J.K. Rowling is a British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter and philanthropist from Yate, Gloucestershire, England. Rowling is best known for writing the Harry Potter book series, which has sold over 500 million copies and has won her numerous awards. Her books are also based off of the popular film series, which had her overall approval for the scripts.... read full bio
Considered by some to be a perfect example of “being famous for being famous,” Kim Kardashian is an American celebutante, socialite, television personality, producer, actress, entrepreneur, social media mogul, and model. She also is the daughter of late attorney Robert Kardashian. She is widely known for gaining fame for leaking her sex tape with her former boyfriend Ray J and... read full bio
One of the top icons of science-fiction films, George Lucas is the director and creator of the phenomenally successful Star Wars saga and Indiana Jones series as well as American Graffiti. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Lucas has become one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers. Aside from being a director, Lucas is also a screenwriter, producer,... read full bio
American football star Jalen Hurts plays quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. His first three collegiate football seasons were spent at the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the winning squad and appeared in two straight collegiate Football National Championships. Hurts played at the University of Oklahoma during his final year of eligibility, leading the Oklahoma Sooners to the... read full bio
Wolf Blitzer is the anchor of CNN's The Situation Room. The program focuses on the day's top news, live interviews with top newsmakers and live debriefs with CNN correspondents around the United States and the world. Before he became anchor of The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer co-anchored The World Today. One of the most insightful journalists in America today, Wolf... read full bio
Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, performer, and songwriter who was born on May 29, 1953. In the early 1980s, he rose to fame as the lead vocalist and lyricist for the new wave band Oingo Boingo. Over 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and concert hall, have earned Elfman international acclaim... read full bio
Richard Branson's journey from a risk-taking 16-year-old entrepreneur to a well-known global personality has been nothing short of amazing. The Virgin Group, an empire with more than 400 firms, was founded by this English businessman, mogul, philanthropist, and investor. Branson's entrepreneurial passion initially surfaced when he was just 16 years old, when his first business venture officially launched. He didn't let... read full bio
Conan O’Brien has established himself on the late night host. O’Brien is “one of TV’s hottest properties” according to People magazine’s poll. His distinct brand of comedy landed Conan on “Entertainment Weekly” magazine’s list of the “50 Funniest People Alive.” For years O’Brien hosted “Late Night” and was consistently nominated for Emmy Awards for Best Writing in a Comedy or... read full bio
Computer programmer and entrepreneur, Jack Dorsey is best known as the creator of Twitter. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and was fascinated by the technological challenge of coordinating taxi drivers, delivery vans and other fleets of vehicles that needed to remain in constant, real-time communication with one another. When he was 15, Dorsey wrote dispatch software that is... read full bio
The often described enthusiastic CEO of Microsoft Corporation Ballmer is CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. He joined Microsoft in 1980, the first business manager hired by his former classmate at Harvard, Bill Gates. Variously described as focused, hard charging and energetic, Ballmer grew up near Detroit, where his father worked... read full bio
Micheal Dell is the founder and CEO of one of the world's largest tech infrastructure companies in the world, Dell Technologies. Michael first began building computers in his dorm room that he later sold to classmates. At age 19, Micheal withdrew from his university to focus solely on building Dell Technologies. His dedication to computer development and brilliant innovation has... read full bio
Richard Branson is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin Group of over 360 companies. At age 16, Branson had his first successful business venture, publishing a magazine called Student. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s as he set up Virgin... read full bio
Tom Anderson co-founded the social networking website MySpace with Chris DeWolfe. Anderson was previously president of MySpace, and was a strategic adviser for the company. Because newly created MySpace accounts previously included Tom as a default "friend", he has become known as the default picture of MySpace. Working for eUniverse under the purview of Brad Greenspan, he and a few... read full bio
One of the culinary world's most celebrated figures, Tom Colicchio is perhaps best known as head judge on Bravo's Emmy Award-winning show Top Chef. Tom is also a James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef and restaurateur. Tom's Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood earned him The James Beard Foundation's ""Best Chef-New York"" Award in 2000, and his next restaurant,... read full bio
Meg Whitman joined eBay as President and CEO and led the company to become the world's online marketplace and the number one consumer e-commerce site. Meg's expertise in brand building, combined with her consumer technology experience, helped eBay evolve into a leading company that is reshaping how commerce takes place around the world. Prior to eBay, Meg was General Manager... read full bio
Larry Page is an American business magnate and computer scientist who co-founded Google, alongside Sergey Brin. Page succeeded Eric Schmidt as the Chief Executive Officer of Google, before stepping down four years later to become the CEO of Alphabet, under which Google's assets are controlled. Under the leadership of Page, Alphabet's mission is to develop groundbreaking technology in various sectors.... read full bio
Dan Howell and Phil Lester better known, as Dan and Phil are video bloggers, YouTubers, and radio personalities. They are better know as the hosts of the BBC Radio 1 show also known as The Dan and Phil Show, and The Radio 1 Request Show with Dan and Phil. Dan and Phil have hosted the Brit Awards, They participated in... read full bio
Marissa Mayer is a female American Business Leader, Engineer and Computer Programmer. She is the former CEO and President of Yahoo! Inc. Before joining Yahoo!, Marissa served a celebrated career at Google. Marissa was a long-time executive and key spokesperson for Google. She was involved in Google’s most successful products including Google Maps, Google Earth, and Gmail. Her work in... read full bio
CEO and co-founder of Box, an enterprise cloud company, Aaron Levie founded the idea for the company in college. Levie left the University of Southern California to start the company after it originated as a college business project. His friend Dylan Smith helped him found the company, and it began as a cloud where users could pay to store their... read full bio
"Tim Cook is a developer, industrial engineer, and business executive who is the CEO of Apple Inc., and he previously served as the COO off the company under Steve Jobs. Tim graduated from Auburn University with a degree in industrial engineering, and he went on to earn an M.B.A at Duke University. He worked hard at various computer technology... read full bio
