Ranked #1
Emily Weiss
Emily Weiss
Glossier is an online beauty company that launched on Instagram in 2014. Emily is also the founder of Into the Gloss, a... Read more
22 Feb 2018
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19mins
Ranked #2
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
Chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller bought the French Laundry, a restaurant in Napa Valley California, and turned it int... Read more
21 Jan 2016
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32mins
Ranked #3
Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey
Jack is a serial entrepreneur who has started two companies — Twitter and Square — that, on the face of it, seem entirel... Read more
14 Apr 2016
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32mins
Ranked #4
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna launched the Huffington Post, the online media platform, in 2005. The company was acquired by AOL in 2011 and w... Read more
14 Jul 2016
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32mins
Ranked #5
Nancy Lublin
Nancy Lublin
When you’re preparing for a job interview, you want to put your best foot forward. But sometimes there’s a catch 22 when... Read more
30 May 2011
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32mins
Ranked #6
Drew Houston
Drew Houston
Dropbox is a file sharing and personal data storage company that allows users to access their content (Microsoft Word do... Read more
26 Jan 2017
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32mins
Ranked #7
Essie Weingarten
Essie Weingarten
Essie started her eponymous brand in 1981 with $10,000 after working in the hosiery business. When Essie launched, there... Read more
16 Jun 2023
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30mins
Ranked #8
Uri Levine
Uri Levine
Waze is a crowd sourced traffic navigation app. Drivers share real-time traffic and road information to help other users... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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29mins
Ranked #9
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy
Some sculptors work with materials like bronze or marble, which last forever; but others build sculptures made of ice or... Read more
18 Dec 2014
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19mins
Ranked #10
Kevin Ryan
Kevin Ryan
Kevin is an internet entrepreneur who has led innovation in the online advertising and e-commerce space since the late 1... Read more
18 Apr 2013
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32mins
Ranked #11
Patrick Collison
Patrick Collison
Stripe is a financial software company that helps businesses manage their online and mobile transactions. Patrick starte... Read more
3 Jan 2020
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31mins
Ranked #12
Leah Busque
Leah Busque
TaskRabbit is an online service that allows users to outsource small tasks to individuals known as TaskRabbits. These T... Read more
5 Dec 2013
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32mins
Ranked #13
Kelly Flatley & Brendan Synnott
Kelly Flatley & Brendan Synnott
There are more and more students graduating from college looking to become entrepreneurs. But where do they start? What ... Read more
7 Aug 2011
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32mins
Ranked #14
Sarabeth Levine
Sarabeth Levine
Pastry chef and restaurateur Sarabeth Levine started her business by first selling marmalade, a family recipe, in a sma... Read more
23 Dec 2011
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32mins
Ranked #15
Luis von Ahn
Luis von Ahn
Luis is an inventor and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon. He is one of the creators of CAPTCHA, a system th... Read more
2 Jun 2023
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30mins
Ranked #16
Neil Blumenthal
Neil Blumenthal
Warby Parker is an online eyeglass retailer that sells low cost vintage inspired glasses. For each pair sold, Warby Par... Read more
5 Oct 2017
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32mins
Ranked #17
Daniel Lubetzky
Daniel Lubetzky
KIND is a food company that produces sweet and savory bars with whole nuts, spices, and fruit, among other products. KI... Read more
17 Mar 2023
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30mins
Ranked #18
Andy Dunn
Andy Dunn
Bonobos is an e-commerce company that sells men’s clothing. Bonobos started off with the goal of selling better fitting... Read more
20 Jun 2017
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32mins
Ranked #19
Andrew Rosen
Andrew Rosen
Andrew launched Theory, a contemporary clothing company, in 1997 with co-founder Eli Tahari. Theory used the stretchy f... Read more
12 May 2023
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31mins
Ranked #20
Scott Harrison
Scott Harrison
charity: water provides clean water to communities in developing countries. Scott launched charity: water in 2006 afte... Read more
29 Mar 2018
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30mins