Sebastian Siemiatkowski, born on October 3, 1981, in Sweden (43), is an entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of Klarna, a financial technology company offering online financial services. After a difficult childhood and working m…

Sarah Friar, born on December 24, 1972 (52) in Sion Mills, Northern Ireland, is the current Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, a U.S.-based artificial intelligence organization. Before arriving at the AI developer, the Northe…

Ian Arlyn Kupchik is an Argentine hotel entrepreneur, known for being the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the luxury hotel chain Grand Lux Collection. His leadership is distinguished by an a…

Mark Leslie James Dixon, born on November 2, 1959 (65 years old) in Essex, England, is a British entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of International Workplace Group (IWG), also known by its original name, Regus. T…

Tristan Walker, born on July 5, 1984, in Queens, New York, is an American entrepreneur best known for founding Walker & Company, a health and beauty company dedicated to creating grooming products for men of color. His fl…

Nadiem Makarim, born on July 4, 1984 (41 years old) in Singapore, is a former Minister of Education, Technology, Research, and Culture, serving from 2021 to 2024. He is also the founder of Gojek, created in 2010, a multiservi…

Min-Liang Tan, born on November 5, 1977, in Singapore, is the current CEO, chairman, and creative director of Razer, a Singaporean company that develops video games and electronic products for gamers. Tan is the most importan…

Changpeng Zhao, born in 1977 in Jiangsu, China, is the former CEO of Binance and served four months in prison after pleading guilty to legal violations. He completed his sentence and was later approached by Pakistan’s Ministr…

Peter Wennick, born on May 30, 1957, in the Netherlands, is the current chairman of Heineken after an extensive journey as CEO of ASML, a Dutch company dedicated to the development of software and hardware. He spent more than…

Tim Brown, born on June 24, 1962 in Preston, England, is the chairman of IDEO, a design and innovation company closely associated with the concept of “design thinking.” This concept, which Brown helped refine and popularize, …

Margherita Della Valle, born on April 13, 1965, in Veneto, Italy (60 years old), is the current chief executive officer of Vodafone, a British multinational telecommunications company operating in over 10 countries across fou…

Lei Jun, born on December 16, 1969 in China, is one of the co-founders of Xiaomi, a Chinese technology corporation. Jun is also the CEO of the brand and, since 2014, according to Forbes—the business-focused magazine—…

Ramiro González is an Argentine federal prosecutor with over forty years of experience in the National Judiciary. In his current roles within the Public Prosecutor’s Office, he has served in highly complex criminal cases, pri…

Cristina Scocchia, born on December 4, 1973, in San Remo, Italy, is the current Chief Executive Officer of Illycaffè, a company specialized in coffee production based in Trieste. She is one of the few Italian women serving as…

Isabelle Kocher, born on December 9, 1966 (58 years old) in France, is the former CEO of Engie, a multinational electric utility company. In her country, she was the first woman to become CEO of a major company in the energy …