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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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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

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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

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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. ”

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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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Technology & Social Media

Co-founder of LinkedIn

Changed how we create and maintain business connections

Don Hofmann,

Colin Kroll,

& Rus Yusupov

#21

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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Aaron Levie

Technology & Data

Co-Founder & CEO of Box.com

Changed how companies store their data

#31

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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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Technology

Founder of BuzzFeed

Changed how social content is shared, and redefined what it means to “go viral”

Eric Ries#41

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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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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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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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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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Technology

Co-Founder & CEO of Yelp

Changed how we discover and review local businesses

Chuck Templeton#47

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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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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

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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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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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