Northwest Research

I found this today

http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/name/

Which provides little biographies, including birthdates and education
of some business leaders. Not very extensive, but might be useful for
quick and dirty research. I also like how it lets you see the list by undergraduate
college, place of birth, and gender.

I stumbled over this today

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/company/private.html

Which is a guide to private company research available at the Library of Congress.

The Library of Congress also has a guide to public company research and international company research. These guides are designed to give someone searching for company information some ideas and strategies for finding this type of information.

The Library of Congress also provides other business services, including a great list of internet resources here:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/beonline/subjectlist.php

Enjoy our tax dollars at work.