"A city-enhancing starchitect, a savior of IBM, a revered fashion designer and the founding chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission were among the notable business and finance figures who died in 2025. Here is a partial list of those who passed away, with each entry linked to a full obituary: Virginia McCaskey, the third woman to hold a majority stake in a National Football League team when she inherited the Chicago Bears from her celebrated father, George Halas,"
"She was fed up with mediocrity, her son said in 2014. Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey smiles while talking with a fan during the Bears100 Celebration at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Saturday, June 8, 2019, in Rosemont, Ill. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP) John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via Associated Press RELATED: End of an era: Famous people who died in 2025 Horst Paulmann, the German-born billionaire who founded Chile's Cencosud SA, South America's largest retailer by sales, died on March 11 at 89."
"Lee Shau-Kee, the Hong Kong billionaire whose business empire included real estate, utilities and public infrastructure, died on March 17 at 97. Known as Asia's Warren Buffett, he founded Henderson Land Development Co. in 1973; its properties include Hong Kong's International Finance Centre. His estimated fortune of $23 billion ranked third in Hong Kong at the time of his death, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index."
Several prominent business and finance figures died in 2025, including a starchitect, a savior of IBM, a fashion designer and the founding chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from George Halas and became the third woman to hold a majority stake in an NFL team, died at 102. Horst Paulmann, founder of Chile's Cencosud SA and developer of Santiago's Gran Torre Costanera, died at 89. Lee Shau-Kee, founder of Henderson Land and known as Asia's Warren Buffett, died at 97. George Foreman, two-time heavyweight champion turned entrepreneur whose grill infomercials earned him hundreds of millions, died at 76.
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