American business: education.

Using his educational and political influence, Washington spearheaded African American entrepreneurship during the early twentieth century by advocating the process of gradual economic...

Stanford was a California governor, U.S. senator, and successful businessman.

Originally founded as the Boys’ and Girls’ Bureau in 1916, Junior Achievement has grown into the largest supplier of applied economic and business education curricula in the United States, reaching well over one million students in grades 4-12 annually.

Besides providing economic relief and financial benefits to returning veterans, the G.I. Bill strongly stimulated the post-World War II economy as veterans spent their government benefits on education opportunities and private housing.