Tim Burton is an American director, producer, animator, writer, and artist, who is best known for his work with films such as “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and more. Burton was born in Burbank, California, and when he was only a preteen, he began making short films in his backyard using stop motion animation techniques or film without... read full bio
Katie Nolan is an American television host, comedian, and Internet personality who has been the host of “Always Late with Katie Nolan” and host of the weekly ESPN podcast called “Sports With Katie Nolan”. Nolan has previously hosted “Garbage Time with Katie Nolan” on Fox Sports, which earned her a Sports Emmy Award. Nolan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and... read full bio
Howard Schultz is an American businessman who was CEO of Starbucks of several years as well as it’s executive chairman for a year. He has been a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, was a member of Board of Directors at Square, Inc., and was also co-founder of Maveron. Schultz graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor’s degree in... 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
Ivanka Trump joined The Trump Organization in 2005 as a member of the development team. She is currently involved in over 30 national and international real estate projects. An accomplished speaker and jet-setting world traveler, Trump makes appearances on behalf of the Trump Organization. She is also managing the development of new Trump buildings worldwide. Prior to joining The Trump... 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
"Jeff Weiner is a businessman most well-known as the CEO of the business-savvy social network LinkedIn. LinkedIn has changed the face of the business world, and Jeff Weiner has been a catalyst for that change. Weiner knew from a young age that he wanted to be a part of the digital media wave of business. After graduating from The Wharton... read full bio
Indian-American business executive Sahatya Nadella is the chief executive officer of Microsoft. Prior to being the CEO of Miscrosoft, Nadella worked for Sun Microsystems. After that, he moved the Microsoft and worked in the cloud computing development within the company. He moved his way up the ladder within the company, becoming the vice president of Research and Development for the... read full bio
" Marc Benioff is an author, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist, and he is known as the chairman, founder, and CEO of Salesforce. The mission and marketing motto of Salesforce is “The End of Software,” as the business is based on cloud computing. He also is a proponent of using a “platform as a service.” Benioff has authored three books entitled... read full bio
Jake Paul is an actor, YouTuber star, and social media celebrity. Jake Paul gets his claim to fame from the now-defunct video app, Vine. He is also a former Disney Channel star, having played Dirk on the show Bizaardvark. Jake amassed over 5 million followers on Vine and 2 billion plays. Jake was an invited guest at a social media-centered... read full bio
