Founders/CEOs

Angela Ahrendts DBE was most recently Senior Vice President of Apple Retail based in Cupertino, CA.  During her five years, she integrated Apple's physical and digital businesses to create a…

Award-winning producer Jason Blum has disrupted Hollywood with a radical new model of studio filmmaking: high-quality, micro-budget films. His multi-media company, Blumhouse Productions is also widely regarded as a driving…

Sir Richard Branson is the founder of the Virgin Group, a leading international investment group controlling more than 400 companies, and one of the world's most recognized and respected brands.…

Cindy Crawford is known to the world as one of the original supermodels who defined that pivotal moment when fashion models became stars in their own right.  

Cynthia Bissett Germanotta is president and co-founder of Born This Way Foundation, which she launched with her daughter Lady Gaga in 2012. Born This Way Foundation supports the mental health…

Misha is a Pakistani-American podcast host, writer and producer, on a mission to make shows that inspire awe and push audio into uncharted territory.

Payal is the Founder & Chairman of ClassPass and the Artistic Director of The Sa Dance Company.

"Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul," says Donna Karan, chief designer of the international company that bears her name. "For me, designing is an expression…

Historically the most senior woman on Wall Street, Sallie Krawcheck has a record of turning around financial services businesses, even during the financial crisis, by employing an intense and unique…

As one of the most highly regarded and influential executives in the worldwide media, entertainment, and communications business, Thomas "Tommy" D. Mottola most recently served as Chairman and CEO of…

Rohan Oza is a former Chief Marketing Officer at Coca-Cola, and mastermind behind some of the most iconic brands in the consumer space today. Dubbed “Hollywood’s Brandfather” by the Hollywood…

Lauren is the founder and CEO of the world’s first and largest zero-waste lifestyle shop, Package Free Shop, as well as the founder of the internationally-celebrated media platform, Trash is…

Shelley Zalis is an internationally renowned thought leader for advancing equality in the workplace and is the CEO of The Female Quotient. As the first female chief executive ranked in…