Founders
Bold, Curious, and Building Big Ideas
Meet the dreamers and doers we celebrate in our series. They come from different places and moments in history, yet each had the courage to try something new. They often faced tough questions, doubters, and roadblocks. But they kept going.

Pleasant Rowland
Founder of American Girl
Toys & Education

Phil Knight
Founder of Nike
Sportswear

Daniel Ek
Founder of Spotify
Music & Technology

Jensen Huang
Founder of NVIDIA
Technology

Nick Woodman
Founder of GoPro
Consumer Electronics

Markus Persson
Creator of Minecraft
Gaming

Sara Blakely
Founder of Spanx
Fashion & Retail

Dharmesh Shah
Co-founder of HubSpot
Marketing & Software

Reed Hastings
Co-founder of Netflix
Entertainment & Technology
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