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Martha Stewart

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Martha Helen Stewart (née Kostyra, Polish: [kɔˈstɨra]; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail business woman, writer, and television personality. As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, focusing on home and hospitality, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, merchandising and e-commerce. She has written numerous bestselling books, was the publisher of Martha Stewart Living magazine and hosted two syndicated television programs: Martha Stewart Living, which ran from 1993 to 2004, and The Martha Stewart Show, which ran from 2005 to 2012. Stewart was convicted of felony charges related to the ImClone stock trading case; she served five months in federal prison for fraud and was released in March 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Stewart is the 154th most popular businessperson (up from 178th in 2019), the 1,813th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,939th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Martha Stewart ranks 154 out of 847Before her are Masayoshi Son, Elizabeth Arden, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Henry J. Heinz, and Ren Zhengfei. After her are François Pinault, Larry Flynt, Lorenzo Sanz, Armand Peugeot, Cyrus West Field, and Ratan Tata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Martha Stewart ranks 114Before her are Kenji Tochio, Alexander Gauland, Carlo Maria Viganò, Roy Harper, Claudine Auger, and Mircea Snegur. After her are Neil Diamond, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Ann-Margret, Florinda Bolkan, Graham Chapman, and Jacqueline Boyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Stewart ranks 1,813 out of 20,380Before her are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Mary Anderson (1918), Walter Mondale (1928), Kobe Bryant (1978), Linda Gray (1940), and Black Dahlia (1924). After her are Neil Diamond (1941), Sam Cooke (1931), Frederick Douglass (1818), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), Angie Dickinson (1931), and Pat Brown (1905).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Martha Stewart ranks 56Before her are Gordon Moore (1929), Roy O. Disney (1893), Sam Walton (1918), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), and Henry J. Heinz (1844). After her are Larry Flynt (1942), Cyrus West Field (1819), Harvey S. Firestone (1868), Ethan Allen (1738), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), and Owen D. Young (1874).