseeb Saliba, Founder of Tutor-Saliba Corporation, one of the largest privately held international General Contracting firms in the world, with over $ 6 billion in completed work. Also Recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- George Shaheen, Former President of Anderson Consulting - one of the Top 4 Consulting Firms in America. Resigned and was CEO of Webvan, ex-on-line grocery delivery service.
- Joseph Shaker, Jr., His father founded Shaker Advertising. Today Shaker Advertising is the oldest and most respected Advertising Firm in the Midwest. Their headquarters is in Chicago, IL.
- Tony Tamer, co-Founder and CEO of HIG Capital, a multi-million dollar private equity firm specializing in buyouts and venture capital
- Roger Tamraz, Financier, Oil man, one of the top 10 campaign contributors to former President Bill Clinton.
- Peter J. Tanous, President of Lynx Investment Advisory , the author of 2 books on investment analysis, one of which is "The Wealth Equation," published by the New York Institute of Finance. Founder of the American Task Force for Lebanon.
- The Late Dave Thomas, Founder of fast food chain Wendy's. Passed away in January 2002. Was adopted by Lebanese parents.
- Bryan J. Zwan Ph.D., Founded fiber-optic equipment company Digital Lightwave 1990; IPO 1997. #391 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
- George Esseff Sr. - Titanium Tycoon
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