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Software, AI and the infrastructure underneath.
Technology · 29 October 2026
Dan Bricklin — Co-founder and Chairman, Software Arts
Dan Bricklin co-founded Software Arts to launch the first digital spreadsheet, transforming business analysis and laying the foundation for modern productivity tools.
Technology · 29 October 2026
Trip Hawkins — Founder, Electronic Arts
Former Apple executive Trip Hawkins founded Electronic Arts in 1982, establishing a professional publishing model that transformed home computer software into team production.
Technology · 28 October 2026
Andy Jassy — President and Chief Executive Officer, Amazon
From the foundational stages of Amazon Web Services to leading the entire company, Andy Jassy has shaped Amazon's strategic direction.
Technology · 28 October 2026
Liang Wenfeng — Co-founder of High-Flyer, and founder and CEO of DeepSeek, DeepSeek
Liang Wenfeng transitioned from a career in quantitative finance to establish DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company known for its open-weight large language models. His strategic approach has influenced the AI lan
Technology · 28 October 2026
Ren Zhengfei — Founder and CEO, Huawei
Ren Zhengfei built Huawei from a local switch assembly operation into a worldwide provider of telecommunications equipment and advanced technology.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Bobby Murphy — Co-founder and CTO, Snap Inc.
Bobby Murphy, co-founder and CTO of Snap Inc., has guided the company's technological development, from Snapchat's origins to innovative products like Spectacles.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Chris Malachowsky — Senior Vice President for Engineering and Operations, Nvidia
As a co-founder and senior leader at Nvidia, Chris Malachowsky has been instrumental in shaping the company's journey from its inception to a global technology powerhouse.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Diane Greene — Co-founder and CEO, VMware
Diane Greene's leadership at VMware established the market for mainstream virtualization, fundamentally changing how computing resources are managed.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner — Co-founder and CEO, Vivaldi Technologies
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner leads Vivaldi Technologies with a focus on employee ownership, custom software features, and strict user privacy.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Melanie Perkins — Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Canva
Melanie Perkins guided Canva from an early design tool into a global software company providing visual communication tools and artificial intelligence.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Michael Morhaime — Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Dreamhaven
After decades guiding major gaming franchises, Michael Morhaime is carving out an independent path with his studio and publishing collective, Dreamhaven.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Nat Friedman — Co-founder and CEO, Xamarin
Nat Friedman guided Xamarin from its inception as a developer tooling startup to its acquisition by Microsoft.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Shiv Nadar — Founder and Chairman, HCL Technologies
Shiv Nadar built HCL Technologies into a global IT services enterprise, steering its transition from calculator sales to an international technology corporation.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Xavier Niel — Founder and Chairman, Iliad Italia
Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad, has driven significant change in telecommunications, extending his disruptive approach to the Italian market with Iliad Italia.
Technology · 27 October 2026
Zhang Yiming — Co-founder and former CEO, ByteDance
Software engineer Zhang Yiming built ByteDance into a global technology force by replacing traditional search tools with artificial intelligence content delivery systems.
Technology · 24 October 2026
Robert Bigelow — Founder, Bigelow Aerospace
Robert Bigelow leveraged his extensive real estate developments to build an aeronautics venture focused on expandable orbital habitats.
Technology · 23 October 2026
Ehud Shapiro — Founder and CEO, Ubique
Ehud Shapiro moved from theoretical computer science to found Ubique, pioneering live interaction and digital presence on the internet.
Technology · 23 October 2026
Garrett Camp — Co-founder, Uber
Garrett Camp, a software engineer and investor, helped establish the personalized search platform StumbleUpon before co-founding the global transportation company, Uber.
Technology · 23 October 2026
Jeffrey Peterson — Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive, Quepasa
Jeffrey Peterson combined early computing skills with Wall Street experience to build Quepasa into a pioneering public bilingual web community.
Technology · 22 October 2026
Carl Pei — Co-founder and CEO, Nothing Technology Ltd.
Having built a reputation in the mobile industry, Carl Pei is shaping Nothing Technology into a distinct global hardware brand driven by design and transparent aesthetics.
Technology · 22 October 2026
Dan Gilbert — Co-founder, StockX
After transforming the mortgage industry, Dan Gilbert applied the mechanics of the stock market to high-demand consumer goods through the Detroit-based platform StockX.
Technology · 22 October 2026
Sachin Bansal — Co-founder and CEO, Flipkart
From co-founding an online bookstore in a Bangalore apartment to leading a major e-commerce platform, Sachin Bansal shaped a significant part of India's digital retail landscape.
Technology · 21 October 2026
Chamath Palihapitiya — Founder and CEO, Social Capital
Chamath Palihapitiya established Social Capital to back emerging technology and healthcare ventures, later evolving its investment approach to address broader market shifts.
Technology · 21 October 2026
Luke Nosek — Co-founder, Founders Fund
From co-founding PayPal to establishing Founders Fund, Luke Nosek has been instrumental in backing transformative companies, including an early investment in SpaceX.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Andy Hertzfeld — Co-founder, Eazel
Andy Hertzfeld brought desktop interface design to open-source software as a co-founder of Eazel.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Craig Newmark — Founder and former CEO, Craigslist
Former software engineer Craig Newmark transformed an email list into Craigslist, a simple web utility serving hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Marc Randolph — Co-founder and first CEO, Netflix, Inc.
As co-founder and first CEO, Marc Randolph helped establish Netflix, developing its initial user experience and groundbreaking subscription model.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Martin Eberhard — Co-founder and original CEO, Tesla
Martin Eberhard co-founded Tesla, Inc., serving as its first CEO. His career highlights include developing the Rocket eBook and championing performance-oriented electric vehicles.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Michael Widenius — General Partner, OpenOcean
Following a distinguished career in software development, Michael Widenius now applies his extensive experience as a general partner at the venture capital firm OpenOcean.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Morris Chang — Former Chairman, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
Morris Chang expanded Taiwan contract chipmaking infrastructure by founding Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation as a specialized integrated circuit foundry.
Technology · 20 October 2026
Yuri Milner — Co-founder and former Chairperson, VK
A key figure in the development of Russia's digital landscape, Yuri Milner co-founded the entity that would become VK, a major internet presence.
Technology · 19 October 2026
James Dyson — Founder, Dyson
James Dyson turned thousands of failed design experiments into a global hardware enterprise centered on airflow, digital motors, and relentless product development.
Technology · 19 October 2026
Jerry Yang — Co-founder and former CEO, Yahoo
From a Stanford campus project to an internet powerhouse, Jerry Yang helped shape the commercial web and directed crucial strategic investments.
Technology · 19 October 2026
John Sculley — Co-founder, Obi Worldphone
After leading consumer goods and computing giants, John Sculley co-founded Obi Worldphone to design mobile devices for developing regions.
Technology · 19 October 2026
Ken Kutaragi — Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Ken Kutaragi steered Sony into interactive entertainment, turning the PlayStation hardware into a global commercial titan before advancing into artificial intelligence.
Technology · 19 October 2026
Sid Meier — Co-founder and Director of Creative Development, Firaxis Games
From retail registers to world-building software, Sid Meier has spent decades defining the strategy genre at Firaxis Games through iterative design and simulation.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Alexey Pajitnov — Co-founder, Tetris Online, Inc.
Decades after programming Tetris in a Soviet research lab, Alexey Pajitnov joined forces with industry veterans to bring the title into online spaces.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Andrew Ng — Founder, DeepLearning.AI
Andrew Ng has significantly expanded access to AI education, reaching millions through online platforms. His work at DeepLearning.AI is central to this global effort.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Bram Cohen — Co-founder, Chia Network
After reshaping digital distribution, Bram Cohen co-founded Chia Network to build a storage-driven cryptocurrency protocol aimed at reducing energy waste.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Chad Hurley — Co-founder and CEO of YouTube, GreenPark Sports
Chad Hurley shaped how we share videos online, then explored new digital ventures and strategic investments in professional sports.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Charles Simonyi — Co-founder, Intentional Software
From early desktop software to domain-specific architectures, Charles Simonyi reshaped application engineering and led Intentional Software to automate program design.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Daniel Ek — Founder and Executive Chairman, Spotify Technology
Swedish technologist Daniel Ek transformed global audio consumption by building a licensed streaming platform that surpassed digital piracy models.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Daphne Koller — Co-founder and President, Coursera
Computer scientist Daphne Koller helped build Coursera into a worldwide platform for open coursework, institutional partnerships, and digital degrees.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Dario Amodei — Co-founder and CEO, Anthropic
As the chief executive of Anthropic, Dario Amodei pairs frontier machine learning development with rigorous safety protocols and model auditing.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Dustin Moskovitz — Board Chair, Asana Inc.
After co-founding a major social media platform, Dustin Moskovitz embarked on a new venture, creating Asana to enhance team efficiency.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Eduardo Saverin — Co-founder, Chief Financial Officer and Business Manager, Meta Platforms
Eduardo Saverin helped build the initial financial and operational framework for Facebook, the foundation of Meta Platforms.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Evan Spiegel — Co-founder and CEO, Snap Inc.
Evan Spiegel transformed a university class concept into Snap Inc., pioneering disappearing media and expanding into consumer devices.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Jack Dorsey — Co-founder and Former Board Member, Bluesky Social PBC
From early microblogging to protocol development, Jack Dorsey has tested the boundaries of digital speech and network autonomy.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Jan Koum — Co-founder and former CEO, WhatsApp LLC
How Jan Koum developed WhatsApp from an independent mobile concept into one of the largest communication networks in technology.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Jared Isaacman — Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shift4 Payments
Jared Isaacman established Shift4 Payments as a teenager, growing it into a significant force in payment processing before stepping into new ventures.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Marc Andreessen — Co-founder and general partner, Andreessen Horowitz
From pioneering web browsers to co-founding a leading venture capital firm, Marc Andreessen has consistently shaped the technological landscape.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Miguel de Icaza — Co-founder, Xamarin
Miguel de Icaza transformed modern cross-platform programming by turning shared software tools into widely adopted mobile application solutions.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Peter Molyneux — Founder, 22Cans
After decades of establishing new genres and leading prominent studios, video game designer Peter Molyneux is charting a new path with 22cans.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Richard Garriott — Founder and CEO, Portalarium
From early social games to crowdsourced online worlds, Richard Garriott sought to reshape computer role-playing at his Austin studio Portalarium.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Steve Chen — Co-founder, AVOS Systems, AVOS Systems
After co-founding YouTube, Steve Chen embarked on a new venture with AVOS Systems, creating MixBit, a platform for dynamic shared videos.
Technology · 18 October 2026
Vitalik Buterin — Co-founder and Inventor, Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin, a key figure in the cryptocurrency space, is recognized for co-founding Ethereum, a platform that has redefined possibilities in decentralized applications and finance.