Research Guides: Business Communication (22:373:551): Businessperson

Basic Facts

Marquis Biographies Online
Contains biographies from 20 different Who’s Who publications, including Who’s Who in Finance and Business.

The following resources contain basic facts about businesspersons.

Who’s Who in Finance and Business
Provides biographical data on over 23,000 business leaders. Updated annually.
REF HF3023.A2W5 Carr Library (Livingston)

Additional Resources

Biographical Resources
This guide includes the major biographical works covering business and industry leaders as well as selected membership directories and Websites (especially Industry Halls of Fame) in specific business areas. For articles in newspapers, magazines, and journals, use Indexes to Business Topics, a separate guide to resources.

If you need additional resources, please refer to the Biographical Resources research guide.

Company Web Site

Many company web sites will have a biography of the CEO, and often other top executives as well. At the company web site, look for links or tabs such as "About Us," or "Investor Information."

Article Indexes

Business Source Premier
Provides access to thousands of popular and scholarly publications. Search by name and company to find relevant articles about your person.

The following is a list of article indexes. Here, you can search by name to find articles that mention a businessperson in publication such as Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Time, to name a few.

Westlaw Campus Research
Index of thousands of publications, including many newspapers like The New York Times, and magazines such as Newsweek. Search by name and company to find relevant articles about your person.
Factiva
Search for articles in both US and international newspapers.

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