Our laureates and fellows exemplify the Illinois tradition of business leadership. The IBHF has published the biographies of more than 40 of our laureates and fellows. Some are currently available online and more are added each month.
Following are the Illinois Business Hall of Fame Laureates and Fellows:
- Wallace Abbott
- H. H. Barber
- Charles Becker
- William Blackie
- Donald Brinckman
- Jacob Bunn
- Alfred Burdick
- Leo Burnett
- Fairfax Cone
- John Cotter
- Charles Deere
- John Deere
- Marshall Field I
- Frank Flick
- R.J. Frisby
- Paul Galvin
- Robert Galvin
- Parker Gates
- Anthony Granatelli
- W. B. Greene
- Kenneth Hansen
- William Hewitt
- Wayne Hummer
- R. W. Hulsen
- Roy Ingersoll
- Richard D. Irwin
- John Johnson
- William Karnes
- Dale Kirlin
- Ray Kroc
- Albert Lasker
- Wesley H. Loomis III
- Gust E. Lundberg
- Franklin Lunding
- William Marsteller
- Irl Martin
- Cyrus McCormick
- Col. Robert McCormick
- Eugene McDonald
- Max McGraw
- George Mecherle
- Jack Miller
- Louis Neumiller
- W. A. Patterson
- Tom Roberts Sr.
- Julius Rosenwald
- John G. (Jack) Searle
- Richard Sears
- E. Staley
- W. Clement Stone
- John Swearingen
- Gustavus F. Swift
- Herbert Taylor
- Fred Turner
- Marion Wade
- Charles Walgreen
- Charles R. Walgreen III
- Aaron Montgomery Ward
- Kenneth Wessner
- Robert Wood