Adolph Zukor (* 7 January 1873 in Ricse, Hungary; "† 10 June 1976 in Los Angeles, California) was an US-American entrepreneur of Hungarian origin, which since the year 1912 the Hollywood Studio Paramount developed.

1889 emigrated Adolph sugar with 16 years into the USA. He came there 1893 into contact with the film industry as it in a theatre works.

He works himself from a finery assistance to the producer highly. It created the production company Famous Players together with Daniel Frohman. The company was renamed in Paramount and Zukor was to 1936 their president later.

Autobiography

• Adolph Zukor (together with Dale Kramer): The Public Is Never Wrong. My Fifty Years in Motion Pictures. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York 1953

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