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Felix Dennis, the late British publishing magnate, poet, and author, turned a rags-to-riches life into candid, unconventional thinking about wealth creation, ownership, and control, leaving a sharper question behind: what does pursuing money ultimately demand of a life?
Jan Koum, co-founder of WhatsApp, pairs steadfast user privacy with a simple, powerful product philosophy, offering a study in entrepreneurial focus: how disciplined simplicity can support global impact without losing sight of the people using the product.
Richard Liu, founder and CEO of JD.com, connects entrepreneurship and leadership with an unwavering pursuit of success, centering the strategic question that outlasts short-term noise: how can a clear vision guide a business through sustained, long-term execution?
Zhang Yin, founder and chairwoman of Nine Dragons Paper, turned modest beginnings into a global recycling business by moving waste paper from the United States to China, demonstrating how grit, foresight, and supply-chain insight can reveal industrial opportunity.
Alex Bouaziz, co-founder and CEO of Deel, tackles the complexity of hiring and paying international teams, using rapid company building to explore a larger question: what principles let entrepreneurs turn global talent into a workable future of work?
Judith R. Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, built a dominant electronic health records company while preserving private ownership and a distinctive culture, grounding her unconventional leadership in principles that place long-term vision ahead of short-term gains.
Alex Atzberger, CEO of Optimizely and a technology executive with extensive SAP experience, connects digital transformation and marketing’s future to the practical leadership challenge of driving growth while fostering the innovation needed to keep a technology business moving.
Dan Siroker, co-founder of Optimizely and a leader in A/B testing, brings data-driven decision-making from political analytics into entrepreneurship, using his experience building technology companies to examine products, culture, and the difficult terrain of startup leadership.