| 100% | CARNEGIE | 8 | Andrew ___, Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist who founded a steel company in Pittsburgh |
| 53% | RICHARD | 7 | ___ Branson, English business magnate and philanthropist who founded the Virgin Group which includes Virgin Galactic, a spaceflight company |
| 43% | BILL | 4 | ___ Gates, American business magnate and philanthropist who is the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation |
| 41% | WALTERCHRYSLER | 14 | American industrialist who founded the company that made cars like the PT Cruiser, and is now a partner of Fiat |
| 39% | PHIL | 4 | ___ Knight, American business magnate and philanthropist who is the co-founder and current Chairman Emeritus of Nike |
| 34% | HENRYFORD | 9 | American industrialist who pioneered the assembly line and founded the company that makes cars like the Fusion and the Explorer: 2 wds. |
| 32% | IAMS | 4 | Animal nutritionist who founded a pet food company in 1946 |
| 32% | CARNEGIE | 8 | Andrew —, Scotland-born steel manufacturer and philanthropist who endowed a New York concert hall |
| 31% | GLOCK | 5 | Gaston —, Austrian engineer who founded a company in 1963 that now makes firearms |
| 30% | STILL | 5 | Andrew Taylor —, American founder of osteopathy who died in 1917 |
| 30% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Jobs, American business magnate and investor who was the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Apple Inc. |
| 30% | WARREN | 6 | ___ Buffett, American business magnate, investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway |
| 30% | ELI | 3 | ___ Broad, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, who is the only individual to have created two Fortune 500 companies in different industries |
| 28% | LLBEAN | 6 | Double-initialed outdoorsman who founded a retail company based in Freeport, Maine: 3 wds. |
| 28% | THEA | 4 | ___ Foss, who founded the largest tugboat company in the western US and who Tugboat Annie was loosely based on |
| 27% | AVIS | 4 | Warren who founded a rental car company |
| 27% | DEERE | 5 | John who founded a Fortune 500 company |
| 27% | IAMS | 4 | Paul who founded a pet food company |
| 27% | VASSAR | 6 | Matthew who founded a college in 1861 |
| 27% | IAMS | 4 | Nutritionist Paul who founded a pet food company |
| 27% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Orozco, American gymnast who competed in the 2013 US Nationals in a leg brace and finished fourth |
| 27% | FORD | 4 | Henry who founded a car company |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | Lilly who founded a pharmaceutical company |
| 27% | CENA | 4 | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| 27% | ALICEWALTON | 11 | American heiress and daughter of Walmart founder who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds |
| 27% | LAURENEJOBS | 11 | American businesswoman and founder of Emerson Collective who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds. |
| 27% | KATHY | 5 | She is an American business leader who was appointed as the CEO of distribution company Graybar in 2012 |
| 27% | SYLVIAPLATH | 11 | American poet and novelist who won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for "The Collected Poems" in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ENRON | 5 | Company in a 2001-02 business scandal |
| 26% | JUSTINTHOMAS | 12 | American pro golfer who won the 2017 PGA Championship, and posted a score of 59 in the same tournament: 2 wds. |