Founders

Melissa Ben Ishay attends The Build Series to discuss Baked By Melissa at AOL HQ on October 14, 2016 in New York City.

Baked by Melissa’s founder was fired at 24. Two decades later, she’s ‘so freaking thrilled’ to step down as CEO

By Eva Roytburg

March 19, 2026

Travis Kalanick, cofounder and former chief executive officer of Uber

Uber cofounder says human workers will be extremely ‘valuable’ until super AGI steps into the picture: ‘That’s my white pill’

By Emma Burleigh

March 19, 2026

Nicole Bernard Dawes, the founder of Late July and Nixie

The founder of $100M brand Late July and Nixie started selling $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from the founder of Cape Cod chips—her dad

By Emma Burleigh

March 15, 2026

Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital

Billionaire Bill Ackman says he doesn’t like ‘wasting money’—he’ll even drive elsewhere for cheaper garages, despite once owning a parking company

By Emma Burleigh

March 14, 2026

Inside Lululemon’s founder’s war with the board he says is killing his brand

March 14, 2026

Apple CEO Tim Cook

Tim Cook says late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs gave him this unforgettable advice before handing over the reins as CEO: ‘Never ask what I would do’

By Emma Burleigh

March 11, 2026

Meet the millennial who turned a $400 side hustle into TikTok Shop’s biggest teeth whitening brand in the UK—now he splashes $335 a month on haircuts and lost $20K on crypto

By Orianna Rosa Royle

March 10, 2026

This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’

By Emma Burleigh

March 8, 2026

Ring is one of the largest companies ever to come out of Shark Tank. Its CEO says he prepared for his pitch like an Olympic athlete

Ring is one of the largest companies ever to come out of Shark Tank. Its CEO says he prepared for his pitch like an Olympic athlete

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

March 7, 2026

Baby in hospital

Chinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business

By Emma Burleigh

March 5, 2026

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman

Blackstone CEO took home $1.2 billion last year after going ‘max everything’ with work—but he wouldn’t advise his children to put themselves under so much pressure

By Emma Burleigh

March 2, 2026

Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield

Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slideshows

By Emma Burleigh

March 1, 2026

heitmann

Here’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight

By Tim Heitmann

March 1, 2026

Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman

Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

February 27, 2026

Late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs

Former Apple exec had lunch with his boss Steve Jobs for 15 years—he says the late founder’s ‘insatiable curiosity’ taught him to never coast on his expertise

By Emma Burleigh

February 25, 2026

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