Editing List of Scots (section)

==Businesspersons==
* [[Robert Aitken (publisher)|Robert Aitken]] (1734–1802), [[Philadelphia]] printer, the first to publish an English language Bible in the United States
*[[Alexander Aikman]] (1755–1838), Jamaican printer, newspaper publisher, and landowner.
*[[Arthur Anderson (businessman)|Arthur Anderson]] (1792–1868), co-founder of P&O
* [[Alexander Arbuthnot (printer)|Alexander Arbuthnot]] (died 1585), printer, work including [[George Buchanan]]'s first History of Scotland
* [[George Gough Arbuthnot|Sir George Gough Arbuthnot]] (1848–1929), businessman and civic leader in [[British India]]
* [[John Bartholomew, Sr.]] (1805–1861), cartographer and engraver, founder of [[John Bartholomew and Son Ltd.|John Bartholomew and Son Ltd]]
* [[John Bartholomew|John Bartholomew Jr.]] (1831–1893), cartographer
* [[John Christopher Bartholomew]] (1923–2008), cartographer and geographer
* [[John George Bartholomew]] (1860–1920), cartographer and geographer
* [[John (Ian) Bartholomew]] (1890–1962), cartographer and geographer
* [[William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn]] (1856–1936), founder of [[William Beardmore and Company]] engineers and shipbuilders
* [[James Gordon Bennett, Sr.]] (1795–1872), founder and publisher of the ''[[New York Herald]]''
* [[Alexander Berry]] (1781–1873), town of [[Berry, New South Wales|Berry]] is named after him, possibly the first millionaire in Australia
* [[David Berry (landowner)|David Berry]] (1795–1889), livestock breeder, landowner and benefactor; brother of Alexander Berry
* [[Peter Buchan]] (1790–1854), editor, publisher, and collector of ballads and folktales
* [[David Dunbar Buick|David Buick]] (1854–1929), founded the Buick car company
* [[Sir George Burns, 1st Baronet]] (1795–1890), shipping magnate
* [[James Burns (Australian shipowner)|Sir James Burns]] (1846–1923), businessman, shipowner and philanthropist in Australia
* [[James Burns (Scottish shipowner)|James Burns]] (1789–1871), shipowner born in Glasgow
* [[John Burns, 1st Baron Inverclyde]] (1829–1901), shipowner, chairman of [[Cunard Line|Cunard]]
* [[Agnes Campbell (printer)|Agnes Campbell, Lady Roseburn]] (1637–1716), printer, described as "Scotland's wealthiest early modern printer".
* [[Andrew Carnegie]] (1835–1919), steel magnate, major philanthropist
* [[Thomas Catto, 1st Baron Catto]] (1879–1959), businessman, Governor of the Bank of England.
* [[William Chambers (publisher)|William Chambers of Glenormiston]] (1800–1883), publisher
* Sir [[Arnold Clark]] (1928–2017), founder of Arnold Clark motor group
* [[Catherine Cranston]] (1849–1934), leading figure in the development of [[tea rooms]], patron of [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]] and others
* [[William Cunninghame]] of Lainshaw (1731–1799), tobacco merchant
* [[David Dale]] (1739–1806), merchant and businessman, established the weaving community of [[New Lanark]]
* [[William Davidson (lumberman)|William Davidson]] (1740–1890), entrepreneur and founder of the first colony in New Brunswick, Canada
* [[Adam Dawson (distiller)|Adam Dawson]] (1793–1873), [[Linlithgow]] and owner of [[St Magdalene distillery]]
* [[George Dempster of Dunnichen]] and Skibo (1732–1818), advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician and business man
* [[Peter Denny]] (1821–1895), shipbuilder and shipowner, with [[William Denny and Brothers]]
* [[John Dewar, Sr.]] (1805–1880), founder of [[John Dewar & Sons]], Scotch whisky distillers
* Dr. [[Henry Duncan (1774–1846)|Henry Duncan]] (1774–1846), Church of Scotland Minister; started the world's first savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfries and Galloway
* [[John Elder (shipbuilder)|John Elder]] (1824–1869), marine engineer and shipbuilder
* Sir [[Tom Farmer]] (born 1940), entrepreneur
* [[Robert Fleming (financier)|Robert Fleming]] (1845–1933), financier, founder of [[Robert Fleming & Co.]] [[merchant bank]]
* [[B. C. Forbes]] (1880–1954), founder of ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine
* [[Alexander Fordyce]] (died 1789), banker, involved in the [[bank run]] on [[Neal, James, Fordyce and Down]] in 1772
* [[Hugh Fraser (retailer)|Hugh Fraser]] (1817–1853), founder of [[House of Fraser]] group of department stores
* [[Anita Frew|Anita Margaret Frew]] (born 1957), businessperson
* [[Martin Gilbert (businessman)|Martin Gilbert]] (born 1955), Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management
* [[James Gillespie (philanthropist)|James Gillespie]] (1726–1797), [[Snuff (tobacco)|snuff-maker]] and philanthropist
* [[Ann Gloag]] (born 1942), co-founder of Stagecoach Group, born in Perth
* [[Thomas Blake Glover]] (1838–1911), Nagasaki-based trader in 19th-century Japan
* [[Robert Gordon (philanthropist)|Robert Gordon]] (1668–1731), founder of the [[Robert Gordon University]]
* [[Angus Grossart|Sir Angus Grossart]] (1937–2022), chairman of merchant bank Noble Grossart
* [[Andrew Halyburton]] (died 1507), merchant, 'Conservator of the Scottish privileges in the [[Low Countries]]'
* [[Willie Haughey]] (born 1956), entrepreneur and founder of City Refrigeration Holdings
* [[George Heriot]] (1563–1624), goldsmith and founder of [[George Heriot's School]]
* [[Tom Hunter]] (born 1961), entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of Sports Division
* [[John Lawson Johnston]] (1839–1900), creator of [[Bovril]]
* [[Irvine Laidlaw]] (born 1942), Scotland's 6th richest man and founder of the modern conference company
* [[John Law (economist)|John Law]] (1671–1729), advocate of paper money and founder of the [[Mississippi Company]]
* Sir [[Thomas Lipton]] (1848–1931), founder of Lipton's Tea
* [[George Mathewson|Sir George Mathewson]], (born 1940), former chairman of the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]
* [[Jim McColl]] (born 1951), founder of Clyde Blowers
* [[William McEwan]] (1827–1913), founder of [[McEwans]] brewers
* [[Stewart Milne]] (born 1950), founder of Stewart Milne Group and majority shareholder of [[Aberdeen F.C.]]
* [[Michelle Mone]] (born 1971), founder of [[Ultimo (lingerie)|Ultimo]]
* Sir [[David Murray (Scottish businessman)|David Murray]] (born 1951), founder of Murray International Metals
* [[Thomas Napier (builder)|Thomas Napier]] (1802–1881), builder, emigrant to Australia
* [[William Paterson (banker)|William Paterson]] (1658–1719), founder of [[Bank of Scotland]] and [[Bank of England]]
* [[Alexander Cameron Sim]] (1840–1900), pharmacist and entrepreneur active in Japan, founder of the [[Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club]]
* [[Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin]] (born 1944), Chair of the [[Green Investment Bank]]
* [[Brian Souter]] (born 1954), entrepreneur and co-founder of [[Stagecoach Group]]
* [[James Stirling (1800–1876)|James Stirling]] (1800–1876), builder of [[steam locomotive]]s, brother of [[Robert Stirling]]
* [[Thomas Sutherland (banker)|Thomas Sutherland]] (1834–1922), founder of [[The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]] and [[HSBC Holdings plc]]
* [[David Couper Thomson]] (1861–1954), proprietor of the newspaper and publishing company [[D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd]]
* [[George Thomson (shipbuilder)|George Thomson]] (1815–1866), marine engineer and shipbuilder
* [[William Walls]] (1819–1893), lawyer and industrialist, influenced the development of 19th-century Glasgow
* [[William Weir, 1st Viscount Weir|William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir]] (1877–1959), industrialist, engineer and politician
* [[George Watson (accountant)|George Watson]] (1654–1723), first chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland; founder of [[George Watson's College]]
* [[Wilson, Sons]], founded in 1837 by Edward and Fleetwood Pellow Wilson; one of South America's largest shipping brokers
* [[Andrew Yule]] (1834–1902), businessman who founded [[Andrew Yule and Company]] in India
* [[Sir David Yule, 1st Baronet]] (1858–1928), businessman based in India
* [[George Yule (businessman)|George Yule]] (1829–1892), merchant in England and India, fourth President of the [[Indian National Congress]]