The people behind the companies
Business & Founders
How companies begin, scale and change. Explore the lives of founders, operators and investors through their decisions, products and business milestones.
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Founding a company, leading it and investing in it are different roles. Each biography identifies the individual’s contribution, the organizations involved and the dates of key leadership changes. Independent editorial coverage; inclusion does not imply membership or endorsement.
Commerce & Consumer Brands
2 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
Investment & Conglomerates
4 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
Bernard Arnault
LVMH chairman and CEO
Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries chairman and managing director
Ratan Tata
Former Tata Sons chairman; industrialist, 1937–2024
Warren Buffett
Investor; Berkshire Hathaway chairman emeritus and director
Platforms & Media
4 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
Brian Chesky
Airbnb co-founder and CEO
Jack Ma
Alibaba co-founder; former executive chairman
Reed Hastings
Netflix co-founder; former CEO and chairman
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Bumble founder and CEO
Real Estate & Hospitality
2 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
Technology & AI
7 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder; chair of the Gates Foundation
Elon Musk
Tesla CEO and co-founder; SpaceX founder and CEO
Jensen Huang
NVIDIA co-founder, president and CEO
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta co-founder, chairman and CEO
Melanie Perkins
Canva co-founder and CEO
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies founder, chairman and CEO
Steve Jobs
Apple co-founder and former CEO; entrepreneur, 1955–2011
Travel & Ventures
1 biographies · Company histories & career milestones
