California Bankers & Business People

Bankers

Amadeo Pietro Giannini (1870-1949) - gave loans to vitcimes of SF Quake of 1906

• Italian Tribune

Business People

George Chaffey (1848 -1932) built canal to bring water to Imperial Valley

• Canada's Digital Collection
• Engines of our Ingenuity
• Caffey High School: Our Legacy

Charles Crocker (1822-1888)

• PBS -New Perspectives on the West

Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935) discovered oil in Southern CA

• USC

Henry J. Kaiser (1907-1967) built cargo ships used in WWII

• Oakland Museum
   Exhibit of Kaiser from Jan 24-Aug of 2004.
• Henry Kaiser
  A timeline to his activities
• Labor Hall of Fame

William Mulholland (1855-1935) built LA Aquaduct

• PBS -New Perspectives on the West
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Leland Stanford (1824-1893)

• PBS - New Perspectives on the West
• Stanford University: History
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Levi Strauss (1829-1902)

• PBS -New Perspectives on the West

John Augustus Sutter (1803-1880)

• PBS - New Perspectives on the West

Publishers

William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)

• Hearst Castle
• Z Publishing
• California Newspaper Hall of Fame

Robert Maynard (1937-1993) Oakland Tribune

• Institute for Journalism Education
• Afro American Registry
• California Newspaper Hall of Fame

Technology

Steve Jobs (born 1955) co-founder of Apple Computer

• Apple Computer's Website
• Geocities.com

William Hewlett (1913-2001) co-founder of HP

• HP Former Executive Bios
• Obits.com
• About.com

David Packard (1912-1996) co-founder of HP

• HP Former Executive Bios
• Obits.com
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

Steve Wozniak (born 1950) co-founder of Apple Computer

• Steve Wozniak's Website
• The Tech Museum of Innovation
• Innovation Hall of Fame