[ Bob Iger: The Disney CEO Takes on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for Freedom of Speech
Under Iger’s leadership, Disney has sued DeSantis and other government officials, accusing them of retaliating against the company…
|| Jan Kloum: WhatsApp Co-founder and Its Former CEO
Jan Koum, a Ukrainian-American billionaire businessman and computer programmer, is…
| Bob Iger: The Longtime CEO Again Heads The Walt Disney Company
Robert (Bob) Iger has been rehired by The Walt Disney Company to be its CEO. Previously, Iger held…
Sam Altman: Striving to Advance Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Humanity
Sam Altman is an entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He’s the CEO and one of the founders of OpenAI, a for-profit research company whose goal…
Neiman Marcus: Premier Purveyor of Luxury Goods Founded by a Jewish Sister and Brother
Herbert Marcus Sr., his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman (pictured), and her husband, Abraham Lincoln Neiman , founded the Neiman Marcus department store on Sept. 10, 1907. It was lavishly furnished and stocked with clothing of a quality then not commonly found in Texas. Within a few weeks, the store’s initial inventory, mostly acquired on a…
Dreamworks: Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen
The studio has released 42 feature films as of April 2022, including several of the highest-grossing animated films of all time, with Shrek 2 (2004) having been the highest at the time of its release.
Kevin Feige: President of Marvel Studios and Primary Producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The films Kevin Feige has produced at Marvel Studios have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $26.8 billion, making him…
Ruth Porat: CFO of Alphabet, Parent Company of Google and Much More
Ruth Porat (born 1958) is a British-American business executive, serving since 2015 as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Alphabet Inc., its subsidiary Google, and several other companies. Porat was CFO and executive vice president of Morgan Stanley from January 2010 to May 2015. In 2020, Porat was listed as the 16th most powerful woman…
Scooter Braun: Media Mogul, Entrepreneur, Record Executive, and Investor
He’s the manager for artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, J Balvin, Demi Lovato, and others…
Jonathan Adler: From Potter’s Wheel Fanatic to Millionaire Design Entrepreneur
Jonathan Adler (54) is a potter, interior decorator, author, and entrepreneur. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later, he expanded into home furnishings, opening his first namesake boutique in Soho, Manhattan. He now has 17 stores and runs an eponymous home interiors business. Adler is openly gay…
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