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Portal Business/On this day/May 1
May 1:

• 1885 - The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.

Portal Business/On this day/May 2
May 2:

• 1947 - James Dyson, an English businessman, founder of Dyson, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 3
May 3:

• 1879 - Fergus McMaster, an Australian businessman and soldier, co-founder of Qantas, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 4
May 4:

• 1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, an American business executive and former chairman and CEO of AIG, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 5
May 5:

• 1830 - John Batterson Stetson, an American businessman, founder of the John B. Stetson Company, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 6
May 6:

• 1903 - Toots Shor, an American businessman, founder of Toots Shor's Restaurant, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 7
May 7:

• 1860 - Tom Norman, an English businessman and showman, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 8
May 8:

• 1947 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founder of Selfridges, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 9
May 9:

• 1914 - C. W. Post, American businessman, founder of Post Foods, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 10
May 10:

• 1904 - David Brown, an English entrepreneur, managing director of his family firm David Brown Ltd. and one time owner of shipbuilders Vosper Thorneycroft and automobile manufacturer Aston Martin, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 11
May 11:

• 1960 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., an American financer and philanthropist who was a prominent member of the Rockefeller family, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 12
May 12:

• 1918 - Mary Kay Ash, an American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 13
May 13:

• 1884 - Cyrus McCormick, an American businessman, co-founder of International Harvester Company, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 14
May 14:

• 1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 15
May 15:

• 1863 - Frank Hornby, an English businessman and politician, invented Meccano, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 16
May 16:

• 1956 - H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 17
May 17:

• 1868 - Horace Elgin Dodge, an American businessman, co-founder of Dodge, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 18
May 18:

• 2003 - Anna Santisteban, a Puerto Rican businesswoman, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 19
May 19:

• 1928 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founder of Lotus Cars, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 20
May 20:

• 1944 - Dietrich Mateschitz, Austrian businessman, co-founder of Red Bull GmbH, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 21
May 21:

• 1898 - Armand Hammer, an American physician and businessman, founder of Occidental Petroleum, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 22
May 22:

• 1928 - T. Boone Pickens, an American business magnate and financier, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 23
May 23:

• 1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, an American business executive in the automotive industry, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 24
May 24:

• 1984 - Vince McMahon, Sr., an American wrestling promoter and businessman, founder of WWE, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 25
May 25:

• 1919 - Madam C. J. Walker, an American businesswoman and philanthropist, founder of the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 26
May 26:

• 2005 - Leslie Smith, an English businessman, co-founder of Lesney Products, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 27
May 27:

• 1836 - Jay Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 28
May 28:

• 1975 - Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.

Portal Business/On this day/May 29
May 29:

• 1927 - Jean Coutu, a Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founder of the Jean Coutu Group, was born on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 30
May 30:

• 1994 - Marcel Bich, an Italian-French businessman, co-founder of Société Bic, died on this day.

Portal Business/On this day/May 31
May 31:

• 1946 - Debbie Moore, an English model and businesswoman who is most noted as the founder of Pineapple Dance Studios, was born on this day.