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Jensen Huang
Co-Founder & CEO at NVIDIA
Satya Nadella
Chairman & CEO at Microsoft
Tim Cook
CEO at Apple
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Founder & CEO at Bumble
Melanie Perkins
Co-Founder & CEO at Canva
Aaron Levie
Co-Founder & CEO at Box
Marc Benioff
Chair & CEO at Salesforce
Lisa Su
Chair & CEO at AMD
Kathryn Minshew
Co-Founder & CEO at The Muse
Eric Migicovsky
Founder & CEO at Pebble
Morgan DeBaun
Founder & CEO at Blavity
Sundar Pichai
CEO at Alphabet & Google
Michael Dell
Chairman & CEO at Dell Technologies
Andy Jassy
President & CEO at Amazon
Shou Zi Chew
CEO at TikTok
Reshma Saujani
Founder at Girls Who Code & Moms First
Kimberly Bryant
Founder at Black Girls CODE
Ryan Arriaga
Founder & CEO at Pickup Pointe
Ayah Bdeir
Founder & CEO at littleBits
Doug McMillon
President & CEO at Walmart
Brian Niccol
Chairman & CEO at Starbucks
Jessica Alba
Founder at The Honest Company
Sara Blakely
Founder at Spanx
Bernard Arnault
Chairman & CEO at LVMH
Tory Burch
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Tory Burch
François-Henri Pinault
Chairman & CEO at Kering
Brit Morin
Founder & CEO at Brit+Co
Brian Chesky
Co-Founder & CEO at Airbnb
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO at Uber
Anthony Capuano
President & CEO at Marriott International
Tony Xu
Co-Founder & CEO at DoorDash
Barry Sternlicht
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Starwood Capital Group
Chris Nassetta
President & CEO at Hilton
Dennis Crowley
Co-Founder at Foursquare
Christina Tosi
Founder & CEO at Milk Bar
Jamie Dimon
Chairman & CEO at JPMorgan Chase
Jane Fraser
CEO at Citigroup
Patrick Collison
Co-Founder & CEO at Stripe
Vlad Tenev
Co-Founder & CEO at Robinhood
Larry Fink
Chairman & CEO at BlackRock
David Solomon
Chairman & CEO at Goldman Sachs
Brian Armstrong
Co-Founder & CEO at Coinbase
David Vélez
Founder & CEO at Nubank
Adena Friedman
Chair & CEO at Nasdaq
Albert Bourla
Chairman & CEO at Pfizer
Robert Bradway
Chairman & CEO at Amgen
Karen Lynch
President & CEO at CVS Health
Anne Wojcicki
Co-Founder & CEO at 23andMe
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Founder & CEO at ImmunityBio
Emma Walmsley
CEO at GSK
Stéphane Bancel
CEO at Moderna
Tan Le
Co-Founder & CEO at Emotiv
Rana el Kaliouby
Co-Founder at Affectiva
Reed Hastings
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Netflix
Shantanu Narayen
Chairman & CEO at Adobe
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder & CEO at Chobani
Masayoshi Son
Founder, Chairman & CEO at SoftBank Group
Tobi Lütke
Founder & CEO at Shopify
Stewart Butterfield
Co-Founder at Slack
Julia Hartz
Co-Founder & CEO at Eventbrite
Sal Khan
Founder & CEO at Khan Academy
Tristan Harris
Co-Founder & President at Center for Humane Technology
Leila Janah
Founder & CEO at Sama
Timnit Gebru
Founder & Executive Director at DAIR Institute
Limor Fried
Founder & CEO at Adafruit Industries
Ruzwana Bashir
Founder & CEO at Peek.com
Hayley Barna
Co-Founder at Birchbox
Megan Smith
Founder & CEO at shift7
Mark Zuckerberg
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Meta Platforms
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO at Berkshire Hathaway
Larry Ellison
Co-Founder, Chairman & CTO at Oracle
Oprah Winfrey
Chairwoman & CEO at Harpo Productions
Gwynne Shotwell
President & COO at SpaceX
Daymond John
Founder & CEO at FUBU
Daniel Lubetzky
Founder & Executive Chairman at KIND Snacks
Aisha Bowe
Founder & CEO at STEMBoard
Ellen Pao
Co-Founder & CEO at Project Include
Leana Wen
Professor & Health Policy Leader at George Washington University
Boyan Slat
Founder & CEO at The Ocean Cleanup
Laura Deming
Founder & Partner at The Longevity Fund
Jennifer Hyman
Co-Founder & CEO at Rent the Runway
William Kamkwamba
Founder & Innovator at Moving Windmills Project
Majora Carter
Founder & President at Majora Carter Group
Elon Musk
CEO at Tesla & SpaceX
Mukesh Ambani
Chairman & Managing Director at Reliance Industries
Jack Ma
Co-Founder at Alibaba Group
Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO at Fidelity Investments
Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO at PepsiCo
José Andrés
Founder & Chairman at ThinkFoodGroup & World Central Kitchen
Marissa Mayer
Co-Founder & CEO at Sunshine
Jimmy Wales
Co-Founder at Wikipedia & Wikia
Kimbal Musk
Co-Founder & CEO at The Kitchen Restaurant Group
Emily Weiss
Founder at Glossier
Sarah Kauss
Founder & CEO at S'well
Caterina Fake
Co-Founder at Flickr & Yes VC
Wences Casares
Founder & CEO at Xapo Bank
Aneesh Chopra
Co-Founder & President at CareJourney
Wendy Kopp
Founder & CEO at Teach For All
Jeff Bezos
Founder & Executive Chairman at Amazon & Blue Origin
Changpeng Zhao
Founder at Binance
Lei Jun
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Xiaomi
Tadashi Yanai
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Fast Retailing (Uniqlo)
Martha Stewart
Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Cathie Wood
Founder, CEO & CIO at ARK Invest
Vera Wang
Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Vera Wang
David Chang
Founder at Momofuku
Atul Gawande
Founder & Chairman at Ariadne Labs
Mitchell Baker
Executive Chairwoman at Mozilla
Kevin Rose
Founder at Digg & True Ventures
Muhammad Yunus
Founder at Grameen Bank
Matt Salzberg
Co-Founder at Blue Apron
Nancy Lublin
Founder & CEO at Crisis Text Line
Alex Atala
Founder & Chef at D.O.M. & Instituto ATÁ
Richard Branson
Founder at Virgin Group
Gautam Adani
Founder & Chairman at Adani Group
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founder & Executive Chairperson at Biocon
Steve Ballmer
Former CEO at Microsoft
Danny Meyer
Founder & Executive Chairman at Union Square Hospitality Group
Kevin O'Leary
Chairman at O'Leary Ventures
Gary Vaynerchuk
Chairman at VaynerX
Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO at Acumen
Premal Shah
Co-Founder & President at Kiva
Daphne Koller
Founder & CEO at insitro
Massimo Bottura
Founder & Chef at Osteria Francescana
Andrew Mason
Founder & CEO at Descript
Suroosh Alvi
Co-Founder at Vice Media
Scott Harrison
Founder & CEO at charity: water
Patrice Harris
Co-Founder & CEO at eMed
Stephen Schwarzman
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO at Blackstone
Ray Dalio
Founder at Bridgewater Associates
Tilman Fertitta
Chairman, CEO & Owner at Fertitta Entertainment
James Dyson
Founder & Chief Engineer at Dyson
Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO at Thrive Global
Tom Colicchio
Founder & Owner at Crafted Hospitality
John Mackey
Co-Founder & Former CEO at Whole Foods Market
Van Jones
Co-Founder & CEO at REFORM Alliance
Waris Ahluwalia
Founder & Creative Director at House of Waris
Raj Panjabi
Co-Founder & CEO at Last Mile Health
Dominique Crenn
Chef & Owner at Atelier Crenn
José Neves
Founder at Farfetch
Vikas Khanna
Chef & Founder at Bungalow & Kinara
Bryan Stevenson
Founder & Executive Director at Equal Justice Initiative
Ai-jen Poo
President at National Domestic Workers Alliance
Carlos Slim
Honorary Chairman at América Móvil & Grupo Carso
Aliko Dangote
Founder & Chairman at Dangote Group
Michael Bloomberg
Founder & CEO at Bloomberg LP
Giorgio Armani
Founder & Chairman at Giorgio Armani S.p.A.
Nobu Matsuhisa
Founder & Chef at Nobu Hospitality
David Neeleman
Founder & CEO at Breeze Airways
Deepak Chopra
Founder at Chopra Global
Issa Rae
Founder & CEO at Hoorae Media
Marcus Samuelsson
Founder & Chef at Red Rooster Hospitality
Kwame Onwuachi
Chef & Author at Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi
Dapper Dan
Founder & Creative Director at Dapper Dan's of Harlem
Roy Choi
Co-Founder & Chef at Kogi BBQ & LocoL
Angela Duckworth
Founder & CEO at Character Lab
Ben Jealous
Executive Director at Sierra Club
Paul Stamets
Founder & CEO at Fungi Perfecti
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder at Alphabet / Google
Robert F. Smith
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Vista Equity Partners
Stefano Pessina
Executive Chairman at Walgreens Boots Alliance
Rupert Murdoch
Founder & Chairman Emeritus at News Corp & Fox Corporation
Chamath Palihapitiya
Founder & CEO at Social Capital
Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO & President at Ariel Investments
Esther Dyson
Founder & Executive Chairman at Wellville
Jim Yong Kim
Co-Founder at Partners In Health
Mark Hyman
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Function Health
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Former President & CEO at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Geoffrey Canada
Founder & President Emeritus at Harlem Children's Zone
Dan Pallotta
Founder at Charity Defense Council
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Co-Founder & CEO at Promise
John Hope Bryant
Founder, Chairman & CEO at Operation HOPE
Soledad O'Brien
Founder & CEO at Starfish Media Group
Phil Knight
Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus at Nike
Micky Arison
Chairman at Carnival Corporation
Isadore Sharp
Founder & Chairman at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
John Paul DeJoria
Co-Founder & Chairman at John Paul Mitchell Systems
Gordon Ramsay
Founder & CEO at Gordon Ramsay Restaurants
Wolfgang Puck
Founder & CEO at Wolfgang Puck Companies
Barbara Corcoran
Founder at The Corcoran Group
Sean Brock
Chef & Owner at Audrey
Dominique Ansel
Chef & Owner at Dominique Ansel Bakery
Cat Cora
Chef & Founder at Cat Cora Inc.
Blake Mycoskie
Founder at TOMS Shoes
Eric Topol
Founder & Director at Scripps Research Translational Institute
Vivek Murthy
Co-Founder at TrialNetworks
Jessica Jackley
Co-Founder at Kiva
Sophia Amoruso
Founder & CEO at Nasty Gal / Girlboss
George Soros
Founder & Chairman at Soros Fund Management
Mark Cuban
Founder at Cost Plus Drugs
Howard Schultz
Former Chairman & CEO at Starbucks
Steve Cohen
Founder & CEO at Point72 Asset Management
Bob Iger
CEO at The Walt Disney Company
Suze Orman
Founder & CEO at Suze Orman Financial Group
Sanjay Gupta
Chief Medical Correspondent & Neurosurgeon at CNN / Emory University
Anjali Sud
Former CEO at Vimeo
Bozoma Saint John
Founder & CEO at Creative Culture Group
Toby Cosgrove
Former President & CEO at Cleveland Clinic
Deval Patrick
Managing Director at Bain Capital Double Impact
Abraham Verghese
Professor & Author at Stanford School of Medicine
David Agus
Professor & Founder at Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
Theresia Gouw
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Acrew Capital
Elizabeth Blackburn
Nobel Laureate & Former President at Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Sam Altman
CEO at OpenAI
Tyler Perry
Founder & Chairman at Tyler Perry Studios
Ralph Lauren
Founder & Executive Chairman at Ralph Lauren Corporation
Carl Icahn
Founder & Chairman at Icahn Enterprises
Guy Fieri
Founder & CEO at Guy Fieri Restaurant Group
Ina Garten
Author & Host at Barefoot Contessa
Bobbi Brown
Founder & CEO at Jones Road Beauty
Alice Waters
Founder & Owner at Chez Panisse
Thomas Keller
Chef & Proprietor at The French Laundry / Per Se
Rick Bayless
Chef & Owner at Frontera Grill / Topolobampo
Lidia Bastianich
Chef, Author & Television Host at Felidia / Lidia's Italy
Geoffrey Zakarian
Chef & Restaurateur at The Lambs Club / The National
Andrew Zimmern
Chef, Writer & TV Host at Bizarre Foods / Lucky Cricket
Dean Ornish
Founder & President at Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Sallie Krawcheck
CEO & Co-Founder at Ellevest
David Tepper
Founder & President at Appaloosa Management
David Rubenstein
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman at The Carlyle Group
Kevin Plank
Founder & Executive Chairman at Under Armour
Li Ka-shing
Founder & Senior Advisor at CK Hutchison Holdings
Tommy Hilfiger
Founder & Principal Designer at Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
Andrew Weil
Founder & Director at Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
Emeril Lagasse
Founder & Chairman at Emeril's Restaurants
Anthony Fauci
Former Director at NIAID / National Institutes of Health
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Co-Founder & CEO at Bivacor Therapeutics
Katalin Karikó
Nobel Laureate & Former SVP at BioNTech
Paul Offit
Director, Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Denis Mukwege
Founder & Medical Director at Panzi Hospital
Tu Youyou
Nobel Laureate & Chief Scientist at China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
John Rogers Jr.
Founder, Chairman & Co-CEO at Ariel Investments
Daniel Boulud
Chef-Owner & Founder at The Dinex Group
Lakshmi Mittal
Chairman at ArcelorMittal
Miuccia Prada
Co-CEO & Lead Designer at Prada Group
Robin Li
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO at Baidu
Alice Walton
Chairwoman at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Christian Louboutin
Founder & Designer at Christian Louboutin
Bobby Flay
Chef, Restaurateur & Media Personality at Bobby Flay Restaurants
Huda Kattan
Founder & Chairwoman at Huda Beauty
Christian Siriano
Founder & Creative Director at Christian Siriano
Aurora James
Founder & Creative Director at Brother Vellies / Fifteen Percent Pledge
René Redzepi
Co-Founder & Former Head Chef at Noma
Carla Hall
Chef, Author & TV Personality at Carla Hall Enterprises
Peter Hotez
Dean & Professor at National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor
Peter Attia
Founder at Early Medical
Meredith Whittaker
President at Signal Foundation
Neri Oxman
Founder & CEO at OXMAN
Azim Premji
Founder Chairman at Wipro
Diane von Fürstenberg
Founder & Chairwoman at DVF
Stephen M. Ross
Chairman & Founder at Related Companies
Noubar Afeyan
Founder & CEO at Flagship Pioneering
Angela Ahrendts
Former CEO / SVP at Burberry / Apple Retail
Kenneth Chenault
Former Chairman & CEO at American Express
Robert Herjavec
Founder & CEO at Herjavec Group
Grant Achatz
Chef & Co-Owner at Alinea Group
Nadya Okamoto
Founder & CEO at August
Vivienne Ming
Founder & Executive Chair at Socos Labs
Yotam Ottolenghi
Chef & Founder at Ottolenghi
Clare Smyth
Chef-Owner at Core by Clare Smyth
Anil Dash
CEO at Glitch
Regina Benjamin
Founder & Former U.S. Surgeon General at Gulf States Health Policy Center
Zubin Damania
Founder at Turntable Health
N.R. Narayana Murthy
Co-Founder at Infosys
Gina Rinehart
Executive Chairman at Hancock Prospecting
Len Blavatnik
Founder & Chairman at Access Industries
Yvon Chouinard
Founder at Patagonia
Tope Awotona
Founder & CEO at Calendly
Kendra Scott
Founder & Executive Chairwoman at Kendra Scott
Alexis Ohanian
Co-Founder & General Partner at 776 / Reddit
Gavin Kaysen
Chef & Owner at Soigné Hospitality Group
Ezekiel Emanuel
Vice Provost & Professor at University of Pennsylvania
Leroy Hood
Co-Founder & Professor Emeritus at Institute for Systems Biology
Edward Lee
Chef & Founder at LEE Initiative
Claire Saffitz
Author & Pastry Chef at Claire Saffitz LLC
Nadine Burke Harris
Founder & Former Surgeon General of California at Center for Youth Wellness
Joy Buolamwini
Founder at Algorithmic Justice League
Kristen Kish
Chef & Television Host at Top Chef / Arlo Grey
Mike Cannon-Brookes
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Atlassian
Renzo Rosso
Founder & President at OTB Group / Diesel
Ken Griffin
Founder & CEO at Citadel
Ernesto Bertarelli
Former CEO at Serono / Waypoint Capital
Matt Mullenweg
Co-Founder & CEO at Automattic / WordPress
Nancy Silverton
Founder & Chef at Mozza Restaurant Group
Sarah Friar
CEO at Nextdoor
Michael Solomonov
Co-Founder & Chef at CookNSolo Restaurants
Pati Jinich
Chef, Author & TV Host at Pati's Mexican Table
Agnes Binagwaho
Vice Chancellor at University of Global Health Equity
Helene Gayle
President at Spelman College
Jenna Lyons
Founder & CEO at LoveSeen
Yancey Strickler
Co-Founder at Kickstarter
JJ Johnson
Founder & Chef at FIELDTRIP
Tina Sharkey
Co-Founder & CEO at Brandless
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