List of libertarian businesspeople
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This is a list of libertarian businesspeople.
- Robert E. Bidwell[1]
- Walter Block[2]
- Richard Branson[3]
- Edward Graydon Carter[4]
- Scott Cook
- Mark Cuban[5]
- Sky Dayton[6]
- Dan Fylstra[7]
- Charles G. Koch[8]
- David H. Koch[9]
- Robert LeFevre
- John Mackey (businessman)[10]
- Scott McNealy[11]
- Lachlan Murdoch[12]
- Rupert Murdoch[13]
- Michael Robertson[14]
- T. J. Rodgers[15]
- Jim Rogers[16]
- John Stagliano[17]
- Peter Thiel[18]
- Alan R. Weiss[19]
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Liberator Online, January 24 2000 Vol. 5 No. 2 "Now a member of the Libertarian Party, Bidwell has announced plans to run as the Libertarian Party candidate for US House of Representatives, 2nd District, Ohio."
- ^ Block, Walter. "On Autobiography." LewRockwell.com. 4 December 2002
- ^ Reuters News Service, July 14, 1997 quoted Branson: "Don't misunderstand me -- I'm a libertarian..." [1]
- ^ Financial Times (FT.com) FT Weekend - The Front Line: Glad to be Gray. By Julia Cuthbertson, Financial Times, Published Jan 11, 2003. Carter is quoted as saying: ""I find both parties to be appalling and OK at the same time. I find it harder for anybody as they get older to feel 100 per cent strongly behind one party. There's lots more grey than when I was younger. I'm a libertarian."
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. Mark Cuban - Libertarian "On his blog -- www.blogmaverick.com -- he described himself as "a libertarian at heart" (March 8, 2006). On C-SPAN, Cuban said he is a "less is more" kind of libertarian. "I think there's room for government," he said. "I'm not an abolish-all-government type guy. But I think, you know, less is more...""
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. Sky Dayton - Libertarian
- ^ Opening Pandora's Box: An Open Letter about the Politicization of the PC Industry by Dan Fylstra.
- ^ MediaTransparency.org Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation "Charles Koch founded the Cato Institute," a libertarian think tank.
- ^ MediaTransparency.org Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation "David Koch even ran for president as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1980. In describing his foundation's contributions, he states, "My overall concept is to minimize the role of government and to maximize the role of private economy and to maximize personal freedoms.""
- ^ Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business. Reason Magazine, October 2005 "I'm a businessman and a free market libertarian..."
- ^ On the Record: Scott McNealy. San Francisco Chronicle. September 14, 2003. "I'm just a raging libertarian. I'm not a believer in anarchy or no regulation. I believe there is a role for government in state, in defense."
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. Lachlan Murdoch - Libertarian.
- ^ Sourcewatch.org. K. Rupert Murdoch "Murdoch told William Shawcross, who authored a biography of Murdoch, that he considers himself a libertarian. “What does libertarian mean? As much individual responsibility as possible, as little government as possible, as few rules as possible. But I'm not saying it should be taken to the absolute limit.”"
- ^ Q&A With Michael Robertson, Back Door, October 2002 • Vol.2 Issue 10
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. T. J. Rodgers - Libertarian. "I'm a libertarian-libertarian..."
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. Jim Rodgers - Libertarian.
- ^ Interview with the MilkyWayChannel. "I am a libertarian, and that means I believe in personal freedom, but I also believe in commercial freedom (and conservatives think they do too, but they are so wrong)." [2]
- ^ Advocates for Self-Government. Peter Thiel - Friend of Liberty. "When UPI asked about his political beliefs, the 35-year-old Thiel said, "Well, I was pretty libertarian when I started [in business]. I'm *way* libertarian now.""
- ^ The Libertarian Enterprise, various articles (search capability on TLE's website." [3]
- Martin Zweig<ref>Forbes Magazine Michael Conroy/Jim Larsen. "I'm a Libertarian! I'm a conservative in the Milton Friedman sense on economics, [but] on social matters I think the conservatives are nuts. Liberals are more in favor of freedom in the social sense, but economically they're out to lunch." [http://www.self-gov.org/good/a0168.html]</li></ol></ref>
