THE PEOPLE INDEX

Founder & Entrepreneur
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Digital Business

Alex Hormozi

Acquisition.com

From gym ownership to investment and publishing, Alex Hormozi develops his business ideas around the practical work of serving customers and building operations.

Media & Marketing

Myron Gaines

Fresh & Fit

Myron Gaines built a public media identity through Fresh & Fit, connecting a recurring podcast with conversations about fitness, finances and relationships.

Media & Marketing

Chris Do

The Futur · Blind

Chris Do connects his experience running Blind with education about pricing, sales, branding and developing a livelihood through creative services.

Technology

Ali Abdaal

Voicepal

From Cambridge medical student to a publishing and software business, Ali Abdaal has built a career around making learning and creative work more approachable.

Consumer Brands

Mike Thurston

THRST

Mike Thurston's work combines fitness publishing with the THRST app, clothing and long-form conversations about the lives behind entrepreneurial careers.

Digital Business

Justin Waller

RedIron Construction · Construct Collective

Justin Waller brings a trade-business perspective to digital education, linking construction experience with learning material about people, pricing and operations.

Digital Business

Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban Companies · Cost Plus Drugs

Mark Cuban's business history spans MicroSolutions, Broadcast.com and the Mavericks, with later ventures and public work introducing additional industries and operating models.

Digital Business

Simon Squibb

HelpBnk

Simon Squibb connects a career in agencies and investment with HelpBnk, a business-support platform built around people giving and receiving practical help.

Digital Business

Tristan Tate

The War Room

Tristan Tate appears alongside Andrew Tate in The War Room's presentation, with the network offering discussions, events and opportunities for member connections.

Digital Business

Andrew Tate

The Real World · The War Room

Andrew Tate's sporting background and public identity connect with digital learning and networking products, including The Real World and The War Room.

Consumer Brands

Ruben Onuha

ICON Amsterdam

Ruben Onuha's business story centers on building ICON Amsterdam, with a public presence that connects the brand's clothing, creative work and entrepreneurial development.

Technology

Noah Kagan

AppSumo

Noah Kagan moved through early roles at Facebook and Mint before founding AppSumo, then built a publishing career around testing ideas and finding customers.

Consumer Brands

Samuel Onuha

ICON Amsterdam

Samuel Onuha's entrepreneurial work brings together clothing, online retail and the experience he shares through his own publishing and coaching channels.

Digital Business

Iman Gadzhi

Educate · IAG Media

Iman Gadzhi's career connects IAG Media with learning platforms, agency software, physical products and a documented contribution to a school project in Nepal.

Digital Business

Luke Belmar

Capital Club

Luke Belmar's association with Capital Club brings a public entrepreneurial identity together with a community offering several ways to meet, exchange ideas and learn.

Consumer Brands

Pat Flynn

SwitchPod

Pat Flynn's career connects online education with product development, from documenting his business experiments to co-creating SwitchPod's equipment for video makers.

Digital Business

Zack Lalouti

Merazki

Zack Lalouti is a European entrepreneur and Merazki's founder, helping companies scale through websites, AI workflows, sales funnels and brand identities.

Media & Marketing

Chris Williamson

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson developed a continuing publishing presence around curiosity and personal development, bringing a podcast audience together with a written newsletter.

Digital Business

Joule Sullivan

Custom Made Business Setup · The Sartorial Shooter

Joule Sullivan connects a recognizable online identity with a service business helping clients navigate the practical work of establishing companies in the UAE.

Digital Business

Justin Welsh

Justin Welsh connects practical sales experience with courses, essays and a newsletter about building a small internet business around an individual's skills.

Digital Business

Leila Hormozi

Acquisition.com

Leila Hormozi's career connects gym turnarounds and operating systems with an investment platform and a public voice on building teams and businesses.

Digital Business

Hamza Ahmed

Library of Adonis / Educational Content Creators

Known on Instagram as @cultleaderhamza, Hamza Ahmed brings content, courses and member discussions together through his online communities.

Digital Business

Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins' public identity connects a long publishing and speaking career with several formats for participating in personal and professional development.

Finance & Investing

Sahil Bloom

SRB Holdings

Sahil Bloom moved from a private-equity career into public writing, business ownership and investment, with SRB Holdings providing the primary company connection behind his creator identity.

E-commerce

Jeff Bezos

Amazon · Blue Origin

Jeff Bezos' biography connects Amazon's early online bookstore with its broader infrastructure businesses, a leadership transition and the founding of Blue Origin.

Digital Business

Brezscales

Brez Marketing

Brezscales uses a personal media presence to introduce his marketing work, training material and services for brands.

Technology

Bill Gates

Microsoft · Gates Foundation

Bill Gates' biography connects the development of a software business with foundation work in health and development, and a public platform for sharing ideas.

Digital Business

Daniel Priestley

Dent Global

Daniel Priestley's career connects business education with software, using Dent Global and related products to help founders explain, market and develop their companies.

Technology

Mark Zuckerberg

James Dumoulin

The School of Hard Knocks

James Dumoulin develops a business media platform through street interviews, production work and workshops on creating content for an audience.

Technology

Elon Musk

SpaceX · Tesla

Elon Musk's career brings together software ventures and large engineering businesses, with distinct founding, investment and leadership chapters.

Technology

Pieter Levels

Photo AI

Pieter Levels connects rapid product experiments with independently operated internet businesses, with Photo AI providing the primary company file for his work in generative-image software.

Media & Marketing

MrBeast

Beast Industries / Feastables

MrBeast developed a creator business that reaches beyond online videos, with Feastables, Beast Games and Beast Philanthropy giving his public identity several distinct settings.

Digital Business

Gary Vaynerchuk

VaynerX · VaynerMedia · VeeFriends

Gary Vaynerchuk's career developed from the family wine store into VaynerMedia and a wider public identity, with character-based products adding another business chapter.

Digital Business

Grant Cardone

Cardone University / Cardone Capital

Grant Cardone's business activities span sales education, books, conferences and property investment, with separate organizations behind the different offerings.

Media & Marketing

Logan Paul

IMPAULSIVE

Logan Paul's business work spans the IMPAULSIVE podcast, the PRIME beverage brand and a public career that moves between digital media and live entertainment.

Digital Business

Patrick Bet-David

Valuetainment / Bet-David Consulting

Patrick Bet-David's business background spans PHP Agency and a recurring media platform, with books and consulting extending his interest in strategy and leadership.

Digital Business

Steven Bartlett

Flightstory · The Diary of a CEO

Steven Bartlett's career connects Wallpark and Social Chain with Flightstory, thirdweb and a public platform built around extended conversations and business ideas.

Consumer Brands

Dan Bilzerian

IGNITE

Dan Bilzerian's business story centres on the relationship between a recognisable personal image, the IGNITE brand and a wider media career.

Consumer Brands

KSI

PRIME

Known publicly as KSI and JJ, Olajide Olatunji has built a career across digital entertainment, music and boxing, with PRIME providing his primary company association.

Digital Business

Andy Frisella

1st Phorm / Supplement Superstores

Andy Frisella connects experience in customer service and nutrition retail with a fitness brand, public business discussions and a defined discipline programme.

E-commerce

Sebastian Ghiorghiu

E-commerce & digital media

Sebastian Ghiorghiu uses his own entrepreneurial journey as the subject of a media presence centred on online business, finance and personal development.

Finance & Investing

Ryan Pineda

Wealthy Investor

Ryan Pineda developed a public business identity around real estate, bringing his operating experience into coaching, events and a continuing media presence.

Media & Marketing

Alex Cooper

Unwell

Alex Cooper expanded a recognizable interview show into Unwell, combining her work as a host with the responsibilities of building a platform for other creators.

Technology

Anne Boden

Starling Bank

Anne Boden's founder story connects computing, banking operations and the creation of Starling, followed by a transition from its founding chief executive role.

Digital Business

Arlin Moore

8AM World

Arlin Moore brings video publishing and brand strategy together with community experiences and a selective network for entrepreneurs and creative professionals.

Consumer Brands

Ben Francis

Gymshark

Ben Francis built Gymshark from a garage operation into a fitness brand, developing his approach to products, investment and company leadership along the way.

Consumer Brands

Emma Chamberlain

Chamberlain Coffee

Emma Chamberlain connects a recognizable creator voice with Chamberlain Coffee, a business built around the coffee ritual that appeared throughout her everyday content.

E-commerce

Biaheza

E-commerce & digital media

Biaheza built an audience around e-commerce experiments and later connected that publishing with a dropshipping course, which closed to new enrolment in 2024.

Digital Business

Brandon Carter

High Ticket Trainer

Brandon Carter connects a background in fitness with media and education aimed at trainers who want to build a business around their expertise.

Digital Business

Brian Chesky

Airbnb

Brian Chesky brought a design background into the development of Airbnb, from its first guests in San Francisco to a wider accommodation marketplace.

Consumer Brands

Huda Kattan

Huda Beauty

Huda Kattan developed Huda Beauty from a recognizable beauty voice into a product business, combining makeup expertise, a direct audience relationship and a continuing founder role.

Digital Business

Codie Sanchez

Contrarian Thinking / Contrarian Capital

Codie Sanchez brings an ownership-focused perspective to business education, investing and publishing, with everyday service companies central to her public work.

Digital Business

Daniel Ek

Spotify

Daniel Ek's Spotify career spans the creation of a music service, expansion into other audio formats and a transition from chief executive to executive chairman.

Digital Business

Dan Lok

Dan Lok's entrepreneurial background connects a move to Canada, agency work and mentorship with education about communication, high-value offers and business development.

Media & Marketing

Marques Brownlee

MKBHD

Marques Brownlee connects technology reviews, interviews and studio production through MKBHD, turning a personal interest in devices into an identifiable digital-media business.

Digital Business

Dan Martell

Martell Ventures

Dan Martell brings the experience of creating software businesses into education for entrepreneurs navigating growing teams and changing responsibilities.

Digital Business

David de las Morenas

How to Beast / BEASTLY

David de las Morenas developed How to Beast into a recognisable media identity, with BEASTLY providing a related digital fitness product.

Digital Business

Ed Mylett

The Ed Mylett Show

Ed Mylett brings interviews, speaking and publishing together around the choices, habits and experiences people bring to performance and professional life.

Media & Marketing

Ryan Reynolds

Maximum Effort

Ryan Reynolds's entrepreneurial work includes Maximum Effort, a production and marketing business whose projects connect his experience on screen with the work of building brands and telling commercial stories.

Consumer Brands

Greg O'Gallagher

Kinobody

Greg O'Gallagher connects his public fitness identity with Kinobody, bringing content, training products and a consumer brand together under one name.

Consumer Brands

James Dyson

Dyson

James Dyson's career connects design education, sustained prototyping and the work of building a company, with engineering education forming another strand.

Technology

Jensen Huang

NVIDIA

Jensen Huang's career follows an engineering route into company building, linking semiconductor experience, parallel computing, developer tools and educational connections.

Technology

Brian Armstrong

Coinbase

Brian Armstrong built Coinbase around making digital assets more accessible, then led the business into public markets while pursuing separate projects connected with scientific research.

Technology

John Collison

Stripe

John Collison connects the practical beginnings of Stripe with a wider interest in how people develop companies, share knowledge and support new ideas.

Media & Marketing

Jordan Platten

Affluent.co

Jordan Platten brings an operating marketing agency together with public content, conversations with agency owners and structured opportunities to learn from other founders.

E-commerce

Jordan Welch

E-commerce & digital media

Jordan Welch brings his own online-business experience into a media presence that explores the decisions and stories behind entrepreneurial careers.

Technology

Brett Adcock

Figure

Brett Adcock's career connects software marketplaces, complex hardware and robotics, with Figure providing the current company file for his work on humanoid machines and embodied AI.

Consumer Brands

Kosso

Kosso Nutrition

Kosso connects a background in music and bodybuilding with a consumer business in supplements, online retail and fitness coaching.

Technology

Melanie Perkins

Canva

Melanie Perkins connects an early insight about design complexity with Fusion Books, complementary co-founders and the development of Canva's product and team.

Technology

Michael Dell

Dell Technologies

Michael Dell's career connects a direct-to-customer computer business with the development of a broader technology company and the foundation he established with Susan Dell.

Technology

Dylan Field

Figma

Dylan Field's entrepreneurial career centres on Figma, turning browser technology and a collaborative approach to design into a company that entered public markets in 2025.

Consumer Brands

Oprah Winfrey

Harpo · OWN

Oprah Winfrey's professional story connects local broadcasting with Harpo, a national talk show, film work and institutions built around her wider public platform.

Technology

Patrick Collison

Stripe · Arc Institute

Patrick Collison connects a practical online-payments problem with a broader infrastructure business and initiatives exploring how ideas, companies and scientific institutions develop.

Technology

Reid Hoffman

LinkedIn · Greylock

Reid Hoffman's professional background spans PayPal, LinkedIn and venture investing, with books and conversations extending his interest in networks, growth and artificial intelligence.

Technology

Palmer Luckey

Anduril

Palmer Luckey's career connects a personal interest in head-mounted displays with company building in virtual reality and, later, the public defense-technology business Anduril.

Consumer Brands

Richard Branson

Virgin

Richard Branson's career follows the Virgin identity across different industries, connecting customer-facing businesses with partnerships, philanthropy and a documented spaceflight milestone.

Digital Business

Richard Cooper

Entrepreneurs in Cars

Richard Cooper moved from operating Total Debt Freedom into a public-facing business built around books, video conversations and personal-development coaching.

Media & Marketing

Rollo Tomassi

The Rational Male

Rollo Tomassi built The Rational Male across written commentary, a book series and podcast appearances, developing a recognisable independent publishing brand.

Technology

Nik Storonsky

Revolut

Nik Storonsky connects a background in financial markets with Revolut, the company he launched with Vlad Yatsenko in 2015 and developed into a broader personal and business finance platform.

Digital Business

Russell Brunson

ClickFunnels

Russell Brunson connects early direct-response selling with a software platform and a learning community focused on developing online businesses.

Media & Marketing

Sabri Suby

King Kong

Sabri Suby's King Kong background provides a practical setting for his publishing and educational material on demand, offers and customer acquisition.

Consumer Brands

Sam Walton

Walmart · Sam's Club

Sam Walton developed a discount-retail business from earlier store experience, bringing purchasing, people and distribution into the customer-facing value proposition.

Consumer Brands

Sara Blakely

SPANX · Sneex

Sara Blakely's founder story connects a personal wardrobe idea with manufacturing, branding, retail demonstrations and the development of SPANX and Sneex.

Technology

Steve Jobs

Apple · NeXT · Pixar

Steve Jobs' biography follows company creation, a period developing other ventures and a return to Apple, with product presentation central to his public identity.

Digital Business

Tai Lopez

Tai Lopez / The 67 Steps

Tai Lopez's media identity brings reading and advice from experienced people into a range of educational products and recurring online content.

Technology

Tobias Lütke

Shopify

Tobias Lütke's career connects programming and open-source work with the practical needs of retail businesses, from Snowdevil to a wider commerce platform.

Media & Marketing

Walter Weekes

Fresh & Fit

Walter Weekes developed a public identity through Fresh & Fit and his own FreshPrinceCEO channels, bringing conversations about fitness, money and relationships to an online audience.

Technology

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Bumble

Whitney Wolfe Herd's career connects an early dating-app marketing role with Bumble's original product choice, broader connection services and a later return as chief executive.

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Alex Hormozi

Myron Gaines

Chris Do

Ali Abdaal

Mike Thurston

Justin Waller

Mark Cuban

Simon Squibb

Tristan Tate

Andrew Tate

Ruben Onuha

Noah Kagan

Samuel Onuha

Iman Gadzhi

Luke Belmar

Pat Flynn

Zack Lalouti

Chris Williamson

Joule Sullivan

Justin Welsh

Leila Hormozi

Hamza Ahmed

Tony Robbins

Sahil Bloom

Jeff Bezos

Brezscales

Bill Gates

Daniel Priestley

Mark Zuckerberg

James Dumoulin

Elon Musk

Pieter Levels

MrBeast

Gary Vaynerchuk

Grant Cardone

Logan Paul

Patrick Bet-David

Steven Bartlett

Dan Bilzerian

KSI

Andy Frisella

Sebastian Ghiorghiu

Ryan Pineda

Alex Cooper

Anne Boden

Arlin Moore

Ben Francis

Emma Chamberlain

Biaheza

Brandon Carter

Brian Chesky

Huda Kattan

Codie Sanchez

Daniel Ek

Dan Lok

Marques Brownlee

Dan Martell

David de las Morenas

Ed Mylett

Ryan Reynolds

Greg O'Gallagher

James Dyson

Jensen Huang

Brian Armstrong

John Collison

Jordan Platten

Jordan Welch

Brett Adcock

Kosso

Melanie Perkins

Michael Dell

Dylan Field

Oprah Winfrey

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Reid Hoffman

Palmer Luckey

Richard Branson

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