| 100% | FORD | 4 | Henry ___, American business magnate who founded the second-largest U.S.-based automaker |
| 45% | BILL | 4 | ___ Gates, American business magnate and philanthropist who is the principal founder of Microsoft Corporation |
| 43% | THEA | 4 | ___ Foss, who founded the largest tugboat company in the western US and who Tugboat Annie was loosely based on |
| 40% | PHIL | 4 | ___ Knight, American business magnate and philanthropist who is the co-founder and current Chairman Emeritus of Nike |
| 40% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Jobs, American business magnate and investor who was the chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Apple Inc. |
| 37% | WARREN | 6 | ___ Buffett, American business magnate, investor and philanthropist who is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway |
| 34% | CARLOS | 6 | With 76-Across, Mexican business magnate who was once the world's richest person |
| 34% | KOCH | 4 | Fred C. ___, American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the second-largest privately held American company |
| 33% | CLARA | 5 | Barton who founded the American Red Cross |
| 33% | ONEAL | 5 | Frederick who founded the American Negro Theatre |
| 33% | MOODY | 5 | John who founded the bond credit rating business |
| 32% | BILLGATES | 9 | Microsoft founder who's the second-richest American, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index ($109 billion as of 11/1/19): 2 wds. |
| 32% | NADER | 5 | Ralph who founded the American Museum of Tort Law |
| 31% | VII | 3 | The Henry who founded the Tudor line |
| 31% | TEX | 3 | Second largest U.S. state, for short |
| 31% | JACK | 4 | ___ Ma, Chinese business magnate who is the co-founder of Alibaba group |
| 31% | VII | 3 | The Henry who founded the House of Tudor |
| 31% | STTHOMAS | 8 | Second-largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 31% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S. who had an unsuccessful oil and mining business |
| 31% | CLARA | 5 | Clarissa "___" Harlowe Barton was a pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross |
| 30% | JORDANSPIETH | 12 | American golfer who won the 2015 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | American golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BROOKSKOEPKA | 12 | American golfer who won the 2017 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Founding Father, second President of the US |
| 30% | TYLER | 5 | John ___, 10th U.S. president who also served as the vice president under William Henry Harrison |
| 30% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who founded the first permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americans |
| 30% | MCDONALD | 8 | Surname of the brothers who founded the world's largest burger chain |
| 30% | WYNDHAMCLARK | 12 | American golfer who won the 2023 U.S. Open Championship (2 wds.) |
| 30% | RITA | 4 | Dove, who became the first African American U.S. Poet Laureate |
| 30% | AMAZON | 6 | Second-largest private employer in the U.S., after Walmart |