Brett Adcock, founder and CEO of Figure AI, has become one of the most closely watched entrepreneurs in robotics by building a humanoid AI company aimed at bringing general-purpose robots into factories, warehouses, retail, and eventually the home. Before Figure AI, he cofounded Archer Aviation and earlier built Vettery, giving him a rare track record across recruiting software, electric aviation, and embodied AI. With Figure attracting top robotics talent and major strategic backing, Adcock has positioned himself at the center of the race to turn humanoid robots from science fiction into real-world infrastructure.

Christian Chabot, cofounder of Tableau, helped build one of the most important data visualization companies of the modern software era by turning complex analytics into an intuitive, visual experience for business users. A Stanford-trained entrepreneur, he guided Tableau from its academic roots into a publicly traded software leader that reshaped self-service analytics before its multibillion-dollar sale to Salesforce. Though he stepped out of operational leadership years ago, Chabot remains closely associated with Tableau’s founding vision and its role in democratizing data across enterprises worldwide.

Herald Y. Chen, former president and CFO of AppLovin and now a director of the company, helped shape one of the most successful mobile software stories of the AI era. A longtime private equity executive before joining AppLovin, Chen played a central role in the company’s public-market ascent, helping steer its financial strategy, acquisitions, and operating discipline as it evolved into a major force in app monetization, advertising, and mobile gaming. Known for pairing Wall Street rigor with technology execution, Chen remains closely tied to AppLovin’s rise as one of the standout software winners of recent years.

Ankur Jain, founder and CEO of Bilt, has built one of the most ambitious consumer fintech and housing platforms by turning rent and housing payments into a rewards ecosystem tied to travel, dining, fitness, and neighborhood spending. Through Bilt, Jain helped create a new category at the intersection of housing, loyalty, and payments, expanding beyond rent into a broader membership model connected to how people live. He is also the founder of Kairos, but Bilt is the defining company in his current profile and the business that has made him one of the most closely watched young entrepreneurs in fintech and consumer infrastructure.

Dharmesh Shah, cofounder and CTO of HubSpot, helped build one of the most influential software platforms in modern business by turning inbound marketing into a global category and expanding HubSpot into a broad CRM, sales, and customer experience ecosystem. A serial entrepreneur and engineer, Shah co-founded HubSpot in 2006 after selling his earlier company, Pyramid Digital Solutions, and became one of the central technical and cultural architects behind its rise. Known for product vision, startup thought leadership, and a strong public voice on AI and company-building, he remains a defining figure in SaaS.

Ryan Israel, chief investment officer and managing director at Pershing Square Capital Management, is one of the most important behind-the-scenes investors in activist hedge funds, helping shape the concentrated, high-conviction portfolio that defines Bill Ackman’s firm. Since joining Pershing Square in 2009, Israel has played a central role in research, underwriting, and portfolio construction across the firm’s major public equity positions, earning a reputation for deep fundamental analysis and disciplined long-term thinking. He represents the analytical core of one of Wall Street’s most closely watched investment platforms.

W. Nicholas Howley, cofounder and chairman of TransDigm, built one of the most successful aerospace-components companies of the modern era by focusing on highly engineered, proprietary aircraft parts with strong aftermarket economics. Since cofounding the company in 1993, Howley has helped guide TransDigm through decades of aggressive acquisition-led growth, turning a leveraged buyout of four underperforming units into a global aerospace supplier with a vast portfolio of mission-critical components. Known for disciplined capital allocation and a relentless focus on niche pricing power, he has become one of the most influential figures in aerospace manufacturing.

Luis von Ahn, cofounder and CEO of Duolingo, is a pioneering computer scientist who turned language learning into one of the world’s most successful education apps while helping define the economics of crowdsourced internet infrastructure. Before Duolingo, he created reCAPTCHA, later acquired by Google, and built a reputation for converting human attention into scalable digital systems. At Duolingo, he helped grow the company from a mission-driven startup into a publicly traded global platform spanning language, math, and music education, with AI increasingly central to its product strategy.

Steve Koltes, cofounder and honorary co-chair of CVC, helped build one of the world’s most influential private markets firms from its Citicorp roots into a global powerhouse spanning private equity, credit, secondaries, and infrastructure. After joining the business in the late 1980s, Koltes became one of the key architects of CVC’s international expansion and long-term institutional franchise, helping scale the firm across Europe, Asia, and the U.S. He stepped back from an active role in 2022 and now serves in a non-executive capacity, but remains closely associated with CVC’s rise into the top tier of global buyout firms.

Terry Taylor, founder and president of Automotive Management Services, built one of the largest privately held auto retail empires in the United States by quietly assembling more than 120 dealerships across the country. Starting with a single new-car dealership in Daytona Beach in 1982, Taylor expanded through disciplined acquisitions, local operating autonomy, and an unusually low-profile style that made him one of the least visible major figures in U.S. automotive retail. His majority stake in Automotive Management Services turned him into a billionaire while preserving the company’s reputation for scale without spectacle.

Kevin Glazer, founder, CEO, and owner of Glazer Properties, has been a prominent figure in commercial real estate for more than three decades, building a portfolio shaped by long-term ownership and disciplined investment. Beyond property, he is also a co-owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a principal investor in Manchester United Football Club, placing him at the intersection of real estate and global sports ownership. Known as a philanthropist as well as a businessman, Glazer’s profile reflects a blend of private enterprise, franchise ownership, and civic engagement.

Joel Glazer is a sports executive and investor best known as owner/co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and executive co-chairman and director of Manchester United. A member of the Glazer family that built one of the most prominent sports ownership portfolios in the world, he has spent decades overseeing the Buccaneers’ day-to-day operations while also playing a central role in Manchester United’s governance. His influence extends beyond club ownership into league affairs as chairman of the NFL International Committee and a member of several key NFL committees, placing him at the intersection of franchise strategy, league policy, and global sports expansion.

Bryan Glazer is a sports executive and investor best known as owner/co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a member of the Glazer family that controls Manchester United. Working largely behind the scenes, he oversees many of the Buccaneers’ day-to-day business operations and has helped shape the franchise’s brand, stadium development, and commercial profile over three decades. As part of one of the most prominent sports-owning families in the world, Glazer sits at the center of a multigenerational empire spanning NFL ownership, European football, real estate, and philanthropy.

Michael S. Chae, vice chairman and chief financial officer of Blackstone, is one of the firm’s most influential senior leaders, combining financial stewardship with decades of investing experience across global private markets. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Chae has held a wide range of leadership roles—including heading international private equity and the Asia-Pacific private equity business—before becoming CFO in 2015 and vice chairman in 2025. A longtime member of Blackstone’s management and investment committees, he has played a central role in scaling one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers while helping guide strategy, valuation, and enterprise risk across the firm.

Jean-Marc Chapus, cofounder and managing partner of Crescent Capital, helped build one of the most established private credit firms in the market by focusing on below-investment-grade debt, private equity-backed financing, and disciplined risk management. A former leveraged finance banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert and later a senior executive at TCW, Chapus co-founded Crescent in 1991 and played a central role in shaping its investment philosophy across private and tradeable credit. Under his leadership, Crescent grew into a globally recognized credit platform managing tens of billions of dollars and became a key capital partner to private equity sponsors and growth companies.

Edward Glazer is a sports executive and investor best known as co-chairman of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a member of the Glazer family that controls Manchester United. He plays an active role in the Buccaneers’ business operations and fan-experience strategy, helping shape one of the NFL’s most commercially polished franchises, while also remaining tied to the family’s broader holdings, including First Allied Corporation. Low-profile but influential, Glazer sits at the center of a multigenerational empire spanning sports ownership, real estate, and philanthropy.

Nir Zuk, founder emeritus of Palo Alto Networks, is one of cybersecurity’s most influential product visionaries, credited with helping define the next-generation firewall era and building Palo Alto into a global security powerhouse. After founding the company in 2005, Zuk led its technical direction for more than two decades before retiring as CTO in August 2025, remaining closely associated with its engineering legacy and market impact. Prior to Palo Alto, he held senior technical roles at Check Point, OneSecure, and NetScreen, shaping core network security architectures long before cybersecurity became a boardroom priority.

Frederic B. Luddy, founder and board chairman of ServiceNow, built one of the most influential enterprise software companies of the cloud era by turning IT service management into a broader platform for digital workflow automation. He founded ServiceNow in 2004 and helped grow it into a global software leader, with the company later surpassing $7 billion in annual revenue organically. Known for his product-first mindset and low-profile leadership, Luddy remains closely identified with ServiceNow’s long-term vision and engineering culture.

Lauren B. Leichtman, cofounder and co-chairperson of the Executive Committee at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, helped build one of the most established middle-market private equity firms through a structured investment strategy designed to combine downside protection with long-term value creation. Since cofounding LLCP in 1984 with Arthur Levine, she has played a central role in the firm’s strategic direction, management, and investment activities as it grew into a global platform stewarding about $18.1 billion of institutional capital. Leichtman is also widely recognized as a trailblazer in private equity, with Forbes identifying her as the first woman to build a billion-dollar fortune in the industry.

Arthur E. Levine, cofounder of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, helped build one of the most established middle-market private equity firms by focusing on structured equity, downside protection, and long-term value creation. Since launching LLCP with Lauren Leichtman in 1984, Levine has played a central role in shaping the firm’s differentiated investment strategy, combining debt and equity to back founder-led and family-owned businesses across industries. Known for disciplined capital allocation and a low-profile approach, he helped scale LLCP into a global platform with decades of experience in middle-market investing.