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Top 50
Game Changers
in Business
Presented by
Beauty & E-Commerce
Co-Founders of Birchbox
Changed how we discover and obtain beauty products
Hayley Barna
& Katia Beauchamp#1
Category:
Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ Whatever it is that you think you want to do – and whatever it is you think stands between you and that - stop making excuses. You can do anything. ”- Katia Beauchamp
Jeff Bezos
Technology & E-Commerce
Founder & CEO of Amazon
Changed how we buy products online and how quickly they are delivered
#2
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘Why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘Why not?’ ”
Tracey Bleczinski
Apparel & Sports
VP of Consumer Products at NFL
Changed NFL’s approach to marketing to women
#3
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Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ We’re giving women the opportunity to
be themselves and still love the game. ”
Neil Blumenthal,
David Gilboa, Andrew Hunt
& Jeffrey Raider
E-Commerce & Eyewear
Founders of Warby Parker
Changed what we pay for designer glasses by cutting out the middle man
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Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ Entrepreneurship is not a leap of faith. It’s really project management and hundreds of very small decisions. ”- Neil Blumenthal
#4
Richard Branson
Travel, Entertainment, & Lifestyle
Founder of Virgin Group
Changed multiple facets of our lives by building an incredible conglomerate from a simple record label
#5
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions - in a way that serves the world and you. ”
Technology
Founders of Google
Changed how we search
Sergey Brin
& Larry Page#6
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Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical, and ultimately making a big difference in the world. ”- Sergey Brin
Ursula Burns
Office Goods
CEO of Xerox
Changed the world’s view on who can be a CEO when she became the first African-American woman to head a Fortune 500 company
#7
Category:
Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ If you don’t transform, you’re stuck. ”
Garrett Camp
Technology
Co-Founder of StumbleUpon
Changed how we browse the Internet and discover web pages
#8
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ It all starts with a great idea and teamwork. ”
James Carnes
Apparel & Design
Head of Global Design for Adidas
Changed the quality of athletic shoes (and designed the official 2014 World Cup ball!)
#9
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Products have to be intuitive and appeal to people as
something that’s going to be emotionally expressive. ”
Perry Chen#10
“ It shows a relatively obvious point: that not all the big ideas come down the mountain on a stone tablet by a major corporation. There are really creative people out there that are doing things on their own. ”
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
Technology
Co-Founder & CEO of Kickstarter
Changed how we fund our projects through crowdsourcing
Steve Chen,
Chad Hurley,
& Jawed Karim
#11
“ As you start building the product, don't assume that you know all the answers. Listen to the community and adapt. ”
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Achievement:
How they changed the game:
Technology, Videography, & Social Media
Co-Founders of YouTube
Changed how we digitally share and discover videos
- Chad Hurley
Sheryl Connelly
Technology & Transportation
Corporate Futurist at Ford
Changed how we drive, particularly in terms of the safety features of our cars
#12
Category:
Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ I enjoy discovering what motivates people --
what captures their hearts and imaginations. ”
Jack Dorsey
Technology & Social Media
Co-Founder of Twitter; Founder of Square
Changed how we post and communicate online, and how people pay small businesses
#13
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Make every detail perfect, and limit the number of details to perfect. ”
Paul English
& Steve Hafner#14
“ The difference between an A team and an A+ team is the difference between a million in revenue and a billion in revenue. ”
Category:
Achievement:
How they changed the game:
- Paul English
Technology & Travel
Co-Founders of Kayak.com
Changed how we book our travel
Daniel Ek
Technology & Music
Co-Founder of Spotify
Changed how we discover and listen to music
#15
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Put your consumers in focus, and listen to what they're actually saying, not what they tell you. ”
Technology
Founder of Moz.com & Inbound.org
Changed the ease with which companies can learn about and implement Inbound Marketing
Rand Fishkin#16
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Don’t conflate revenue withsuccess, especially not long term. ”
Jennifer Fleiss &
Jennifer Hyman
Technology & Fashion
Co-Founders of Rent the Runway
Changed online dress retail by allowing customers to rent the apparel instead of buy it
#17
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Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ A lot of the world... thinks that we’re in the business of renting frilly dresses as opposed to the business of disrupting an industry and building out one of the most sophisticated technology companies in the U.S. ”- Jennifer Hyman
Bill Gates
Technology
Co-Founder & CEO of Microsoft
Changed the use of software and personal computers
#18
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. ”
Reed Hastings
Technology & Entertainment
Co-Founder & CEO of Netflix
Changed how we watch TV shows and movies
#19
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right. ”
Reid Hoffman#20
“ Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology & Social Media
Co-founder of LinkedIn
Changed how we create and maintain business connections
Don Hofmann,
Colin Kroll,
& Rus Yusupov
#21
Category:
Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ Vine is uniquely democratic and a level playing-field in video that’s just not been there, & there’s clearly a thirst for that in this generation. ”
Technology, Videography, & Social Media
Founders of Vine
Changed how we create and share videos
- Colin Kroll
Tony Hsieh
Technology & E-commerce
CEO of Zappos.com
Changed how we find and buy our shoes online, and redefined customer service
#22
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Your number-one goal really shouldn’t be money. It should be something you are passionate about, something that has meaning. Then the money will follow. ”
Technology & Design
Senior Vice President of Design at Apple
Changed the look and feel of our mobile phones, computers, tablets, and music players
Jonathan Ive#23
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ There’s no learning without trying lots of time and failing lots of times. ”
Technology
Co-Founder & CEO of Apple
Changed the personal computer, music, media, and mobile phone industries, and redefined what a “great product” is
Steve Jobs#24
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of
worrying about what happened yesterday. ”
Rob Kalin
E-Commerce
Co-Founder of Etsy
Changed how we buy and sell DIY products online
#25
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%. ”
Technology & Travel
Co-Founder & CEO of Uber
Changed vehicular transportation & the taxicab industry
Travis Kalanick#26
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal. ”
Household Goods
Founder of IKEA
Changed our furniture shopping experience
Ingvar Kamprad#27
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.”
David Karp#28
“ So much of the internet today isn’t really about making customers; it’s about grabbing you at the moment that you’re ready to buy. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology & Social Media
Founder of Tumblr
Changed how we blog
Andrew Kortina
& Iqram Magdon-Ismail#29
“ What I bet on is that we won’t be swiping plastic
cards in five years. We’ll be using mobile devices. ”
Technology & Finance
Founders of Venmo
Changed how we pay people back
- Andrew Kortina
Category:
Achievement:
How they changed the game:
Mike Krieger
& Kevin Systrom#30
“ If you’ve got an idea, start today. There’s no better time than now to get going. ”
Technology, Photography & Social Media
Co-Founders of Instagram
Changed how we edit and share our photos
- Kevin Systrom
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How they changed the game:
Aaron Levie
Technology & Data
Co-Founder & CEO of Box.com
Changed how companies store their data
#31
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ It's not accidental that products get worse over time; it's because companies stop paying attention to them. ”
Technology & Food
Co-Founder & CEO of GrubHub
Changed how food is ordered and delivered
Matt Maloney#32
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Once you find GrubHub and online ordering,
you don’t go away. ”
Technology & Data
Data Scientist behind Bitly
Changed how we link online
Hilary Mason#33
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Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ We have this cultural assumption that scientists are not creative and that is absolutely untrue. There’s a ton of creativity in the process of doing good science and in working with data. ”
Alexis Maybank &
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson
Fashion & E-Commerce
Co-Founders of Gilt Groupe
Changed what we pay for our fashion merchandise
#34
Category:
Achievement:
How they changed the game:
“ Whether you're a man or a woman, you’ve got to go to what you know and what you love. ”- Alexis Maybank
Design
Director of Global Concept Design at Starbucks
Changed our coffee experience - all over the world
Liz Muller#35
Category:
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How she changed the game:
“ The most sustainable thing is to make people truly want to be [at your store]. ”
Elon Musk#36
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How he changed the game:
Technology & Transportation
Co-Founder PayPal; CEO of Tesla & SpaceX
Changed how we pay, how we drive, and how we fly (in space)
“ I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself. ”
Isabelle Olsson
Technology
Lead Designer for Google Glass
Changed how we can access the Internet
#37
Category:
Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ We all know that people love to be connected…
Technology allows us to connect… [but] a big
problem right now are the distractions that
technology causes. ”
Pierre Omidyar#38
“ Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology & E-Commerce
Founder of eBay
Changed consumer-to-consumer sales online
James Park#39
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Technology & Exercise
CEO & Founder of Fitbit
Changed how we track our exercise
We reflect that realization that no one size fits all. ”
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How he changed the game:
Jonah Peretti#40
“ You can drastically increase your chances for success if you try lots of things and bring the best forward. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology
Founder of BuzzFeed
Changed how social content is shared, and redefined what it means to “go viral”
Eric Ries#41
“
Technology
Author of the Lean Startup
Changed the framework for how startup companies allocate their resources
It's not enough to just give it a whirl; you've got to give it a whirl with purpose and direction. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology
Founder & CEO of Girls Who Code
Changed who has access to computer science education
Reshma Saujani#42
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Achievement:
How she changed the game:
“ I always say you don’t fail if you don’t quit...so
my advice is to take risks, and know that it’s ok
to fail, and fail hard! ”
Technology
Co-Founder & CTO of HubSpot
Changed how companies deliver inbound marketing and track the results
Dharmesh Shah#43
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How he changed the game:
“ Success is making those who believed
in you look brilliant. ”
Nate Silver
Technology & Data
Creator of FiveThirtyEight
Changed how we use statistical analysis to investigate political, economic, scientific, and sports-related topics
#44
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ We’re not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - & that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all the noise. ”
Evan Spiegel#45
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ I think it’s important for a company like ours
starts to think about revenue relatively early
on, embedding the culture of making money
into the product. ”
Technology, Photography, & Social Media
Co-Founder of Snapchat
Changed how we send and share pictures
Jerry Stoppelman#46
“ You have to be very nimble and very open minded. Your success is going to be very dependent on how your adapt. ”
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How he changed the game:
Technology
Co-Founder & CEO of Yelp
Changed how we discover and review local businesses
Chuck Templeton#47
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Take care of the customer or user first. If you provide good value and a good user experience, the dollars will flow. ”
Technology & Restaurant
Co-Founder of OpenTable
Changed how we make reservations and our overall dining experience
Tim Westergren
Technology & Music
Co-Founder of Pandora
Changed how we listen to and discover music by enhancing Internet radio
#48
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ Don’t be shy about believing in your ideas -
even if folks around you think you’re crazy. ”
Jason Wilson
Technology & Design
Lead Product Designer at Pinterest
Changed how we discover products, recipes, DIY ideas, and more
#49
Category:
Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ ”Work your a** off. There’s no secret to it.
Mark Zuckerberg
Technology & Social Media
Co-Founder & CEO of Facebook
Changed how we connect and share online
#50
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Achievement:
How he changed the game:
“ In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that’s guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ”
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