A founder of Cannondale, he was among the first in the U.S. to mass-produce bikes frames out of large-diameter aluminum tubes, replacing heavier steel.

In his work, he often returned to Manzanar, the camp in which he and his family, along with thousands of other people of Japanese descent,…

A master of leveraged buyouts, he bought baseball and hockey teams in Texas and an English soccer club, only to lose them in an avalanche…

She won two world titles and six Canadian national championships, and was also a television anchor, reporter and commentator.

Her best-known tagline was also her first to be published, written for “Alien”: “In space no one can hear you scream.”

As the founder of a national chain, he was a key figure in surfing’s expansion into mainstream culture, with a life said to be “the…

Terminally ill, she contacted obituary reporters looking to be interviewed about her life and imminent death — to be “at her own wake,” a colleague…

In 1962, she started a software company at her dining room table with a revolutionary idea: to create a place where women could find a…

A quiet giant in graphic design, he created posters for hundreds of movies, including “West Side Story” and “Manhattan.” But his work was often unsigned.

He was one of the relatively few Black Americans to reach the upper echelons of global finance. He was also a competitive sailor.