It’s been over 40 years since Steve Ballmer left the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) behind to join Bill Gates’ startup, Microsoft, and it’s safe to say his decision was wise. The two former Harvard classmates would become instrumental to each other’s success, with Ballmer serving as Gates’ personal assistant and voice of reason—the only person who could persuade the young visionary to delegate anything to somebody else…

Since the early 1980s, America’s hub of technological innovation has been centralized in a small swath of land surrounding San Francisco Bay, more commonly known as Silicon Valley. Central to the area’s growth—and the 20th century American tech boom—is Stanford University, the private research university that has smashed the notion of the elite East Coast and Ivy League superiority…

For over half a century, Robert Rubin has glided between Washington and Wall Street as a banking executive, lawyer, and former U.S. presidential cabinet member. From 1995 until 1999 he served as our nation’s 70th Secretary of the Treasury, where he is given much of the credit for the Clinton administration’s economic policies…

Tiger Woods is widely regarded as one of the most successful golfers of all time. A child prodigy who began working on his legendary swing as a toddler, he went on to dominate the next stages at the junior level, college level, and amateur level…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in tech. It started in 1995 when Brin and fellow computer scientist Larry Page embarked on a project to help improve the way computer users search for information on the Internet…

One of the world’s leading experts on finance, Steve Forbes has carved out a distinguished career as publishing executive, prolific author, and active member in Republican politics. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, Forbes runs the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000…

As a member of one of the most prominent political families in America, Chelsea Clinton has been a public figure for most of her life. Known for her work as a philanthropist and advocate of women’s rights, Clinton began her professional career in 2003 when she joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, becoming the youngest person in her class to be hired…