Founders

Photo of Alexis Ohanian
Success

Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House, and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career.’ He founded Reddit

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January 31, 2026
Ryan Serhant taking a selfie
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Ryan Serhant starts work at 4:30 a.m.—he says most people don’t achieve their dreams because ‘what they really want is just to be lazy’

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January 31, 2026
Sweat cofounder Kayla Itsines
Success

Kayla Itsines became a millionaire at 22 and sold her fitness app for $400 million—buying a gas station paid her rent

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January 30, 2026
The founder and CEO of $98 billion Intercontinental Exchange, Jeffrey Sprecher
Success

Inspired by Steve Jobs, the owner of NYSE says some successful leaders don’t invent—they just have ‘good taste’ and surround themselves with smart people

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January 29, 2026
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Success

After 40 years of climbing the ladder, Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon is retiring—his top tip for Gen Z is that ‘life is too short’ to hate their jobs

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January 26, 2026
Virta Health CEO Sami Inkinen
Success

The CEO of a $2 billion healthcare firm only felt rich after he paid off $100K in student loans—but that joy ‘disappeared’ in less than 3 days

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January 25, 2026
Jake Miller, CEO of Fellow.
Success

This millennial founder got rejected 73 times before building a 9-figure coffee company. One more no, ‘I would have figured out how to sell a kidney’

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January 24, 2026
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Success

Apple cofounder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% stake for $800 in 1976—today it’d be worth up to $400 billion

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January 23, 2026
Logan Paul
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Logan Paul tells Gen Z they can turn any passion into a career—he’s turned Pokémon, YouTube, and wrestling into an empire worth millions

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January 17, 2026
Jeffrey Sprecher, President and Founder, CEO of Intercontinental Exchange
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Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant

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January 16, 2026
John Mackey, standing on stage, has his head turned downward with both hands touching his lips.
C-Suite

Whole Foods cofounder says his hardest ever business decision was firing his father from his company board: ‘That was when my mentorship was over’

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January 14, 2026
Jimmy Donaldson, also known as MrBeast
Success

Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast says he’s having to borrow cash and doesn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s

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January 13, 2026
Sergey Brin
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Google’s Sergey Brin admits he’s hiring ‘tons’ of workers without degrees: ‘They just figure things out on their own in some weird corner’

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January 12, 2026
Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’
Politics

Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’

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January 8, 2026
The Diary of a CEO founder Steven Bartlett
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Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview

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January 8, 2026

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