Moguls
Profiles of the world's most powerful entrepreneurs, billionaires, and empire builders.
Adam Neumann
Former CEO of WeWork
Israeli-born entrepreneur who built WeWork to a $47B valuation before a spectacular collapse. A cautionary tale of charisma over fundamentals.
Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft & Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
From writing code in a high school computer lab to building the software that runs the world — Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft, became the world's richest person, then pivoted to spending his fortune trying to eradicate disease and reshape global education.
Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla & SpaceX
Born in South Africa, co-founded PayPal, then bet his fortune on electric cars and rockets. Now the world's richest person.
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon, Blue Origin & Owner of The Washington Post
From a garage bookstore to the everything store — Jeff Bezos built Amazon into the most dominant company in modern commerce, accidentally invented cloud computing with AWS, bought The Washington Post, and is racing to make humanity a spacefaring civilization.
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of Standard Oil
America's first billionaire. Built Standard Oil into a monopoly controlling 90% of US oil refining. His inflation-adjusted wealth remains unmatched.
Lee Byung-chul
Founder of Samsung Group
Started with a noodle trading company in 1938. Built Samsung into South Korea's largest conglomerate, spanning electronics, ships, and skyscrapers.
Steve Jobs
Co-founder of Apple
Fired from Apple at 30, returned at 42 to save it from bankruptcy. Built it into the world's most valuable company before his death in 2011.
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
The Oracle of Omaha — Warren Buffett turned a failing textile company into a $900 billion conglomerate through value investing, compound interest, and an almost supernatural ability to see what others couldn't. He still lives in the same house he bought in 1958 for $31,500.