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Rick Smith — Axon
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 1993 · Internet of Things · United States
Rick transformed Axon from a single-product company into a connected public safety platform, combining hardware, software and AI to modernise how law enforcement agencies operate.
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David Nyland — Lumine
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2014 · Vertical Market Software · Canada
David is applying the Constellation Software playbook to communications and media, acquiring niche software businesses and compounding value through disciplined capital allocation and decentralised management.
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Ken Xie — Fortinet
Co-founder, Chair & CEO · Founded 2000 · Cyber Security · United States
Ken built one of the world’s leading cybersecurity platforms by combining proprietary hardware and software, creating a differentiated architecture that enables faster, lower-cost network security at scale.
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Robin Zeng — CATL
Founder & Chair · Founded 2011 · New Energy · China
Robin combined chemistry innovation, simpler battery packs and enormous manufacturing scale to cut the cost of energy storage, helping electric vehicles compete with petrol cars on price and performance.
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Hitesh Doshi — Waaree
Founder, Chair & MD · Founded 1989 · New Energy · India
Hitesh built Waaree from a small instrumentation business into India’s largest solar module manufacturer, scaling domestic production as India builds its own clean-energy supply chain rather than relying on imports.
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Sam Hupert — Pro Medicus
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 1983 · MedTech · Australia
Sam transformed medical imaging by enabling radiologists to access and analyse enormous scans almost instantly from the cloud, making Pro Medicus the platform of choice for many of the world’s leading hospitals.
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Marcos Galperín — Mercado Libre
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 1999 · Ecommerce · Latin America
Marcos built Latin America’s leading digital commerce ecosystem, integrating e-commerce, payments, logistics and financial services into a platform that has become essential infrastructure for millions of consumers and businesses.
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David Baszucki — Roblox
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2004 · Digital Media · United States
David built Roblox as a platform rather than a collection of games, giving users the tools to create experiences, attract audiences and earn from the worlds they build.
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Jensen Huang — Nvidia
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 1993 · AI Hardware · United States
Jensen recognised that GPUs could power far more than graphics, then spent three decades building the chips, software and developer ecosystem that underpins today’s AI revolution.
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Alex Karp — Palantir
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2003 · AI Platforms · United States
Alex built Palantir to turn a company’s scattered data into a living model of its operations — one system where employees and agents can see what’s happening, decide what to do, and act.
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Brian Armstrong — Coinbase
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2012 · FinTech · United States
Brian bet on regulatory legitimacy while crypto moved offshore — building the working plumbing of modern finance: stablecoins, custody, tokenisation.
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Elon Musk — Tesla & SpaceX
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2003 · 2002 · Robotics · Space · United States
Elon made electric cars desirable and rockets reusable by rebuilding both industries around first-principles engineering, vertical integration and relentless reductions in cost.
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He Xiaopeng — XPeng
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2014 · Robotics · China
Xiaopeng built XPeng as a technology company rather than a traditional carmaker, using software, AI and rapid iteration to improve the vehicle long after it leaves the factory.
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Dylan Field — Figma
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2012 · Digital Media · United States
Dylan transformed design from a standalone desktop tool into a collaborative, cloud-based platform. By enabling designers, engineers and product managers to collaborate in real time, Figma has become critical infrastructure for modern software development.
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Peter Beck — Rocket Lab
Founder & CEO · Founded 2006 · Access to Space · New Zealand / USA
Peter turned a rocket built in a garage into a reliable launch service, then expanded into the satellites and systems needed to run complete space missions.
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Yosuke Tsuji — Money Forward
Founder & CEO · Founded 2012 · FinTech · Japan
Yosuke is digitising one of the world’s least digitised business economies. He created a cloud platform that is transforming how Japanese businesses manage accounting, payroll and payments.
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Mikheil Lomtadze — Kaspi
Co-founder & CEO · Founded 2006 · Ecommerce · Kazakhstan
Mikheil turned a regional bank into one of the world’s most embedded super apps outside China — integrating payments, shopping and financial services so deeply that most of Kazakhstan transacts through Kaspi every day.