Natives
Paul Allen: Seattle - co-founder of software giant Microsoft
Eddie Bauer: Orcas Island - late founder of Outdoor Apparrel stores named after himself
Bill Boeing: Seattle - late founder of airplane giant Boeing
Bill Gates: Seattle - co-founder of Microsoft
Frederick Weyerhaeuser: Tacoma - late founder of the Weyerhaeuser Corporation
Non-Native Residents
Jeff Bezos: founder of online store Amazon.com - Seattle area (grew up in Texas)
Maria Cantwell: co-founder of RealNetworks - Seattle area (grew up in the Midwest)
John? Nordstrom: founder of Nordsrom's department stores - Seattle
Howard Schultz: Chairman of Starbucks - Seattle (grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y.)
Non-Natives That Passed Away
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