Historic role foreign settlers have played in the Americanization of America. We mentioned Joseph Bulova, the Czech immigrant who founded the watch company . Here are some other great U.S. businesses started by people from elsewhere: AT&T, Alexander Graham Bell of Scotland; eBay, Pierre Omidyar, France; Nordstrom, John Nordstrom, Sweden; Colgate, William Colgate, England; Dupont, E.I. du Pont, France; Kraft, James Kraft, Canada; Pfizer, Charles Pfizer, Germany; Procter & Gamble, William Procter, James Gamble, England, Scotland; and Google, Sergey Brin, Russia.
--TOM TIEDE