Medical doctor turned blogger and investment manager who predicted housing bubble collapse.
One of the very few self-made woman billionaires -- she started the women's undergarments company "Spanx" from scratch.
Serial entrepreneur and visionary. The businesses he started (Paypal, SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla) achieved game-changing success against all odds.
Self-made billionaire and founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the largest hedge funds. One of the most influential individuals in Global Finance. Also see:
Finance & Investments
Entrepreneurs
German-born American business magnate, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager. Co-founder of Paypal and early investor in Facebook. Peter Thiels talk at Stanford University BASES club
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook is not only a visionary, but also a great CEO!
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are co-founders of Google, a leading technology company committed to innovation while Doing No Evil.
Politicians & Social Workers
Barack Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office.
Founder of 5-Hour Energy & resident of Farmington Hills, MI. He is the richest Indian in the US and committed 90% of his $4B wealth to charity.
Preet Bharara, an Indian American, is the US Attorney for Southern District of New York. He prosecuted wall street crimes including those of Raj Rajaratnam, Bernie Madoff, Rajat Gupta, et al. He was named among the top 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.
Hailed as "The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery", Dr. Devi Shetty has been revolutionizing medical care in India.
Gurbaksh Singh Chahal is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur, philanthropist, guest lecturer and a best-selling author. By the age of 25, he founded and sold two advertising companies for a total of US$340 million.
An Iraqi-British architect and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, and the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011.
An American hedge fund manager, and is founder of Kynikos (Greek for "cynic"), an investment company that is focused on short selling. Famous for spotting problems at Enron & Autonomy.
