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American designer and entrepreneur who co-founded Airbnb with Brian Chesky and Nathan Blecharczyk.

Swedish entrepreneur who founded IKEA in 1943. The business began as a mail-order company and later became known internationally for furniture and home furnishings.

British entrepreneur who founded the Virgin business group. His early venture was a student magazine, followed by a mail-order record business and record shops.

British inventor and entrepreneur who founded Dyson Ltd. after developing a bagless vacuum cleaner based on cyclonic separation.

Spanish entrepreneur who co-founded the clothing company that became Inditex and launched the first Zara store with Rosalía Mera in 1975.

French fashion designer and entrepreneur who established the Chanel fashion house. Her designs became influential in twentieth-century fashion.

American businesswoman who co-founded the Estée Lauder cosmetics company with her husband Joseph Lauder. The company began operations in 1946.

American animator and entrepreneur who co-founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio with Roy O. Disney in 1923.

American industrialist who founded Ford Motor Company in 1903. The company helped popularise large-scale automobile assembly-line production.

Scottish-American industrialist who built Carnegie Steel into a major steel producer and later became a prominent philanthropist.

American entrepreneur and philanthropist who built a hair-care business serving Black women and became one of the best-known self-made businesswomen of her era.

American media executive and philanthropist who founded Harpo Productions and built a major television and media business around her work as a broadcaster.

American entrepreneur who founded Spanx, an apparel company known for shapewear and related clothing products.

American entrepreneur who co-founded Netflix with Marc Randolph in 1997. The company began as a DVD rental service and later became a global streaming business.

Japanese entrepreneur who co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later Sony Group, with Masaru Ibuka in 1946.

Japanese engineer and industrialist who co-founded Honda Motor Co. with Takeo Fujisawa. Honda grew from a motorised-bicycle business into a global mobility manufacturer.

Japanese entrepreneur and investor who founded SoftBank in 1981, initially as a software distribution business.

Indian entrepreneur who founded HCL in 1976 with a group of colleagues, initially focusing on microprocessors and calculators.

American businessperson and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Microsoft became a major developer of personal-computer software.

American entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. He later founded Vulcan Inc. and supported scientific, cultural and civic projects.

American entrepreneur who founded Amazon in 1994 as an online bookseller. He later founded aerospace company Blue Origin.

American computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. Their early search engine project began at Stanford University.

Computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Larry Page after the pair developed a research search engine at Stanford University.

American technology entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook with fellow Harvard students in 2004. Facebook later became part of Meta Platforms.

American entrepreneur who founded PC’s Limited, later Dell Computer Corporation, while studying at the University of Texas at Austin.

Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded NVIDIA with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem in 1993.

Chinese entrepreneur and educator who led the group of 18 people that established Alibaba in Hangzhou in 1999.

Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Tencent in 1998 with four other partners. Tencent developed internet and digital services including QQ and WeChat.

Chinese technology entrepreneur who founded ByteDance in 2012. The company developed products including Toutiao and TikTok.

Chinese entrepreneur and investor who founded Xiaomi in 2010 with a group of partners. Xiaomi develops consumer electronics and smart devices.