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Komal Ahmad – A Founder Using Tech to Solve Food Insecurity

Komal Ahmad – A Founder Using Tech to Solve Food Insecurity

Komal Ahmad was on her way to becoming a doctor when a chance encounter with a hungry, unhoused veteran changed her life. She founded Copia, an organization responsible for connecting nonprofits with more than 6.5 million pounds of potential food waste. She is also a...

A Look at Jim Kimsey, Army Ranger Turned Influential Tech Executive 

A Look at Jim Kimsey, Army Ranger Turned Influential Tech Executive 

Jim Kimsey cofounded America Online in his 40s after successful careers in the military and business. The tech company, which he led in its early days, proved to be his biggest financial success. Following his retirement in the mid-‘90s, he spent the remainder of his...

How Did Jensen Huang Build Nvidia into a Trillion-Dollar Company?

How Did Jensen Huang Build Nvidia into a Trillion-Dollar Company?

Jensen Huang developed toughness and resiliency while attending a reform school as a youth. After graduating from Stanford University, he cofounded the chip maker Nvidia. Still its CEO, he has become one of the world’s richest people, largely thanks to his prescience...

Tony Fadell – A Look at the Game-Changing Inventor and Entrepreneur

Tony Fadell – A Look at the Game-Changing Inventor and Entrepreneur

Tony Fadell parlayed a childhood fascination with computers into a career that saw him develop some of the most influential tech devices of all time. The "father of the iPod" and a co-inventor of the iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat, Fadell spent his early career...

Lanre Ogungbe – A CEO Providing Digital Security Solutions in Africa

Lanre Ogungbe – A CEO Providing Digital Security Solutions in Africa

Lanre Ogungbe recognized that businesses in emerging markets were lacking a secure verification system for processing payments. A graduate of Johns Hopkins' business school and the Y Combinator accelerator, he sought to fill this gap by launching Identitypass. ...

The Remarkable Life of Pioneering Tech Executive Paul Allen 

The Remarkable Life of Pioneering Tech Executive Paul Allen 

Paul Allen became a billionaire after founding Microsoft with childhood friend Bill Gates. After leaving the company in 1983, he spent the rest of his life pursuing diverse interests, from buying professional sports teams to giving away his wealth to charity. ...

Everything You Need to Know about Tech Industry Leader Alexis Ohanian

Everything You Need to Know about Tech Industry Leader Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian cofounded Reddit intending to make it "the front page of the internet." He succeeded and was dubbed the “Mayor of the Internet” for his subsequent tech-industry advocacy. The husband of retired tennis star Serena Williams, Ohanian has also lent his...